Theme: Persistence

The lessons in this issue require time and persistence for students to develop essential skills and expand meaning and concepts. Young students build a temporary cellophane installation; a middle-school student documents his experience building a mixed-media body sculpture; high-school students re-imagine the large-scale works of contemporary artist Heather Hansen; and more.

Contents:
Early Childhood
Cellograffiti by Sue Liedke
A collaborative temporary cellophane installation.

In the Zone of Creation by John Purcell
A mashup of Hiberno-Saxon art and Frank Stella.

Elementary
The Many Faces of Giuseppe Arcimboldo by Leigh Drake
Contemporizing a historical artist’s approach to art.

Aspects of Architecture by Barbara Hilderbrandt
Compositions inspired by St. Basil’s Cathedral.

Behind Every Mask Is a Story by Bob Reeker
Personal expression through mask-making.

Middle School
Boxed Humans by Harrison Dodge and Kala Phelps
Mixed-media human body sculptures.

Mix It Up by Hannah Salia
Fostering student engagement in the creative process.

Expressive Emojis by Josephine Langbehn
Creating original three-dimensional emojis.

High School
Reimagining Heather Hansen by Janine Campbell
From inspiration to adaptation to divergence.

Face Your Fears by Michael Kerr
Exaggerated, comical characterizations.

Art to Bank On by Eric Gibbons
Piggy banks forged from personal goals.

Looking & Learning by Karl Cole and Robb Sandagata
Oscar Oiwa: Cityscape, Traditional Landscape, and Installation

Departments
ClipCards
Splatters and Scribbles by Aileen Pugliese Castro
Wood Sculptures by Wendy Libby
Pop Art Design Warhol-Style by Melody Weintraub
Stronger Together by Frank Juarez

Advocacy: Let’s Play by Janis Doukakis

Managing the Art Room: Discipline Doesn’t Have to Be Scary (part 1) by Rama Hughes

Assessment: The Quest for Useful Art Assessment Tools by Betsy DiJulio and Lynn Beck

The Open Art Room: Artists Solve Problems by Ian Sands