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26
Jun

Welcome 2020 Summer Interns!

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We are thrilled to welcome new interns to our team this summer! We can’t wait to see the amazing things they will accomplish. Get to know our 2020 summer interns:   Annabelle Wang My name is Annabelle Wang, and I’m currently a rising sophomore at Stanford University from Houston, TX! I’m thinking about majoring in […]

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25
Jun

End of Year Art Show!

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End of the school year student art exhibition al fresco! Thank you, Heather School in San Carlos, California, for sharing your students’ artwork with the local community. A passerby on her daily walk sent this picture to us. The children’s bright and colorful artwork has brought happiness and smiles to the neighborhood! So many of […]

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25
Jun

Announcement: Art in Action receives $85k grant from The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, Inc!

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Art in Action is thrilled to announce that we have been chosen as a recipient of an $85K grant from The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, Inc! The grant deepens the current partnership between AiA and the Junior League and will be renewed for three years. Through a smaller JLPA•MP grant last year that was […]

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24
Jun

AiA Lesson Highlight – K-9 Toyohiro, Seasonal Tree Screens

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Utagawa Toyohiro was a member of the Edo School of Japan who worked 200 years ago when many wealthy people bought art. He mainly painted portraits of young women engaged in social activities since women were expected to play musical instruments and indoor games at the time. This Art in Action lesson is based on […]

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