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Pizza Hut on 30th
Bradley Interiors
Do Art
Hutchinson Vending
Sturgeon Glass & Mirror
Sherwin-Williams Co.
Pizza Hut at 4th and Adams
Wayne’s Printing
Coberly’s
Don’s Custom Floral
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YOUTH ART MONTH
Youth Art Month will take place in March 2007. (Conferences are 8th and 9th.) By Feb. 26th, each classroom needs to select one piece to represent them at the district-wide show at the Administration Center in March. The 6th grade art show will be shown in each school for the month of March (for voting). After the votes have been counted, we will hang the winners’ artwork up at the Hutchinson Art Center, with a reception for them and their families.
(TBA)
We can make a world of difference for our children by keeping art in
schools.
Support art and art education!
What is Youth Art Month?
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 was created in 1961 by ACMI, a non-profit association of
art and craft materials manufacturers, in cooperation with the NAEA, the
National Art Education Association. Youth Art Month is an educational
program that promotes the value of a quality art education nationwide.
Every year during the month of March, special events are held across the
country to spread advocacy of art appreciation.
How Do I Get Involved in Youth Art Month In My Community?
Anyone can start an observance. In most states and local areas, art
educators organize observances and seek the support and help of others
in their schools and community, including business people, other art
teachers, parents, librarians, youth organization leaders, and others
who have genuine concern for quality art programs and who are willing to
work with others in the school system or community.
To find out what is happening in elementary art in Hutchinson, contact
Sondra Horning, 665-4534 or Teddy Gingerich, 665-4866. Call them to see
how you can help. Or, if you have an idea for an event, let them know
your ideas.
Why Promote Art Education?
Art education is often wrongly considered a “fringe” program. In
reality, it provides students skills they will need as adults. Art
education develops self-esteem and self-expression, as well as
appreciation for the work of others. It also develops critical thinking
skills that will be important as children continue their education and
as they enter the working world. Our fast-changing environment will
require that future leaders – today’s children – be creative and
imaginative in problem solving. Students involved in art learn these
skills best.
In “The Nation and the Arts, ” a Presidential briefing paper prepared by
the Independent Committee on Arts Policy, it was stated:
“Well-developed programs of making and studying art serve many
functions. They help students better articulate their perceptions and
shape coherent responses to their experiences. When children learn to
appreciate form and color...when they learn the importance of fashioning
their own images of the world around them, they achieve greater
discipline and self-confidence. Further, the arts have intrinsic public
value as they are.”
ARTIST NAME LABELS [PDF]
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Sondra Horning -
665-4534
Teddy Gingerich -
665-4866
Please email or call us with suggestions, questions, other links,
and ideas you have.
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