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
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