My Nonprofit Reviews
KellyB
Review for Art in Action, Redwood City, CA, USA
I have taught Art in Action at my children's school for six years. The curriuculum is so easy to use, whether using the book or online lessons. Anyone can teach it.
I am also an artist. I am teaching kids art concepts I didn't learn until college! Why not have a working art vocabulary and be able to execute concepts early?
How have my kids have benefited? My kids can express themselves visually. They have been taught art as part of school since Kindergarten and it continues. They can complete book reports and do projects with skill.
Our society is very visual. Art and design permeate our lives and we aren't even aware of it sometimes. Having the art history component as part of the lessons brings an awareness of how to see. The kids learn to look at art and talk about their perceptions, sometimes it is different than the child next to them. It opens a discussion and gets them thinking.
My favorite part of teaching Art in Action is watching the kids grow over the years.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
My involvement with Art in Action has helped me regain the of joy making art. Children have fun while making art projects. They laugh, giggle, get frustrated, copy their neighbor, paint on their hands, essentially they throw themselves into what they are doing. Their end results are usually a sense of self satisfaction, "Look what I made!"
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Give everyone huge raises. They have done a great job putting out quality product.
