This month we’re thrilled to highlight one of our amazing volunteers, Tom Heuer. This amazing Board Volunteer, shares the impact Art in Action has made for him and others in the community. What do you enjoy most about volunteering and being a Board member? Since joining Art in Action in March of 2021, I have […]
This month we’re thrilled to highlight one of our amazing volunteers, Samara Stone. This amazing Warehouse Subassembly Volunteer, Samara Stone, shares the impact Art in Action has made for her and others in the community. What do you love most about volunteering? I’m currently not working, so it’s an opportunity to use my time with […]
for all those who attended and to our generous supporters and sponsors! Arts Angel Denise and Woody Shackleton Judy and Wally Sleeth Arts Ambassador Janet and Stephanie Martin Arts Advocate Dave and Julie Fellers Laura Olson Debbie Evers Allen Arts Ally Tom Heuer Melissa Mahoney Rodney Toy Mary and Gary Ellison Willow and […]
Written by Libby Fitch As I sit here writing this piece, I reflect on my childhood and how the arts shaped who I am today. I was lucky enough to enroll in fine arts classes at Mission: Renaissance in middle school. I remember how nervous I was the first time I walked through the doors, […]
This month we’re thrilled to highlight one of our scholarship school recipients, Bozeman Online Charter School. Their elementary teacher, Ally Pitts, shares the impact art has on her students. I was first introduced to Art in Action through a student who had been lucky enough to participate in a California school and I am SO […]
A Message from our Executive Director: Growing up in California’s Central Valley, neither of the two elementary schools in my small, rural town offered an arts education program like Art in Action. In school, I recall art being one of the two “free time” choices – art or reading – a self-guided, quiet activity to […]
Art leaders, advocates, educators, and parents – let us celebrate National Arts in Education Week! In 2010, Congress identified the second week of September as an opportunity for arts education supporters to formally acknowledge the impact of the transformative power of the arts in education. This week aligns with the kickoff of Art in Action’s […]
Over the last year, we’ve been focused on developing new, relevant, and culturally responsive curriculum to meet our schools’ needs. Here’s a glimpse of the new types of lessons we will have available in the near future – Earth’s Spheres part of our STEAM curriculum and Go Figure part of both our social justice and […]
About the Lesson Art in Action is pursuing the creation of lessons that inspire tolerance, community building and intellectual curiosity through art. The newest addition, the Alebrijes Lesson, celebrates Mexican folk-art. Pedro Linares’ Alebrijes are brightly colored Mexican folk-art figures of fantastical creatures. Pedro Linares Lopez was an artisan born in Mexico City and invented the paper-maché alebrijes […]
“If we didn’t have Art in Action, we wouldn’t have art at all.” Nancy Murray, Kindergarten Teacher For the past ten years all Kindergarten through fifth grade students at Sandpiper Elementary School in Redwood Shores, California have benefited from the Art in Action program. We recently spoke with Kindergarten Teacher Nancy Murray, Docent Josephine Pai, […]
