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 […]
August 24, 2015 Menlo Park, CA–Art in Action has recently received nearly $75,000 in grants to deliver its visual arts education program to schools with need in East Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Jose, San Francisco and Monterey County. The grants were awarded by the Palo Alto Community Fund, the Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, the […]
Art in Action is thrilled to be featured in a John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities Perspective by Erin Raab, a doctoral candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Raab, who is working on the Art in Action project at the Gardner Center, argues that an arts education develops a range […]
Memorial Day will soon be here, marking the beginning of summer and the end of another school year. Memorial Day, of course, was created to remember the sacrifices soldiers have made on behalf of America. It seems fitting then, that we take a moment to reflect on our fifth grade curriculum in which students take a tour […]
Art in Action is featured in this month’s digital edition of STEAMed Magazine. The article, “Michael Jackson: Musician, Dancer, Inventor,” written by Executive Director Jeffery Dollinger, focuses on stories of modern-day Renaissance superstars and how students today can be the next generation of polymaths through the influence of arts: “Once students’ eyes are open to […]
At the recent Art in Action benefit Object:Art, 8th grade student Laurel Bolts introduced our Art Visionary Award recipient, Google Doodle founder Dennis Hwang. Laurel, who has had Art in Action since Kindergarten, had this to say about art: “What does art and the art in Action program mean to me? Because of Art in Action I […]
