To promote art in schools, every year, each of the 435 members of the House chooses from submissions from their constituents ...

Before she ever pulled a firehose or backed a fire engine into the bay, Lane Carl — a firefighter and paramedic at Rock ...

Following graduation, Karas was a graphic designer at David Clark Co. in Worcester, famous for its space suits for NASA.

Lucy Dick is a talented artist and a top student at the Mississippi School of the Arts in Brookhaven. She’s also legally ...

The Williamsburg Bray School, now part of Colonial Williamsburg, taught free and enslaved Black children for several years in ...

King and Queen meet artists to celebrate 25 years of Royal Drawing School - Works by David Hockney, Tim Burton and frontline ...

More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

“Why a pencil? Everybody uses a pencil,” Amy Higgins said. “Everybody knows a pencil. You see it in school, you see it in people’s work, or drawings, everything.

The 20-foot-tall pencil was sculpted out of a mammoth oak tree at the home of John and Amy Higgins. The beloved tree was damaged in a storm a few years ago when fierce winds twisted the crown off.

Now, Mia is one of 115 finalists. Campbell learned about the contest at the National Art Education Association Conference and said it seemed perfect for her after-school art students to try. Mia ...

Step 6: Add Trees or a Flag To decorate your scene, you can draw one or two trees beside the school. Start with tall trunks and round or fluffy tops for the leaves. You can also add a flagpole in ...

According to a survey of teachers, commissioned by art class provider Art-K, fewer children are able to use scissors or grip pencils properly.