Youth Art Month is a celebration of the visual arts! The 2021/2022 theme is “Art Connects Us”. Youth Art Month exists to: Recognize art education as a viable factor in the total education curriculum that develops citizens of a global society. Recognize art is a necessity for the full development of better quality of life…
Art Around the World with Mrs. O: Beyond Van Gogh Mrs. O had the wonderful opportunity to visit this truly spectacular event right in her home town! Van Gogh San Diego is an experience that allows you to immerse yourself in Van Gogh’s artwork like you’ve never seen it before. In an imaginative and immersive presentation…
Arts Attack Teacher of the Month! The Arts Attack Curriculum has been taught in classrooms, virtual classrooms, after-school programs, co-ops, and homeschool settings for over 20 years. There have been so many wonderful teachers, parents, and volunteers who have used our program to bring the arts to education. We thank all of them and would…
Art Around the World with Mrs. O: The Morton Arboretum The Morton Arboretum is The Champion of Trees. Their mission is to collect and study trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world, to display them across naturally beautiful landscapes for people to study and enjoy, and to learn how to grow them in…
The Benefits of Early Art Education Development of the right and right/left brain connections We all have two hemispheres in our brains. The left hemisphere is verbal, analytical, logical, rational and linear. The right hemisphere is intuitive, creative, holistic, spatial, and visual. In order to function anywhere near our full potential we need to utilize…
Help spark a movement for Arts Education! As schools return to in-person learning, please join us and Create CA in getting loud about the necessity of arts education! It’s no secret that the last year has been difficult for our hardworking teachers and dedicated students. But, as students and teachers engage with a set of…
Arts Attack Teacher of the Month! The Arts Attack Curriculum has been taught in classrooms, virtual classrooms, after-school programs, co-ops, and homeschool settings for over 20 years. There have been so many wonderful teachers, parents, and volunteers who have used our program to bring the arts to education. We thank all of them and would like to introduce…
Mrs. O, the creator of the Arts Attack Program, loves to travel and enjoy art everywhere she goes. Travel along with her in this post to Grand Rapids Michigan to see two amazing sculptures! While in Grand Rapids we visited Art Prize an international art competition. We took time to visit La Grande Vitesse by…
Arts Attack Teacher of the Month! The Arts Attack Curriculum has been taught in classrooms, virtual classrooms, after-school programs, co-ops, and homeschool settings for over 20 years. There have been so many wonderful teachers, parents, and volunteers who have used our program to bring the arts to education. We thank all of them and would like to introduce…
National Arts Education Week – 2021 History of the Week: National Arts in Education Week is a national celebration recognizing the transformative power of the arts in education. Passed by Congress in 2010, House Resolution 275 designates the week that follows the second Sunday of September as National Arts in Education Week. The celebration is…