Themes

Big ideas

Storytelling8 lessonsComposition7 lessonsPortraits & Identity7 lessonsAbstraction6 lessonsLight & Shadow6 lessonsNature & Landscape6 lessonsTexture & Material6 lessonsAncient & Global Cultures5 lessonsSculpture5 lessonsPattern & Design4 lessonsColor3 lessonsDreams & Imagination3 lessonsPerspective & Space3 lessonsPrintmaking3 lessonsShape & Form3 lessonsArt & Poetry2 lessonsArt & Technology2 lessonsDesign Thinking2 lessonsStill Life2 lessonsBooks as Art1 lessonLine & Mark-Making1 lesson

Through time

1. Ancient World

   Fall 2026 · Lesson 6Mummies & Maverick Kings: Egypt's Golden Age (Halloween Special)Fall 2026 · Lesson 8Adorned Through Time: Jewelry Across 4,000 YearsSpring 2026 · Lesson 1Stories in Stone(Arts of the Acient America)Spring 2026 · Lesson 2Gold, Thread & Geometry: Design Elements of the Ancient Andes

2. Medieval

   Spring 2026 · Lesson 5How Artists Learned to See: Perspective

3. Renaissance

   Fall 2026 · Lesson 1Faces of Faith: Storytelling in Italian Renaissance PaintingSpring 2026 · Lesson 5How Artists Learned to See: Perspective

4. Baroque & Dutch Golden Age

   Fall 2026 · Lesson 2Light, Shadow & Story: Rembrandt's AmsterdamFall 2026 · Lesson 3Four Trees: One Object, Four ChoicesFall 2025 · Lesson 2The Delicacy of Shapes: Rachel Ruysch’s Still Life of Art and ScienceLight DetectivesLight Detectives — Rembrandt's Shadow Magic

5. 18th–19th Century

   Fall 2026 · Lesson 5Autumn Light, & PoetryFall 2026 · Lesson 8Adorned Through Time: Jewelry Across 4,000 YearsFall 2026 · Lesson 9The Bold Brush: John Singer Sargent's PortraitsSpring 2026 · Lesson 3The 1862 Time Traveler: From Manet to AISpring 2026 · Lesson 6Framing Nature — Three Gardens, Three Ways of SeeingFall 2025 · Lesson 5The Drama of Composition: Picture Inside Pictures

6. Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

   Fall 2026 · Lesson 3Four Trees: One Object, Four ChoicesFall 2026 · Lesson 5Autumn Light, & PoetryFall 2026 · Lesson 7Bold Compositions: How Impressionists Framed the Modern WorldSpring 2026 · Lesson 3The 1862 Time Traveler: From Manet to AISpring 2026 · Lesson 5How Artists Learned to See: PerspectiveFall 2025 · Lesson 4The Graphic Jam: Inside the Library of Pattens

7. Modern (1900–1960)

   Fall 2026 · Lesson 1Unbound — Miró and the Book as a Work of ArtFall 2026 · Lesson 3Four Trees: One Object, Four ChoicesFall 2026 · Lesson 4Carving Worlds: Naoko Matsubara's Woodblock PrintsFall 2026 · Lesson 10Dreams on Canvas: Surrealism in the New Modern Art GalleriesSpring 2026 · Lesson 4In Motion: Calder & DesignSpring 2026 · Lesson 6Framing Nature — Three Gardens, Three Ways of SeeingFall 2025 · Lesson 1The Alternative Shapes: Giorgio Morandi & Georges BraqueVoice of Art · Lesson 1Voice of Art 1: Beyond What We See

8. Contemporary

   Fall 2026 · Lesson 4Carving Worlds: Naoko Matsubara's Woodblock PrintsFall 2026 · Lesson 5Autumn Light, & PoetryFall 2026 · Lesson 8Adorned Through Time: Jewelry Across 4,000 YearsFall 2026 · Lesson 11Color, Layers, and Love: Suzanne Jackson's Abstract World (Semester Finale)Spring 2026 · Lesson 6Framing Nature — Three Gardens, Three Ways of SeeingFall 2025 · Lesson 3The Abstract Space: The Minimalist(?) Sculpture Created by Martin PuryearFall 2025 · Lesson 4The Graphic Jam: Inside the Library of PattensVoice of Art · Lesson 2Voice of Art 2: Making Ideas Visible

Artists A–Z