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Quick Links to Our Programs: Artist-In-Residence International Child Art Collection Ragan Art Academy
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Artist-In-Residence The Artist-In-Residence program (AIR) serves schools, libraries, art centers, social service agencies, museums and festivals. Classes and art workshops provide students, teachers and community members with multicultural experiences, aesthetic appreciation and the development of skills in the visual arts. A variety of programs are offered to suit diverse needs: The Cultural Arts program focuses on art projects that celebrate cultural identity. Mexican tin painting, Native Americal Sandpainting and Chinese scrolls are among many popular projects offered. The Environmental Arts program celebrates nature and ecology. In addition to traditional still life and landscape painting, students enjoy making unique items such as nature books, butterfly magic wands, animal family totem poles, earth shadow puppets and endangered species origami. The Imagination and the Arts program develops creative imagination through a variety of art media and techniques. Art as visual communication is stressed through the close examination of the physical world and the various means of interpretation. Some of our popular themes include Every Picture Tells a Story, Art and the Environment, Animals in Art, Community Murals, Symbols Around the World and Family Totems. The Formal Arts program offers instruction in numerous techniques and materials. Introductory drawing and painting, figure drawing, portraits, landscapes and still life provide an excellent foundation on which to build artistic skills. We also offers a Staff Development program designed for educators. Teachers will explore art through discussion, exercises and hands-on arts experiences, as well as receive educational art information and curriculum ideas to incorporate into their classrooms. Each staff development workshop is taught by a professional artist-educator at your school site. Workshops can be provided in a variety of different art media designed to meet the needs of your school. Please contact Executive Director Shelah Lehrer-Graiwer at (323) 276-6209 for additional information. Click here to view Artist-In-Residence and International Child Art Collection sites.
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