Where Creativity Meets The Classroom
Art 120 strives to bring the most advanced STEAM-based and cultural programs in the region directly to your school. From hands-on art experiences to cutting-edge STEAM integration, our programs are designed to spark curiosity, inspire innovation, and celebrate the cultural richness of our communities. Whether you're educating our youngest learners, guiding secondary students toward their potential, shaping the next generation of creative professionals in higher education, or nurturing the curiosity of homeschoolers and summer campers, we have programs tailored to meet you right where you are. Because every student — in every setting, at every level — deserves access to world-class creative learning.
Primary Education
For our youngest learners, we offer two engaging arts and culture programs designed to ignite imagination and build foundational skills in a fun, hands-on way. Whether you're looking for a rich cultural immersion, or an exciting introduction to coding and apiology through the lens of art, Art 120 brings learning to life in ways that stick. Because when creativity is planted early, it grows for a lifetime.
Jingle Truck brings an international artist into the classroom for a fun, interactive, cultural immersion. Students learn about Pakistan and how their culture blends this indigenous art using paint, mirrors, lights, and poetry as a form of creative expression. Students then become drivers of their own creativity by making a wooden Jingle Truck of their own.
Come explore the amazing world of bees with us! Our Bee-Bot adventure bridges the worlds of science, coding and game design, offering a fun and engaging way to integrate technology, art, and science into learning. Our award winning educator, Andrea Zoppo, leads students through an interactive world they create as a team while meeting the Tennessee State Standards for visual art, science, and math.
Art Car and Art Bike Building for All Learning Levels
Secondary and Higher
From welding and coding to fashion and design, our programs for secondary and higher education students go beyond the basics — challenging older learners to develop real-world skills, explore their creative identity, and discover pathways they never knew existed. With a diverse range of offerings designed to meet students of all backgrounds and abilities, Art 120 is where curiosity becomes capability.
Art and Data, two taste treats in one! Born from our community art project, Blooms, Art 120 has partnered with the Cybersecurity professors at UTC’s Computer Engineering department and Barking Legs to create a living, breathing outdoor data visual arts laboratory. College students gain real-world experience working side by side with high school students and artists to design light displays that respond dynamically to live data. Blooms is an ongoing program and we are actively seeking teachers and students who are ready to explore this exciting and cutting-edge art form. If you are looking for a program that pushes the boundaries of what art can be, this is your invitation to be part of it.
A bold collision of fashion, art, and sustainability, UpCycle Fashion is a creative workshop born from a powerful collaboration between the local artists, industry professionals and Art 120. Participants are guided through the art of garment transformation — learning practical skills in painting, redesign, and wearable storytelling while creating fashion pieces that are as meaningful as they are striking - expressions of individuality, purpose, and community."
Students work in teams to transform a wheel-based item (car, scooter, wagon, bicycle, etc.) into a rolling piece of art. This multidisciplinary program work incorporates a lot of the different skills and learning concepts for students’ to explore. From a primary grade level Anansi spider inspired by an African children’s folk tale and middle schoolers making a basketball bike to high schoolers transforming a car into a beautiful mosaic, this program is a great team-building program that brings students together. At the end of the school year, students have an opportunity to exhibit their work alongside professional artists during our art car weekend. This program is scalable for most grades.