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museum shows, events, and fun activities for kids. Art in Action advocates for all children to have access to a quality art education.
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Art is Meant to be Shared
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Have you ever stood in a museum admiring the art and wishing you could share your insights with a friend? Recently, a group of Art in Action supporters enjoyed a private tour of the Post-Impressionist exhibit at the de Young Museum. The art was amazing, but talking with others made the experience exceptional. We noticed details, discovered connections, and heard stories that enhanced our experience. Sharing art makes it even more wonderful. This winter break, take your family to a museum or a do an art project together around the kitchen table. Give the gift of art. Happy Holidays!
Judy Sleeth
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Second Grade Library Art Shows
|  The third in a series of library art shows this year, second grade student artwork is displayed in 10 San Francisco Bay Area libraries from Dec. 12, 2010 - Jan. 15, 2011. Enjoy artwork created by amazing young artists.
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| Give the Gift of Art | Give your loved ones a really great holiday gift: An Art in Action program module with 12 masterpiece-based online lessons. Choose from 9 different program modules, each costing just $39.99. The perfect holiday gift for the art lover. Purchase NOW
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Save the Date: March 7, 2011 Atelier d'Artistes benefiting Art in Action
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 Our 3rd annual Atelier d'Artistes will feature a spring luncheon, artist and student art demonstra-tions, and a silent auction. The event will take place on Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club in Menlo Park, CA. Internationally acclaimed sculptor Fletcher Benton will share his artistic experiences at the luncheon.
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It's Never too Late to Start ART!
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 December brings the gift of art to students in five new Art in Action schools across the country. Welcome Nantucket Lighthouse, Nantucket, MA, St. Peters-by-the-Sea, Gulfport, MS, Puyallup Arts Club, Puyallup, WA, and in California, Spruce Elementary, South San Francisco, and SJUSD Migrant Education in San Jose. |
Diamond Awards Nominations
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Deadline for Nominations - December 3, 2010 Don't Delay, Nominate Today!Peninsula Arts Council Diamond Awards are presented annually to recognize outstanding contributions made by individual artists, educators, volunteers, foundations, corporations or by government support to the arts in San Mateo County.
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Art Advocacy
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 Building a Well- Rounded Child Through Art Advocacy - Tom Hatfield believes it's time for a radically different approach to art advocacy. The discipline, he reports, is strong enough to stand on its own, and in fact, always has been. Cut it from public school budgets and you're sending young adults into the world unprepared for 21st-century communication.
Schools Integrate Dance Into Core Academics
Photosynthesis may be an unlikely topic to inspire an opera or ballet, but in a 2nd grade classroom here recently, the children were asked to use dance to help them learn about that process. The idea of integrating the arts, including dance, into the broader curriculum is not new, but it appears to be gaining a stronger foothold in public schools. | |
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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, email us or call 650.566.8339 or 1.888.566.1982.
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Holiday Art Fun!
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Here's a special Art in Action project you can share with family and friends. The project is inspired by winter scenes by Pieter Bruegel. 
Happy Holidays!
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To keep our prices affordable Art in Action subsidizes nearly 50% of our school programs. Help us ensure that all children have access to a quality arts education.
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Facebook Contest
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Help us build a bigger Facebook community and win an Art in Action t-shirt. Contest details
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Winners of Free
Art in Action Program
| | Vanessa Bejarano, art teacher at Hanford High School in Hanford, CA, and Jennifer Alexander, instructional assistant art teacher at Academy for Change in Chico, CA are the December winners of the Free Art in Action Program. Congratulations! |
Friends of
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Join Friends of Art in Action and experience special docent-led museum tours, artist studio tours, art related lectures, and art workshops with other adults who value the arts and especially art education. See the winter tours |
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Gallery Highlights
Legion of Honor
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Japanesque:
The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism
The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism introduces audiences to the development of the Japanese print over two centuries (1700-1900) and reveals its profound influence on Western art during the era of Impressionism.
Oct. 15, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011
Legion of Honor
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| Book of the Month | 
Snowmen: Creatures, Crafts, and Other Winter Projects
by Frankie Frankeny, Peter Cole, and Leslie Jonath
This delightful book celebrates the joys of the white stuff, and provides "recipes" for dozens of witty, beautiful, and impressive polar creations.
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Got Photos?
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