Can you imagine a world without art? I cannot live without art: observing it, being inspired by it and, best of all, creating it. Until my senior year in college, I never saw myself as a creative or artistic person. If you’ve browsed this blog, that seems hard to believe, right? I took a Drawing I class on a whim and my professor nurtured my creativity. What if it had happened sooner?
I don’t want my children to grow up with art and creativity. At a young age, I encouraged both Sophia and Jaxson to get their hands messy with paint. Now that Sophia is in elementary school, making sure her artistic side is nurtured can be quite challenging. Not only is her time in art class limited, but art teachers are limited as well. They have to plan their class projects and lessons based on supplies they have on hand because of their limited budget. Or they have to rely on parents to send in empty milk cartons or buttons.
That’s why I’m so excited to tell you about Art Room Aid a program by Blick Art Materials. Art Room Aid is helping teachers across the country enlist the aid of parents, families, friends, and other art advocates to fund their art projects and keep creative learning going. Any instructor who teaches art can participate.
With Art Room Aid, teachers share a project they plan to do with their students and create a wish list of supplies for it. That’s where you come in! You can help fund the project simply by making a donation right on their project page.
Sophia’s art teacher Ms. Ward wants to teach her second graders about moody seascapes and Winslow Homer through watercolor paints and collage. It sounds like a great hands-on project for her students. Your donation of $10 could help purchase a set of watercolor pencils that will draw marine scenes inspired by Homer.
I hope you’ll hop over to Ms. Ward’s project page to learn more about Art Room Aid. I’d love it if you donate as little as $5 to Ms. Ward’s project or one that is closer to you. Join me in nurturing our children’s creative genius.
Maybe you know some teachers who would benefit by creating a project request on Art Room Aid. Please share this program with them!
Do you volunteer at your child’s school or collect supplies to send to his or her art teacher?
Thanks to The Motherhood & Blick Art Materials for also donating to fund an art project at my child’s school! I am being compensated for this post, but art and creativity are very important to me. I’m glad to be able to participate.