PT Artscape is pleased to announce our sixth annual "Art Affair" fundraiser for the Arts in Education program in the Port Townsend School District. Our event will coincide with the May 5th Gallery Walk day and evening, which includes the opening of Art Wave, our annual showcase of K-12th grade student artwork in Port Townsend businesses.
Please click HERE to find out more about this important event and to help us raise funds to support the Arts in our schools.
Making Art Happen
Arts in the Schools Program
Produced by Plumb Productions
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Support for our programs is provided by the following organizations.
Blue Heron Martime Discovery Program- Students explore local plant, sea and animal life in art class.
BEGINNING
In the fall of 1998, a group of interested teachers, school administrators, and community members came together to apply for a grant from WSAC that offered funding for arts in the public schools. Visual arts, music, and drama were offered as electives only in grades 7-12. Limited levy funding supported one-shot arts activities in the elementary grades on a monthly basis. There was not a climate of collaboration between the arts specialists and classroom teachers, and arts lessons were not integrated into the curriculum.
Margie McDonald Teaching artist visits the Fifth grade and teaches Calder inspired sculptural lesson.
