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Art Club
To grades K through 3rd from Liberty Creek, Liberty Lake Elementary, Riverbend, and Greenacres because RHS staff and students are dedicated to welcoming ALL future Falcons!
Includes:
1. An Art Club Kick Off Event in September and an Art Club Closing Event in May
2. Five (5) afterschool workshops held in September, November, December, February, and April
3. Three (3) Saturday sessions held in October, January, and March
4. Support from and exposure to local artists from painting to dance to music to poetry and more!
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YIKES! Art Club is full!
But you can still join the waitlist by filling out the form below. Be sure to read the responsibilities in the NEED to Know INFO
NEED to Know INFO for Art Club Members
Thank you for joining Art Club. Members have access to incredible opportunities that come with some important responsibilities.
Parents of Art Club Members, please read these responsibilities carefully, complete as necessary, and reach out with any questions:
Complete and email the Minor Participation Form by Monday September 9, 2024 - Children can not participate until this is on file. By completing this form, you agree to the responsibilities of Art Club. If not returned by Friday October 4, 2024, your Art Club Membership will be automatically released.
Attend every Art Club session and event. Here is the full 24-25 calendar. If regular Art Club attendance is not possible this school year, you can request that your spot be given to someone on the waitlist.
- Parents are not expected to attend Art Club sessions ~ in fact, many young artists are more creative if parents are not present. If adults would like to volunteer, you must complete the background check and forward your clearance once approved. Adults will not be permitted to volunteer until background clearance is on file with Art Club.
Secure transportation to and from each Art Club session and event. Art Club is not legally authorized to transport. Carpooling is highly encouraged so that artists can continue to collaborate with and gain inspiration from their peer artists.
Take care of your Idea Book and your Workbook. Bring them both to each Art Club session as they will provide you with opportunities to create and document inspiration during and between sessions.
Review Art Club's concept map so that you are familiar with how the philosophy is put into practice.
Check your email regularly for updates and information from Art Club throughout the 24-25 school year. Correspondence will be made via the email address you used to sign up.
Why Art?
According to NHNSCR1, “[until the age of six] is critical in shaping a child’s physical, cognitive, and emotional development. During this time, the brain makes billions of new connections between neurons, creating the network that will support learning, memory, emotional regulation, and other essential skills. . . As we continue to learn more about the complexity of the brain’s growth and function, it is essential to provide young children with the experiences and resources they need to thrive.”
And yet, many Liberty Lake area students are receiving maximum of three hours of free and accessible art education per school year.
In the book Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us, authors Susan Magsamen2 and Ivy Ross3, explain how art is not an entertainment luxury, but that activities from painting and dancing to expressive writing, architecture, and more are essential to our lives.
The book’s summary and reviews read “[Art] can deliver potent, accessible, and proven solutions for the well-being of everyone. Magsamen and Ross offer compelling research that shows how engaging in an art project for as little as forty-five minutes reduces the stress hormone cortisol, no matter your skill level, and just one art experience per month can extend your life by ten years. . . .playing music builds cognitive skills and enhances learning; the vibrations of a tuning fork create sound waves to counteract stress; virtual reality can provide cutting-edge therapeutic benefit; and interactive exhibits . . . strengthen[ing] memory. Doctors have even been prescribing museum visits to address loneliness, dementia, and many other physical and mental health concerns. Your Brain on Art is a portal into . . . how the arts. . . build healthier communities . . .”
Our students deserve healthier communities. Art will help.
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Goals & Partners
- FREE
- Meets regularly and has consistent membership
- Student-centered
- Connects an art discipline with non-arts curriculum
- Has targeted age-appropriate and sequential curriculum
- Meets WA State Arts Learning Standards
- Supports collaboration between early learning educators, schools, families, artists, and organizations
- Increases culturally relevant student learning in and through the arts
- Strategically increases public access to arts integration
- Creates a foundation of art exposure, appreciation, and excitement that prepares students for art opportunities as they grow
Because art accessibility for all is paramount, the team is making real efforts to engage artists, educators, and families with specific expertise in or personal experience as Native/Alaskan Native, artists of color, LGBTQ+, of limited mobility, neurodivergent, deaf or hard of hearing, and/or blind so that we can be inclusive in providing art opportunities for all.
You can find full partner bios here.
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Philosophy
Art Club uses the expertise, philosophy, and books of esteemed art educator George Szekely4: “By observing children at play and using props and situations familiar to them, teachers can build on children’s energy and self-initiated discoveries to inspire school art that comes from the child’s imagination. The foundation of this teaching approach is the belief that the essential goal of art teaching is to inspire children to behave like artists, that art comes from within themselves and not from the art teacher.”
In books, Play and Creativity in Art Teaching, Encouraging Creativity in Art Lessons, Teaching to Support Children’s Creativity and Artistic Independence, From Play to Art, and more Szekely’s “central premise is that art teachers are not only a source of knowledge about art but also a catalyst for creating conditions that encourage students to use their own ideas for making art. . . .Play and Creativity in Art Teaching offers plans for the study of children’s play and for discovering creative art teaching as a way to bring play into the art room. While it does not offer a teaching formula or a single set of techniques to be followed, it demystifies art and shows how teachers can help children find art in familiar and ordinary places, accessible to everyone. This book also speaks to parents and the important roles they can play in supporting school art programs and nourishing the creativity of their children.”
The Arts and the Brain (and the Economy and Community) and tons more good stuff . . .
- Strengthening Adoption of Arts/Health Practices through Research: A Five-Point Plan
- Nostalgic Music Affects the Brain and Memory
- The Five Women Who Started a Secret Theater Society
- The Importance of Art in Education: Nurturing Creativity
- Momentum Gains with Small-Scale Studies about the Arts and Mental Health
- Examining the impact of dance/movement therapy on empathy, peer relationships, and cultural self-efficacy in middle school: A mixed methods study
- Quick Study Podcast: Loneliness and the Arts
- What Can Museums Learn from the Connected Learning Framework?
- The Big Orange Door of Opportunity