Community Arts
ACHF Arts Access
160 children will have four different opportunities to work with professionals in art and science during their preschool or child care day. Art in Motion will culminate with an evening family event on May 13, 2016 – expected to attract 300 adult participants and 160+ children. This event will include a gallery of individual art work created by the children, children sharing what they have learned and hands-on art and science experiences for families to enjoy together. The Art in Motion Family event will be documented through participant and family event counts, photographs, a parent on-line survey, a teaching staff evaluation, and a post-project evaluation meeting.
This Metropolitan Regional Arts Council grant experience exceeded our artistic and learning goals by far. Combining arts with the creative process of inquiry science turned out to be one of the favorite school-wide curriculum efforts ever. Science educators guided the children in creating structures with a purpose - truly a process-art experience. The project began with an in-service for staff addressing S.T.E.A.M in the classroom. From there we began integrating STEAM experiences into our outreach events and teachers began integrating weekly T[h]inker Labs that included books and materials to create. Science educators led classroom activities for students in February and April and their parents joined them for sessions in March. The year-end family event included parents, siblings and grandparents. It was a remarkable event where each class displayed and demonstrated their Art that MOVES! projects. Staff have only commented that the children would have enjoyed more time with each T[h]inker Lab in their classroom. We felt very successful in reaching our intended audience and having the staff, parents and children involved over the semester provided lots of opportunities for feedback. We were sensitive to making sure the activities were age and developmentally appropriate. It was evident that students of all abilities were able to participate. The information shared with parents was very important to us, as their attitudes towards STEAM have such an influence on their children. The outreach events which included a Super Saturday open to the community and a Family Picnic event provided many opportunities for experiencing Art that MOVES! 120 people attended the grant kick-off event which included a variety of STEAM projects and experiences for young children and parents.166 students, birth through pre-k age, were involved in weekly/monthly events. 115 parents of preschoolers attended an additional event in March. 450 children and family members were engaged and involved in the Art that MOVES! activities and projects displayed.
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