Posted Sunday March 01 2015 at 12:38 pm
Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. Youth Art Month provides a forum for acknowledging skills that are fostered through experience in the visual arts that are not possible in other subjects offered in the curriculum.
Youth Art Month's purposes are:
- To direct attention to the value of art education which develops divergent and critical thinking; multicultural awareness; and technical, communication, and expressive skills.
- To increase community, business and governmental support for art education.
- To recognize art is a necessity for the full development of better quality life for all people.
- To expand art programs in schools and stimulate new ones.
- To increase community understanding and interest in art and art education through involvement in art exhibits, workshops, and other creative venues.
- To provide additional opportunities for individuals of all ages to participate in creative art learning.
- To encourage commitment to the arts by students, community organizations, and individuals everywhere.
- To recognize art education as a viable component in the total education curricula that develops citizens of a global society.
- To reflect and demonstrate the goals of the National Art Education Association that work toward the improvement of art education at all levels.
Posted Monday February 23 2015 at 12:31 am
Families Creating Together (FCT) invites Boston-area children and families to join "The Power of our Stories" on Wednesday evenings, March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 2015 from 6 to 7:30 pm with sandwiches and beverages at 5:30 pm. Register for two, three or all five workshops. Pick the dates best for you! All workshops are free of charge.
This is a FREE multi-generational workshop series for children ages 6 to 12 years old with and without disabilities and their families. Children explore their life stories through sign language interpretation, movement, and visual arts. A creative team of teaching artists leads the program.
The workshops are held at Jamaica Plain Head Start, 315 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain. Enter through the Stop & Shop parking lot, bear left. The site is two blocks from the Orange Line Jackson Square T Stop and is wheelchair accessible.
Spanish and ASL interpreters provide assistance.
FCT is a program of Community Service Care/Tree of Life Coalition. To register and for more information, please call 617-522-4832 or email mfcabrera53@gmail.com.
Posted Sunday February 22 2015 at 6:50 pm
Massachusetts Cultural Council recently aired a few radio spots about their UP Program which included this one about VSA Massachusetts.
"And Massachusetts Cultural Council's UP Program, expanding access to arts and culture by supporting organizations like VSA Massachusetts, whose teaching artists help schools improve learning and promote engagement in the cultural life of the community. VSA Massachusetts is affiliated with Seven Hills Foundation and the JFK Center for Performing Arts. You can see how the arts, humanities and sciences improve life in Massachusetts at massculturalcouncil.org"
