Arts in the Schools
ACHF Arts Access
The goals of this project are to expose youth at DREAM Technical Academy to a variety of art while building relationships with local artists, building confidence in the students and in their skill level and also help them understand how they can utilize art in their careers and as a healthy outlet. Student artists will be measured on their understanding of their arts aesthetic, their level of exposure to art, their personal connections with other artists and their own confidence in what they create. An evaluation tool has been created, which will be given to the student artists at the beginning of the project process before the first gallery showing in January and the same tool will be given to the student artists at the end of the project after the second gallery showing in May. If the scores are higher on the second form than on the first form, then the student did grow in the areas that were rated. Staff will also take photos of art samples for each student at the first gallery showing and at the second gallery. Students will be asked to write a reflective statement in regards to their art before the first showing and after the second showing to compare and contrast how this project helped them to grow as artists.
There was a 67% confidence rating at the beginning of the grant process and a 76% confidence rating at the end of the grant process. There was 9% growth in how knowledgeable the students felt about their art personally, felt aware of other's art, felt exposed to a variety of art and how they felt about the possibility of becoming a career artist. Students showed significant growth in how they felt about their art aesthetic.
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