District Art Show

The Fairport K-13 Art Department has been busy setting up this year’s art show all year long. It takes months to collect work, mat it, print labels, address invites and wrap it safely for travel for this show. We’ve spent all week long setting up for this two week event at Perinton Square. This involves arranging tables and boards, taping and pinning work into place, arranging 3D work and making sure everything is labeled and ready for your viewing pleasure.

There are thousands of works of art from the student artists within our K-12 community.

Come to the opening day tomorrow March 8th from 4-6pm to celebrate with us!

An art education is so much more than painting, drawing, sculpting, cutting and pasting. The benefits of an art education cannot be measured by tests and data. Our students aren’t comparing & measuring their artistic skills based on how well they can draw... our art classes our even more involved beyond learning about artists, various cultures around the world and art history.

We give our students opportunities to work with hands on projects in a variety of mediums with lessons that challenge their critical thinking, teach them to plan & think through their actions. They further develop hand eye coordination and spatial perception. Our students are given a voice to express emotion to things that cannot always be spoken. Students learn how to think creatively & imaginatively with innovation and personal expression. They learn how to take risks and recover from mistakes by problem solving. We give them an aesthetic language and the chance to see that everyone expresses themselves differently and uniquely; celebrating multiple perspectives, multiple solutions and endless possibilities. In class they work together as a community collaborating and sharing ideas. Art classes can improve concentration, motivation and confidence.

These immeasurable skills are dying every time cuts are made to art programs (and any of our classes that provide hands on skills and visual problem solving ). Innovative thinking allows us to make advances in technology and medicine, invent and grow as a society.