Art Discovery

Evergreen Public Schools

Art Discovery Program

Columbia Valley Elementary

The Art Discovery Program provides K-5 students with an opportunity to explore Great Art in the classroom, by using fine Art Reproductions. The goal of the program is to expose students to different types of art and art techniques and to teach them Basic Elements and Principles of Art.

Why is the Art Discovery Volunteer Program important?

Looking at and talking about art encourages thinking skills: observing, remembering, comparing, questioning and making choices. Learning about art helps students to form and verbalize their own ideas, which cultivates creative thinking as well as language ability. Great art has always enriched people’s lives. Volunteers, as well as the students, find this program extremely enjoyable!

Parent volunteers teach a monthly, theme-based lesson and facilitate a related art project with the students.

Monthly themes for Columbia Valley Elementary 2012-2013 are as follows:

	September	Joni Eareckson
	October	Modern Sculpture
	November	Portraits in Pink and Blue
	December	The Magical World of Bev Doolittle
	January	Landscapes
	February	Poem as Lovely as a Tree
	March	Rockwell and His Rivals
	April	Still Life
	May	Male African American Masters
	June	Vincent van Gogh

We appreciate our volunteers! Thank you for all the support from the teachers and all the help from volunteers that make this program happen!

Volunteers are always welcome!

For more information about Columbia Valley Art Discovery,

please contact Victoria Englund, Columbia Valley Art Discovery Coordinator, at tvenglund@comcast.net

Thanks!!