With new state funding for arts instructional materials, now is the time to invest in high-impact tools for teachers and students.
The K-12 Visual Arts Curriculum Suite combines FLEX Curriculum and PRO Learning to support standards-aligned instruction and teacher growth. Use this toolkit to explore, evaluate, and adopt FLEX + PRO for your district.
FLEX offers an on-demand collection of thousands of ready-to-use, standards-aligned materials—perfect for supplementing lessons or building full units. Districts also benefit from comprehensive K–12 Curriculum options, delivering year-round instructional plans tailored to every grade level.
FLEX’s newest district-only feature offers pre-built K-12 visual arts units—ready to customize for your students.
New Teacher & Program Support
k-12 curriculum coverage
Full-Year, Pre-Built Plans
Comprehensive Lesson Plans
Ready-to-Teach and Flexible
Vertical Alignment
Biographies to help students connect with a diverse set of historical, contemporary, and living artists.
Yayoi Kusama
Zaha Hadid
Kara Walker
Jacob Lawrence
Hokusai
Barbara Hepworth
Engaging step-by-step lessons complete with key objectives, teaching strategies, material lists, and more.
LINES AND SHAPES OF UNITY
PINCHED PATTERNS IN NATURE
VISUAL STORYTELLING
WE GO TOGETHER
POP ART SELFIES
ARTIST STATEMENT STOP-MOTION
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?
Premium student-facing worksheets, reference materials, anchor charts, lists, planning sheets, and more.
the 5 w’s of pop art
what is a metaphor?
colored pencil techniques
grid drawing practice
basic drawing vocabulary
Ad-free animated videos capture student attention and scaffold learning around critical art concepts.
What Is Abstract Expressionism?
Seascape Drawing
What Are Fiber Arts?
Targeted and open-ended assessments, including formative, summative, reflections, critiques, and more.
visual journal reflection
my art career
learning goals self assessment
experimentation, practice and persistence
artist statement
Promoting Experimentation, Practice, And Persistance
Elevating Learning Through Effective Questioning Strategies
Collaboration in the Art Room
Cross-Curricular Connections at the Elementary Level
Formative Assessment Strategies
Peer Feedback Strategies
Student Portfolio Basics
Writing Effective Art Rubrics
Strategies for English Language Learners
Teaching Adaptive Art
Setting Up an Autism-Friendly Classroom
Working with Advanced Students
Integrating Art and Science
Getting Started With Visual Literacy
Readying Students for College and Careers
Advanced 2D Portfolio-Driven Courses
Writing in the Secondary Art Room
Methods for Analyzing Art
Celebrating Diversity Through Contemporary Art
Helping Students Create a Body of Work
Mixed Media Basics
Innovative Ceramics Methods
Observational DrawinG
Discovering Photoshop
The K–12 Visual Arts Curriculum Suite combines a standards-aligned curriculum (FLEX) with on-demand, arts-focused instructional support (PRO). Both support Alabama’s expectations for student learning and teacher growth. To assist with your district’s review process, all required state-alignment and compliance documents are provided below.
Alignment at a Glance
Selecting visual arts instructional materials involves many steps, from setting timelines to forming review committees and using strong evaluation tools. The resources below are designed to support your district’s review of FLEX and PRO.
Confidence in Compliance: Selecting Outside the State Adoption List
Step By Step: The District IM Review Process
Evaluating with Art In Mind
Ensuring Diverse Voices in Decision Making
The Art of Education is pleased to announce that the K–12 Visual Art Curriculum Suite will be included in a statewide local contract through Publisher’s Warehouse Depository in Birmingham, Alabama.
Partnering with Publisher’s Warehouse can make purchasing timely and efficient once you conclude your district instructional materials review process.
Download The Art of Education K12 Visual Art Curriculum Suite Adoption Letter & Pricing Guide below.
Funding
Alabama provides $100 per pupil during each annual textbook review cycle to support high-quality instructional materials for visual arts.
Districts may also access Supplemental Textbook Appropriations, which must be encumbered by September 2025.
We’re here to partner with you on a funding strategy that brings the K–12 Visual Arts Curriculum Suite to your district’s art programs.
Complete the form to get personalized support with funding, adoption, and implementation.
Testimonials
With FLEX, the lesson format and materials have made it super easy to refresh our curriculum, which keeps art teachers engaged. If art teachers are bored, students are bored.
“The big difference with the FLEX Curriculum is the quality of the lessons. Our district is very studio based. It’s all about projects and hands-on learning. It’s doing, creating, making—it’s a very artistic mindset type of learning. These FLEX lessons really lend themselves to what we’re trying to do, and we feel that it really helps our new art teachers.”
