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| Last Chance! HURRY! Sign up NOW for Summer ARTcamp!
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 Explore the Wild World of Animals from
puppies and fish to lizards and bugs! Create your own masterpieces
inspired by Matisse, Klee, Gauguin and other artists. Projects include recycled pet sculptures, nature
weavings, fish prints, artist trading cards, bug boxes, birdfeeders, and more! Design a
sketchbook and a reusable pet portfolio to hold your artwork. Weekly
sessions, June 22-July 31, M-F, 9 am -12 pm. For more information
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Summer Library Art Shows: June 6-July 31
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Art in Action's annual summer art show, "Celebrate Imagination," features outstanding artwork created by students at Art in Action schools. Over 1000 pieces of art are displayed in select local libraries during June and July. Over 400 student artists and their proud families attended the opening receptions in June. You can view the outstanding artwork on display until July 31. View details
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Winners of Contest Celebrated
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 More than 100 people attended the awards reception in June honoring the winners of the Stanford - Art in Action Student Art Contest. Student winners and their families, school principals, officials from Stanford Hospital & Clinics, and Art in Action board and staff were present.
The photo shows the winning students with President & CEO Martha Marsh of Stanford Hospital & Clinics (right), and Executive Director Judy Sleeth of Art in Action (left). The winning artworks can be seen at Comerica Bank, 800 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park this summer, before they are hung in the hallways and patient rooms of the Stanford Pediatric Emergency Department. We congratulate the winners and thank the participants of the contest, who will all receive a certificate of excellence. Visit the online gallery
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The Survey Says....
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Good Feedback From Art in Action Users
215 parent docents, school coordinators, principals, and teachers replied to our 2009 school survey. Thank you everyone, who spent time telling us what you think about Art in Action and guiding us in our future development. Here are the highlights:
99.5% are satisfied with the curriculum (61% are "highly" satisfied, and 30% "very" satisfied).
98% are satisfied with the entire program.
94% would recommend the program to other schools, and many actually do. The many comments will help us think about future lesson themes, training improvements, and how to better communicate about the support and services available to Art in Action docents and teachers. Contact us
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| Coastside Art in Action Schools Celebrate Art in Their Community
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 The Children's Art Walk, sponsored by the Hatch Elementary School PTO with other organizers from Farallone View and El Granada schools, will spice up downtown stores with mostly two-dimensional art pieces in an event aiming to spotlight kids, boost the economy and bring folks into the town. To read more |
| Art Advocacy
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 Monterey County Arts Advocacy Toolkit
The Monterey County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Nancy Kotowski, announced that the Monterey County Office of Education has launched the California Arts Advocacy Toolkit, a resource available for California schools to advocate, rebuild and teach arts in education. The toolkit is a vehicle for schools to advocate for a comprehensive and standards based arts education in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts for K-12 students. To learn more
California Alliance for Arts Education:
Arts Education Depends on Local Advocacy
As arts education advocates across the state adjust to the new realities of the funding crisis in education, we see the locus of advocacy shifting to the local district level more than in recent years. Many key decisions about arts education funding and support are being decided at the district level, so the Alliance is investing in these ten communities in order to build a model for local arts education advocacy. Read more
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E-magination is a monthly art resource for parents and teachers using the Art in Action program. To suggest events, submit articles, ask questions or give feedback, contact us on-line or call 650.566.8339.
Copyright 2009 Art in Action
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Have a Great Summer!
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Celebrate your child's year of creativity through Art in Action. Encourage your child to continue their love of art by creating artwork, going to museums, or going to our summer ARTcamp!
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Welcome and
Thank You National Charity League
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We welcome the mid-Peninsula chapter of National Charity League, NCL, to our family of volunteer organizations. NCL mothers and daughters are committed to community service, leadership development, and cultural experiences. The NCL have already made a difference to Art in Action by helping pack our art materials and assisting us at art shows.
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State PTA Gathers information on Parent Participation
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Art in Action parents, PTA members, teachers, and principals, now is your chance to let the state PTA know how hard you all work to keep the arts in your school. Take part in the survey and let them know that your school has Art in Action, an organized arts program with strong parent involvement.
Include your school in the survey
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| Book of the Month |
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Ed Emberley's Drawing
Book of Animals
by Ed Emberley
"Emberley takes elementary shapes and shows you how to put them together, step by step, to create stylized but character-filled drawings of animals. His selection is eclectic and the little drawings are great: giraffes, porcupines, raccoons, wolves, dogs, cats, lions, tigers...! It'll kick-start a budding artist, break the 'I can't draw anything' mood everyone sometimes finds themselves in, and is a valuable tool to get kids over the initial inability to draw things that 'look good'." C.J. Carter, amazon.com
To read more
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Gallery Highlights:
SF MOMA
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"Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs"
More than 3,000 years after his reign, and 30 years after the original exhibition opened in San Francisco, Tutankhamun, ancient Egypt's celebrated "boy king," returns to the de Young Museum. An exhibition of over 130 outstanding works from the tomb of Tutankhamun including many new and exciting elements not seen in previous versions of the exhibition.
June 27, 2009 -
March 28, 2010
de Young Museum
Call 415.750.3600
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Donate to Art in Action through Amazon.com
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When you make your Amazon.com purchases through the Art in Action website a portion of the proceeds will go to support the Art in Action program. Your purchases help us bring art to more children. Thank you for your continued support. View the link
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Got Photos?
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| Art in Action accepts any and all kid's art photos. Email them to us at photos@artinaction.org. We might use them on our new website! |
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