In this article I explore the big idea concept, service-learning, and offer a specific example of a service-learning project involving preservice art teachers at a middle school. Following the description, I address what the preservice teachers learned through the experience as expressed in their reflections about the project. The impetus for this project came from the preservice art teachers' in my classes who shared stories about the art lessons they saw during their school observations. The teachers they observed worked from different orientations including Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE), creative self-expression, formalism, holiday art, and make-and-take. The lessons and …