During the 2025–2026 school year, Aldine ISD expanded the Art Car initiative by adding several 
art vehicles across campuses through new partnerships and continued collaboration with the CTE 
department. For the 2026 Art Car Parade, the Visual Arts Department also introduced the all-male 
campus Impact Leadership Academy to the program. Under the leadership of Mr. McCraw, students 
selected the theme “Art Is the Cure.” This theme reflects the young men’s continued journey as artists 
in Houston. Students have exhibited their artwork at the historic Eldorado Ballroom and in the campus 
gallery at the University of Houston. Through the innovation of Mr. McCraw and a partnership with the 
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, students at Impact Leadership Academy are beginning to see 
careers in the arts not as distant destinations, but as real pathways they can pursue.
The Art Car program has truly become a vehicle for learning for Aldine students. Through collaboration, 
creativity, and community partnerships, students are driving their ideas forward, exploring career 
pathways, and taking pride in artwork that travels beyond the classroom and into the streets of Houston. 
As these art cars roll through the city during the parade, they carry more than sculpture and paint—they 
carry the voices, imagination, and future possibilities of our young artists.

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