There’s a certain kind of energy that settles into the art room right before a new project begins—the kind where curiosity is buzzing and ideas are just waiting to spill out. That’s exactly where we are as my middle school students begin an Artist Trading Card (ATC) mixed media unit , and I’ll be honest: this is one of the projects I’ve been most excited to teach all year. Artist Trading Cards are small by design—just 2.5" x 3.5" —but they open up a surprisingly big world of