About KidzArt
This is KidzArt!
KidzArt students will gain valuable skills, HAVE FUN, and feel uplifted as their confidence SOARS with KidzArt — a drawing-based art education program for “kids of all ages.” By using our simple, drawing method and weekly format, KidzArt allows the student to produce original works of art, complimented with artistic projects and exposure to many mediums, while enhancing creative self-expression in all areas.
With KidzArt, your students will:
- Produce original representational art in 1-4 classes.
- Learn in a non-competitive environment which allows creativity to flow easily.
- Complete art projects that enhance the students’ drawing skills and are simple, fun and get great results.
- Use high quality art materials and supplies that are used by artists!
- Learn to think creatively — outside the box.
- Always be excited by the new curriculum offered weekly.
- Feel relaxed and open to learning new skills while having FUN.
- Learn to problem-solve effectively and easily.
- Build self-confidence.
- Gain a lifetime love of art!
Team KidzArt
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Christine Esposito
Bannie Rogers
Dorothy Bugbee |
Natalie Priessnitz
Sandy Mott Allison Fahmie
Lucy Picioccio |
The Facts: Highlights of Arts Education Research
Did you know:
Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are:
- 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.
- 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools.
- 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.
- 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance.
- 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.
Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
- Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently.
- Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently.
- Read for pleasure nearly twice as often.
- Perform community service more than four times as often.
(Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based
Youth Organizations, Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie
Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts
Monograph, November 1998)
The facts are that arts education:
- “makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has proven to help level the "learning field" across socio-economic boundaries.”
(Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary School, James S. Catterall, The UCLA Imagination Project, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA, Americans for the Arts Monograph, January 1998)
- “has a measurable impact on youth at risk in deterring delinquent behavior and truancy problems while also increasing overall academic performance among those youth engaged in after school and summer arts programs targeted toward delinquency prevention.”
(Youth ARTS Development Project, 1996, U.S. Department of Justice, National Endowment for the Arts, and Americans for the Arts)
School Administrators
How KidzArt is offered at your facility
KidzArt classes are easy to set up! Together we decide which day(s) of the week works best for you and your students. Together we spread the word to Students and Parents. KidzArt DOES THE REST!!! KidzArt will handle all the administrative work. You provide the room and your support. KidzArt can work within your school and/or organizations guidelines to meet YOUR needs.
Call (732) 357-6596 to schedule an appointment and we can show you how KidzArt will work for you and your students.
How KidzArt works
- KidzArt is offered immediately after school in an available classroom (preferably the Art Room).
- The children will come directly to the KidzArt classroom after school.
- After class they will either be picked up by the parents or return to their after school program.
- This means no transporting for parents and no additional work for the school.
- Elementary school classes are one hour.
- Preschool classes are 30 minutes.
- Students are grouped in KidzArt classes by age.
- KidzArt is an elective program which complements the school art curriculum.
- All registration and collection of fees are handled by KidzArt.
- KidzArt can provide in-school field trips and expose your students to exciting lessons and projects throughout the year.
KidzArt® uses only high quality, non-toxic art materials.
