This Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re celebrating artists who teach—and teachers who inspire. 🎨🍎 In the 1960s, Ruth Asawa turned her creativity toward San Francisco’s classrooms, co-founding the Alvarado School Arts Workshop with fellow parents to bring hands-on art education to kids citywide. One of her go-to materials? Baker’s clay—made from simple kitchen ingredients to encourage communal making and creative play. Asawa believed, “Art teaches discipline, craft, respect for tools and for sharing, and finally, self-respect.” Through workshops and public sculptures—like her “San Francisco Fountain,” cast from 41 baker’s clay panels created with local residents—she showed how art could be a shared act of learning and belonging. 💬 Tell us: Is there a teacher who made a lasting impact on your life? Tag them or share your story below. — Get inspired by Ruth Asawa’s legacy at “Ruth Asawa: Retrospective” on Floor 4! Photo 1: Photo © Rondal Partridge Archives. Artwork © 2025 Ruth Asaw...