Scholastic Art

Published 6 times per year, Scholastic Art features articles about current and historic artists, art techniques, debates in the art world, art careers, and featured student artists. It also includes ready-made lesson plans and worksheets.

Past Issues

  • Block, Ink and Pressure (block printing)
  • Screen, Frame, and Stencil (screen printing)
  • Metal, Acid and Ink (etchings)
  • Crayon, Ink, and Stone (lithography)
  • Hands-On Project: Make an Impactful Print
  • Debate: Stolen Street Art
  • Art Career: LEGO Designer
  • Student Artist: Printmaker
  • Chihuly's World
  • Focus on Form: Chihuly
  • The Glass Ceiling (Chihuly sculpture at Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas)
  • Process and Inspiration (glass)
  • Hands-On Project: Installation Maquette
  • Debate: Mona Lisa Mayhem: Is it Time to Move the Iconic Painting?
  • Art Career: Glass Artist
  • Student Artist: Glass Artist Kiran Shere-Wolf
  • Legacies of Indian Art
  • Past Meets Present: Contemporary Indian Artists Reinvent Traditions
  • Indian Art Now: Contemporary Artists
  • Looking to the Future: Artists Explore India's Changing Role in the World
  • Hands-On Project: Place Sculptures
  • Debate: Rebuilding Notre Dame
  • Art Career: Stone Carver
  • Student Artist: Painter Yoon Namgoon
  • Journey Into Surrealism: Salvador Dali
  • The Mystical Mind of Remedios Varo
  • Symbols, Strength and Survival: Frida Kahlo
  • Surrealism Today: Contemporary Artists
  • Hands-On Project: Depicting Dreams
  • Debate: Commercial Kahlo?
  • Art Career: Action on Film (Adventure Sport Photographer/Videographer)
  • Student Artist: Sculpturor Autumn Heil
  • Science Meets Color: George Seurat
  • Connecting the Dots: Details in George Seurat
  • Reimagining Color: Contemporary Artists use Color
  • Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Artists use Color
  • Hands-On Project: Design with Dots
  • Debate: Long-Lost Cupid [altering art]
  • Art Career: Conservation Scientist
  • Student Artist: Using Color
  • Wayne Thiebaud Captures Modern Life
  • How Does Wayne Thiebaud Create His Paintings?
  • Artist Process: Wayne Thiebaud's Trial-and-Error
  • Classic Meets Contemporary: Following and Breaking Art Rules
  • Hands-On Project: Still Life
  • Debate: Is Wayne Thiebaud a Pop Artist?
  • Art Career: Food Photographer
  • Student Artist: Using Composition in Photography
  • It's a Visual World (history of visual art)
  • Elements of Happiness (how do artists convey emotions?)
  • Design with a Message: Graphic Design
  • Q&A with Chip Kidd, Graphic Designer
  • Hands-On Project: Emoji Remix
  • Debate: Can Site-Based Sculptures be Moved Against the Artist's Wishes?
  • Art Career: Pixar Animator
  • Student Artist: Graphic Designer
  • Building a Legacy (Betye Saar)
  • Mixing Media (Lezley Saar)
  • Sculpted Stories (Alison Saar)
  • The Saar Family in Context: Timeline
  • Hands-On Project: Construct a Narrative
  • Debate: Is Wikipedia a Credible Source?
  • Art Career: Furniture Designer and Craftsman
  • Student Artist: Narrative Art
  • Vibrant Hawaiian Heritage
  • Carving Maori Culture
  • Mysteries of the Rapa Nui [Easter Island]
  • Polynesian Art Right Now
  • Hands-On Project: Sculpt an Object
  • Debate: Is Netflix Violating a Photographer's Copyright?
  • Art Career: Aerial Photographer / Drone Photography
  • Student Artist: Sculptor
  • Gustav Klimt: Rebel Artist
  • Powerful Patterns
  • Gustav Klimt's The Tree of Life Mosaic Mural
  • Patterns Right Now
  • Hands-On Project: Play with Patterns
  • Debate: Can You be Sued for Painting Your House?
  • Art Career: Wallpaper Designer
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • Inspiration to Innovation: 500 Years of Art and Design
  • Design Thinking
  • Art of the Future
  • 5 Disciplines of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics
  • Hands-On Project: Design Your Dream Shoe
  • Debate: Can a Robot be an Artist?
