Art Focus Workshop

Changes the community wants to see…

• I want to see children use art to problem solve

• Break stereotypes of what are is

• Real life artists do demos - encourage mentoring

• Want to see art infused into every discipline and every class

• I want to see art as a process not a product to hang on the wall

• To have sustainable art

• Increased amount or number of sessions

• Full time art teacher

• Choices

• Art should teach other principles and as history and geometry

• More art time at schools

• I want to see "non artists" become artists - build confidence

• More information, creativity, use of skill

• Art is supposed to be a weekly lesson

• More freedom for the teacher

• Use of multiple mediums

• More opportunities to incorporate art

• More classes

What excites you?

• Allowing children to learn in a way they understand

• Allowing kids to understand art better, being able to empower them with better skills

• To see kids with their faces smiling showing off their art work

• More ways to express

• More art time/classes available and the prospect of a variety of art

• Bringing art back to schools

• Unlimited possibilities

• Children experience the world through art

What don’t you want to see…

• Structure

• Once a month lesson

• Some structure is required to teach the basic but let them grow in their direction

• Teach art in a way that it is not experienced, felt, and understood so they get invested in it

• I want to see teachers teach children not "art"

• Limited class times and pre-defined "old school" art

• Art corps type of rigid structure

New Opportunities you would like to see…

• See the world with their eyes, express it with art as a medium

• Let them talk about their art and their product

• Appreciate contemporary art and art history

• Experience different types of art from old school to new

• Exposure to a higher level of art background skill

• Bring them the foundation and let them experience

• Use of clay and oil

• Having museums and galleries

• For our kids to have fun doing art and see them loving doing it on a weekly basis

• Opportunity for kids to work in groups or independently on real world projects

• Learning art history and how it pertains to life

Deal Breakers

• Not rush

• Limited to current or less sessions

• Rules and regulations of what art is

• Same art schedule like the current public school

• Same project for everyone and they all look the same

• Daily learning of art