Each fall semester, I make the Wyland National Art and Mural Challenge a focus for my students. The Wyland Foundation seeks to protect, and preserve oceans, waterways, and marine life around the world. I usually have my National Art Honor Society (NAHS) members work on it. This contest teaches them to use art for good by promoting a positive message in hopes that we can make important changes for our planet. It also challenges them by working on a large scale and collaborating as a group.
Art teachers highlight the power of collaboration, from foundational concepts and classroom practice to mural-making and community events. Young learners respond to music with abstract compositions, elementary artists build community through large-scale projects, middle-schoolers develop confidence in a teamwork-driven choice-based studio, and high-school students and staff collaborate in a community steamroller printmaking event.
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