  • Art Career: Video Game Designer
  • Student Artist: Sculptor
  • A Formula for Figures: Proportion
  • Face Forward: Proportion
  • Bending the Rules: Experimenting with Proportion
  • Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist
  • Hands-On Project: Compose the Figure
  • Debate: Controversy About First Lady Michelle Obama's Official Portrait
  • Art Career: Medical Illustrator
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • Powerful Figures [sculpture today]
  • Materials Matter
  • Scale and Space
  • 5 Things to know About Sculpture Right Now
  • Hands-On Project: Found-Object Sculpture
  • Debate: Color Correction: Should Conservators "Fix" an Error from 40 Years Ago?
  • Art Career: Sneaker Designer
  • Student Artist: Clay Sculptor
  • Painter of Stories [Marc Chagall biography]
  • Painting Narrative [Marc Chagall]
  • Marc Chagall's I and the Village
  • Contemporary Artist: Makiko Kudo
  • Hands-On Project: Sketch a Story
  • Debate: Is this a Museum? [pop-up stores aimed at social media photography]
  • Art Career: Freelance Illustrator
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • The Art of the Ancient Maya
  • The Aztec Empire
  • Incan Art and Architecture
  • Maya, Aztec or Incan?
  • Hands-On Project: Design a Glyph
  • Debate: Does Visiting Ancient Sites Harm Them?
  • Art Career: Anthropologist
  • Student Artist: Sculptor
  • Art Goes Pop
  • Idea that Pop [inspiration from daily life]
  • The Warhol Brand
  • Contemporary Artist Yayoi Kusama
  • Hands-On Project: Paint in Pop
  • Debate: Social Media "Fame"
  • Art Career: Muralist
  • Student Artist: Graphic Designer
  • The Tragic Life of Edvard Munch
  • Painting with Expression: Edvard Munch
  • Edvard Munch's The Scream
  • 5 Contemporary Artists Working with Expression
  • Hands-On Project: Create an Expressive Portrait
  • Debate: Art Conservation
  • Art Career: Digital Illustrator
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • Painting an Icon: Why Do Some Works Endure?
  • 10 Paintings to Know
  • Hands-On Project: Create an Expressive Still Life
  • Debate: Can One Sculpture Change the Meaning of Another? [Bull and Girl]
  • Art Career: Disney Imagineer
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • Painting Today's World
  • Layers of Identity: Njideka Akunyili Crosby
  • Painting Goes Digital
  • 5 Things to Know About Contemporary Painting
  • Hands-On Project: Paint an Identity Portrait
  • Debate: Painted Pigeons: Art or Animal Abuse?
  • Art Career: Color Specialist
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • Into the Wild: Ansel Adams' Landscape Photographs
  • Straight Photography: Photography as Fine Art
  • Exploring Abstraction
  • 5 Contemporary Photographers
  • Hands-On Project: Create a Landscape Photo
  • Debate: Fast-Food Fight: McDonald's in Florence, Italy
  • Art Career: Dog Photographer
  • Student Artist: Photographer
  • Objects with Purpose: Vessels Across Cultures
  • Designs for Daily Living
  • Forms of Entertainment
  • 5 Objects that Could Change the World
  • Hands-On Project: Problem Solve with Design
  • Debate: Public Art or Public Toilet?
  • Art Career: Industrial Designer
  • Student Artist: Glass Artist
  • Hopper's America
  • Solitary Spaces: Hopper's Subjects and Contemplation
  • Edward Hopper: Composition and Geometry
  • 5 Things to Know About Edward Hopper
  • Contemporary Artist Cornelia Parker
  • Hands-On Project: Painting with Light and Color
  • Debate: Pokemon Go: Should People Play Games at Cultural Attractions?
  • Art Career: Broadway Lighting Designer [Hamilton]
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • Poster Power: Presidential Campaign Posters
  • Campaign for a Cause: Art with a Message [Rosie the Riveter, Smokey the Bear, PSAs)
  • Q&A with Milton Glaser [graphic designer of the "I [heart] NY logo]
  • 5 Artists Who Make Art with a Message
  • Hands-On Project: Design a Visual Campaign
  • Debate: Activists or Artists: Guerrilla Girls
  • Art Career: Anthropologist
  • Student Artist: Editorial Cartoonist
  • How to Read Art
  • Seeing the Story: Symbolism, Characters and Action
  • Snapshot of History [comparing two paintings]
  • 5 Things to Know About Reading Art
  • Hands-On Project: Draw with Intention
  • Debate: Can You Own a Color?
  • Art Career: Art Authenticator
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • A History of Self-Portraits
  • Identity Paintings
  • Picasso's Journey
  • 5 Things to Know About Self-Portraits
  • Hands-On Project: Paint Your Self-Portrait
  • Debate: Are These Children's T-Shirts Offensive?
