News from the Emerald Art Center

 

The beautiful "Celebrating Friendship" a 66"x44" oil, was painted by Marilyn Stauber
and Dottie Chase. The commissioned work will be hung in the
Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago.

Emerald Art Center has green trim at night for our year-long
(2007) celebration of 50 years of the Emerald Empire Art Association.

 

TEACH Arts is Emerald Arts Center's
new children's art education program.

Teach Arts 2007-2008 Printable Brochure

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About TEACH Arts

Emerald Art Center, in collaboration with Springfield Public Schools and Springfield Arts Commission, has developed a visual arts education program, TEACH Arts for children ages 2-12. The Chambers Foundation has provided start-up funds for this visual arts outreach program. TEACH Arts sessions began in September 2006. The program continues on- see above linked brochure...

TEACH Arts is patterned after a successful arts program designed by Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and is unique in offering classes for pre-school children ages 2-3 (Baby Picasso), ages 4-5 (Doodle Bugs & Splat) as well as classes for the elementary ages: (Art Around the World) ages 6-7, (Birds, Beasts and Blossoms) ages 6-7, (Quirky Contemporaries) ages 8-9 and (Teach me Techniques) ages 10-12.

TEACH Arts' mission – To offer high quality visual arts education to all members of the community- stands on three pillars of intention: education, access and awareness.

Education

TEACH Arts provides the main visual arts education for preschoolers as well as elementary children in the Springfield and Lane County area and provide opportunities in a region where schools are losing arts specialization programs due to budget restraints. In Springfield alone 16 elementary schools serving 5,172 children are not able to provide any visual art education for their students.

Access

Emerald Art Center is working to keep costs low as well as provide scholarships to low-income families, increasing access to arts education across the economic spectrum.

Awareness

Emerald Arts Center will be producing children’s arts events open to everyone free of charge. These include Free Family Art Sundays to be held one Sunday a month from 2:00-4:00 pm where the Emerald Art Center will present an afternoon of art activities with an emphasis on cultural diversity for family and friends. The Children’s Celebration at Island Park and Children’s Art Festival at the Springfield Library will also provide free art festival days that will be structured to increase awareness of children’s art to a broad section of the community.

Emerald Art Center is seeking support, donations, partnerships, and sponsorships from a variety of sources that have expressed interest in TEACH Arts. These include Springfield Arts Commission, Willamalane Parks & Recreation District, Springfield Rotary Club, and Comcast. Already the community is joining together to ensure a strong beginning for a worthwhile and much needed program.

 

	Visiting Mexican artist, Capelo, coordinated painting a unique mural on our alley-side (North) wall with the help of local high-school students and teachers during September, 2004.
Photos of painting project (pre-opening 2/02) kindly submitted by Mel Vincent. Here's a list of all the people that have helped: Mel Vincent, Daryl Curran (we did all the spraying of the approx. 18,000 sq. ft. of wall space) Carol and Dale Fourtner, Don and Ginnie Burgess, Rod Gillilan, Dotty and Frank Light, Dottie Chase, Donna and Ken Schimmels, Sharon and Jo Dunnick, Bruce Mitchell, Steve Hill, Bonnie Smith, Evelyn Gossard, Andy Anderson, Marilyn Renkin, Brent Burkett, Karen Grant, Elise Olson, Debb Bryon, Ed King, Mark Clarke, Randall Ingalls, Mark Miller, Art Paz, Diane & David Lay, (I hope I haven't forgotten anyone.) As of Saturday Feb. 28, a total of approx. 432 man (or person) hours have been put in. We started work on the project Saturday January 17th. _Mel Pictured to the right Bruce M. Below Carol Fourtner and Dale Fourtner Bottom Daryl Curran and Mel Vincent

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