Dylan Yarbrough
& Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Dylan Yarbrough & Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

During my time with Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, I led a color theory workshop series with
the Black Student Alliance. We discussed the importance of color, both formally and emotionally.
To create the artwork, the students participated by experimenting with Photoshop’s new
generative AI tools. The students created text prompts based on vocabulary words, color hues,
artists’ names, art styles, and emotions – such as: “abstract, analogous, minimal, yellow,
Ellsworth Kelly, anxious.” These prompts would create simple shapes and color combinations
that we later composited and collaged into larger pieces. This work is important because it helps
young people learn about established color theory concepts, navigate their emotions using art,
as well as understand emerging tools that will undoubtedly impact the world around them.