Art Masters Program Wins the Hearts of Elementary Students
TACFA continues for the sixth year to fund the Art Masters Elementary School Art Education Program in five underserved Tustin schools; Lambert, Beswick, Heideman, Nelson, and Veeh, reaching over 2900 1st through 5th grade students with a total of 77 classes. Art Masters offers age appropriate units of sequential study in visual arts designed to compliment history, social studies, and language arts. The program and curriculum meet the California Standards for Visual Arts.
Artists studied this year were Frederick Remington (realistic mixed media landscape), Georgia O’Keefe (color value, shading,scale), Asian Brushwork Masters ( symbolism, Asian characters, brush and ink technique).
Professional Art Masters instructors presented assemblies showcasing the life and work of each artist, their place in history, their art style and composition technique. Each student then created a hands-on art project in the style and medium of the artist studied. Deanna Parks, principal at Lambert Elementary stated that “Without the graciousness of TACFA, our students and teachers would not have this amazing experience.”
The Art Masters Program costs approximately $3,200/per school/per year. TACFA funds were supplemented this year by Art-A-Fair. However, TAFCA’s goal is to increase donations earmarked for this project in order to include all five artists in each series at all six schools, thus maximizing the student’s education and studio project experience. To learn more about the Art Master program and how you can help, please call TACFA 714-518-5519.
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