‘Art Community’ Archive

Make Art Save Art August 16, 2010 No Comments

DoSomething.org knows you care about arts education and wants you to participate in their new initiative Make Art Save Art.

The program wants to use artists and students to spread the message  that arts are important to American schools. Read more on the contest that corporate sponsors HP and AMD are participating in.
Make Art Save Art
Visit  MakeArtSaveArt.org to get  [...]

Have you joined the Neighborhood Big Draw? August 6, 2010 1 Comment

The Neighborhood Big Draw takes place Saturday October 9th. This fun event is a wonderful activity to get neighbors together-drawing (a great way to get children interested in art),  promote community and learn more about where you live. Go to the below link to get the details and get started in organizing your “big draw”.

http://Neighborhood Big Draw
Also, [...]

Young Audiences, Woodruff Art Center August 2, 2010 No Comments

 

The largest Arts program in the southeast, Young Audiences, Woodruff Art Center (YAWAC) is part of a national 31 – chapter Young Artists program in Atlanta.  Started in 1983 with nine artists it now has grown to 64 artists. YAWAC is involved in the lives and learning of children and teens in multiple ways. The artists [...]

Michelle Obama to host luncheon for Recipients of the National Design Awards July 15, 2010 2 Comments

Beginning  next week, the White House will be will be hosting events celebrating the arts, innovation and creativity. In conjunction with this they will be promoting the importance of arts for students and the community.
On Monday, July 19th, the President and First Lady will begin the weeklong celebration with a music series honoring the arts and demonstrating the importance [...]

Is MIT’s Never-Ending Drawing Machine the Future of Art Education? July 12, 2010 No Comments

Technology is constantly reshaping the way we interact with each other and the way we learn. The Never-Ending Drawing Machine is proof in point.
Developed by MIT’s Media Lab, this collaborative art tool allows for real-time content sharing between users and enables digital artworks to be co-created. Although still in its prototype phase, these types of [...]

Art Co-op Allows Members to Tap into Their Creativity July 7, 2010 2 Comments

Artists of all skill levels have been congregating at the Women Centered Art Co-op in Charlotte, North Carolina since it opened earlier this year in March. The center, founded by two artists, focuses its programs on the experience of creating art rather than the finished product itself. Members can participate in painting, sculpture, photography, film, [...]

Teachers Integrate Art into Other Subjects July 2, 2010 3 Comments

What are you doing this summer? In Anne Arundel County, Maryland teachers will be learning art, songwriting, mime and dance  in efforts to better teach students in math, science and other subjects in the fall.
These teachers will be attending a summer development program that allows county elementary and middle school teachers to take art lessons and create [...]

Military Families Offered Free Museum Visits this Summer June 28, 2010 No Comments

This summer military families can visit over 600 museums free from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The National Endowment for the Arts has partnered with noted art museums such as The Art Institute of Chicago and New York’s Museum of Modern Art, as well as science centers, children’s museums and other sites in all 50 [...]

Healing Haitian Children through Art June 8, 2010 No Comments

 

Ines Lozano, principal of the International Christian School, knows the healing power of art. That’s why he helped put together “Through the Eyes of a Haitian Child,” a project that has him and three other educators visiting Haiti to teach art and photography to homeless and orphaned children.
“Art could be a great therapy to relieve [...]

Improving Sacramento’s Arts Community, For Art’s Sake June 4, 2010 No Comments

Last June, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson wanted to raise the profile of arts in the city. So, he helped create the For Art’s Sake initiative and raised $100,000 within the first week.
Talk about putting money where his mouth is.
“We are going to promote the arts in a real way,” Johnson said.
Since its inception, For Art’s [...]