Art teachers explore signs and symbols – both ancient and contemporary – with their students. Students translate images into gridded QR codes, create dramatic drawings in black and white, transform their initials into personalized graphic monograms, and more.
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Art teachers provide a platform for students to address issues and promote social change. A collaborative mural lesson fosters a sense of community for elementary students; middle-school students create self-portraits that narrate their unique perspectives living in a high-poverty area; high-school students learn about the Guerilla Girls and develop posters that address social issues; and more.
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Art educators embrace contemporary art practices and teach about living artists in their curriculum. Students sculpt with poster board to create miniature models inspired by Richard Serra’s metal masterpieces, collage with recycled paint swatches, participate in an innovate long-exposure photography unit, and more.
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Art teachers promote their program and offer a variety of ideas to inspire your art advocacy efforts. An art teacher develops a vibrant nature center/art garden for his students; middle-school students paint with their feet on the first day of school; high-school students exhibit paintings of pastries at a local bakery; and more.
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Our second annual summer issue emphasizes the importance of humor and how it can lead to an engaging artroom experience. Students turn inanimate objects into whimsical characters, create vivid Caribbean carnival masks, sew and stitch with burlap to create underwater scenes, celebrate literature by turning their favorite stories into picture book carpets, and more.
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This issue highlights themes of place and belonging. Thinking about why places matter can bring new understandings and appreciations for you and your students. In this issue, students study five styles of Victorian architecture and draw their own houses; create maps of their country or the world to communicate an idea about identity and place; meet a self-taught topiary artist; and more.
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This issue highlights the new and innovative things happening in art rooms across the country. Students team with an artist to create a glass-and-wire sculpture inspired by five different cultures, discover a new media for abstract flower painting in a revamped Georgia O’Keeffe lesson, develop full-body charcoal drawings inspired by contemporary artist Heather Hansen, and more.
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Art teachers provide opportunities for students to develop respect for diverse cultures, perspectives, and traditions of art. An art teacher fuses ancient history with contemporary jewelry making; a middle-school mask-making lesson stems from an in-depth conversation about the social masks we wear daily; high-school students design footwear celebrating influential women in history; and more.
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What kind of legacy will you leave behind for your students? In this issue, art teachers devote considerable reflection to this idea. An art teacher helps students set their own goals and objectives while designing New Yorker covers; high-school students create mixed-media printmaking portfolios; young students explore the Harlem Renaissance in a music- and history-infused art lesson; and more.
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Art teachers and their students investigate ancient mythology, storytelling, and more. Elementary students combine art, sound, and visuals with a meaningful folktale; middle-school students design symbols to add to a collaborative paper sarcophagus; high-school students create textured abstract designs that combine architectural elements from different eras; and more.
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