PARENTS

Parents and Parent-Teacher Organizations help to provide the support and encouragement necessary to get students involved in the Allied Arts Education Project.

 

Parents are invited to get involved with arts education through parent-teacher organizations and volunteer opportunities. We sincerely appreciate the support parents offer every single school year, and we couldn’t do this without them!

 

 

 

Art is an important aspect of children’s education. Through the creative activities we have to offer, children not only learn how to think outside of the box, they are also better able to learn skills in other areas. According to a 2004 study by the Dana Arts and Cognition Consortium, interest in arts can help children with motivation and attention which in turn improve cognitive abilities.

Allied Arts works hard to provide quality standard based programming. Many of our teaching artists are educators as well.  Most have many years of experience teaching all age groups. We have a rigorous selection process for our teaching artists that includes an application, interviews and a criminal history report. This way, schools can receive the best teaching artists that Allied Arts has to offer. We also have a variety of opportunities to assist with class funding and supply donations.

Click here to read more about our teaching artists. Read a brief description of who they are and what they do. Each artist has specific lesson plans in mind.

 

  • Silk Painting
  • Junk has Soul: Sculpting with found objects
  • Theatre Without Walls: Site specific roving performance
  • The Art of Puppetry
  • Printmaking with scratch-foam board
  • Cartooning

Art Session Process:

  1. Teachers/ Schools look over Lesson Plan/ Teacher Roster on Allied Art website
  2. Teachers submit lesson request application to Allied Arts
  3. Allied Arts determines budget and funding needs and connected available teaching artist with teacher
  4. Select teaching artist and solidify budget
  5. Schedule and refine lessons with teaching artists
  6. Amazing things are created!
  7. Photos/ video and evaluations are much appreciated

Each project varies, but many projects can be easily completed in three hours with a starting budget of $3/child for supplies and $60.00/hour for teaching artist and administration fee. Total budget for a class of 25 would be $255.00. Allied Arts has a variety of opportunities to assist with class funding and supply donations. Please inquire!

Program Costs

Program costs include artist fees and materials and will vary depending on the program. Some offerings are subsidized by a Washington State Arts Commission Arts in Education grant. These offerings are purchased and coordinated through school districts. Other offerings may be funded by PTO’s or local sponsors and donors.

 

School Funding

If your school decides to use school funds for arts education, please contact us to discuss program options, service fees, funding support, and payment processes.

 

Grant Funding

A portion of our offerings are subsidized through a Washington State Arts Commission grant for arts in education. These offerings are developed through collaboration with participating school district curriculum directors. Invitations to participate in grant-supported offerings are generally made through school district communications channels.

 

Local Donor and Corporate Sponsorships

We are interested in assisting schools develop relationships with local sponsors and donors to support arts education in schools. If you are interested in cooperating to develop local sponsorship for your school or have a specific arts-based project you would like to see funded, we will be happy to work with you to find sponsorships.

 

For additional funding opportunities, see the ArtsEd Washington site.

Resources for Parents

At-Home Lesson Plans

 

The Allied Arts Education Project Teaching Artists have put some of their classroom workshops into more home based tutorials that we hope you’ll find helpful. Just like our lessons in the classroom, many of these tutorials not only touch on how to make art, but tie in with other lessons like science, history or physics. Happy arting!