  • Art Career: Automotive Clay Designer/Sculptor
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • A Dynamic Artist: Alexander Calder
  • Sculpture in Motion: Alexander Calder
  • 5 Things to Know About Alexander Calder
  • Contemporary Artists: Working with Balance
  • Hands-On Project: Creating a Standing Mobile
  • Debate: Can LEGO Refuse to Sell to a Political Artist?
  • Art Career: Neon Fabricator
  • Student Artist: Sculptor
  • Stitching Stories: Quilting as Narrative Art
  • Family Portraits: Carmen Lomas Garza
  • Preserving Tradition: Pablita Velarde
  • 5 American Artists Who Work with Narrative
  • Hands-On Project: Tell a Tale with Collage
  • Debate: Should a Museum Display Reproductions?
  • Art Career: Advertising Creative Director
  • Student Artist: Embroidery
  • Racing Visionary: Edgar Degas
  • Snapshots in Time: Adopting Photography Techniques for Painting
  • Impressions of People: Three Artists Using Gesture
  • 5 Things to Know About Working with Gesture
  • Contemporary Artist: Robert Longo
  • Hands-On Project: Draw a Figure in Action
  • Debate: Should Museums Ban Selfie Sticks?
  • Art Career: Ballet Costume Designer
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • Japanese Printmaking
  • Seasons of Change: The Natural World in Japanese Prints
  • Revolution in Blue: Water in Japanese Prints
  • 5 Things to know About Hokusai
  • Contemporary Artist Ido Masao
  • Hands-On Project: Develop a Print
  • Debate: Should Art Created by Japanese-Americans Interned During WWII be Sold?
  • Art Career: Print Studio Manager
  • Student Artist: Printmaker
  • Make Your Mark: Drawing to Document the World and Share Ideas
  • Master of Drawing: Leonardo da Vinci
  • 5 Things to Know About Working with Line
  • Draw Before Painting: Vincent van Gogh
  • Hands-On Project: Sketch a Figure
  • Debate: Pink Geyser: Art or Vandalism?
  • Art Career: Courtroom Artist
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • Monumental Sculptor: Anish Kapoor
  • The Kapoor Experience: Interactivity in Kapoor's Work
  • Designing Hope: Public Sculpture in Japan
  • 5 Artists Who Work in Big Spaces
  • Hands-On Project: Sculpt on a Large Scale
  • Debate: Is a Sculpture Based on a Photograph an Original Work?
  • Art Career: Art Conservator
  • Student Artist: Cardboard Sculptor
  • Jasper Johns: Symbols and Statements
  • Q&A with Jasper Johns
  • Jasper Johns' Numbers in Color
  • 5 Things to Know About Working with Symbols
  • Hands-On Project: Design a Symbol
  • Debate: Banksy: Visionary or Vandal?
  • Art Career: Crayola Product Developer
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • The Art of Illustration
  • Q&A with Eric Carle
  • The Moody Artist: Setting the Tone
  • 5 Things to Know About Creating Kids' Books
  • Hands-On Project: Illustrate a Story
  • Debate: Who Owns the Copyright to a Monkey Selfie?
  • Art Career: Pop-Up Artist Robert Sabuda
  • Student Artist: Illustrator
  • Becoming Matisse
  • Peculiar Portraits by Matisse
  • Red Reimagined [red in Matisse's works]
  • 5 Things to Know About Color
  • Contemporary Artist Elizabeth Peyton
  • Hands-On Project: Color Scheme Compositions
  • Debate: Should Museums Limit the Number of Guests to Prevent Over-Crowding?
  • Art Career: Art Conservator
  • Student Artist: Painter
  • Carving into Tradition: African Masks
  • Putting it Together: Mixed Media African Masks
  • Softer Side: Woven Masks
  • 5 Things to Know About World Masks
  • Hands-On Project: Create an African-Inspired Mask
  • Debate: Should the Sale of Antique Ivory be Banned?
  • Art Career: Macy's Parade Balloon Designer
  • Student Artist: Sculptor
  • Wild Horses: Equine Art Through History
  • Virtual Reality: Making Realistic Art
  • Finding the Essence: Inspiration in Abstraction
  • 5 Things to Know About Animals in World Art
  • Hands-On Project: Draw Overlapping Animals
  • Debate: Is a Real Shark Art?
  • Art Career: Museum Model Maker
  • Student Artist: Illustrator