School of Art Education

Art Education Collaboratives & Internships

San Leandro High School

Since 2015, we have partnered with San Leandro High School, where we have placed many of our student teachers and built a strong record of success. Academy alumna Audrey Brown, Chair of the Visual & Performing Arts Department at San Leandro High, shares, “Academy students are certainly the most effective student teachers I have had in a long time, going back to 1997.”

While at San Leandro High, students apply the art education methods learned at the Academy under the guidance of Director Matt Sweeney, including role-playing strategies and the development of adaptable lesson plans. According to Brown, these students demonstrate strong content knowledge, dedication, and enthusiasm, as well as “an infinite capacity for meeting the challenges of teaching in an urban school.”

San Leandro High School

Edna Brewer Middle School

School of Art Education began its partnership with Edna Brewer Middle School in 2015. BFA graduates Micaela Demapan and Hye Min Jo were interns within its Visual Arts Program. Demapan and Jo helped create an exciting and inclusive experience for young students interested in pursuing visual arts.

Among the projects the student interns brought to Edna Brewer kids was one focused on the art of meditation through the creation of colorful mandalas, explaining their history and significance as spiritual and ritual symbols in Indian religions.

In doing so, the Academy of Art University students helped the school fulfill its commitment to expose its students to broader sensibilities through the study of the art of different cultures, eras, and media.

Edna Brewer Middle School

The Children’s Creativity Museum

Each year, the School of Art Education partners with the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco, an innovative art and technology experience for children. Their mission is to nurture creativity and collaboration in all children and families.

Many of our Art Education students do their fieldwork and internships at this imaginative and popular museum. These internships provide practice with the innovative educational approach that encourages kids to imagine, create, and design.

“Interns from Academy of Art’s School of Art Education are a wonderful fit for our museum. They bring both teaching and art skills, which create a seamless partnership.” — Allie Stephens: Education Manager.