Capital City Arts Initiative at United Latino Community

CCAI at United Latino Community
1711 N Roop St
Carson City Nevada

CCAI Artists In Education Program has begun a collaboration with Carson City’s new United Latino Community organization by giving after-school art workshops for middle and high schoolers at ULC. Artist and CCAI alum Jonathan Farber teaches this semester’s monthly art classes to the teens as an addition to ULC’s after-school teen mentoring and study program.

CCAI is delighted to work with the United Latino Community and gives special thanks to its staff and to its Director Jessica Paz-Cedillos.

[watercolor workshop image by CCAI staff]

Capital City Arts Initiative at Mark Twain Elementary

CCAI at Mark Twain Elementary School
Carson City Nevada

We are delighted to present an image from the CCAI Artists In Education Program at Mark Twain Elementary School. UNR grad student Amerique Powell and CCAI staffer Christel Passink are teaching after-school art workshops for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders during March and April.

The image: student creating her art in the torn-paper self-portraits workshop; the art history section of the lesson showed students examples of artists’ portraits from the early 20th century avant-garde.

We give special thanks to Mark Twain Elementary School and the Carson City School District for their collaboration with CCAI.

Reflections Sneak Preview!

CCAI's AIE [Artists In Education] Program is currently coordinating creative workshops with members of the Carson High School ECHO Club*, and students at Mark Twain Elementary School.

Acting as student-teachers, ECHO Club members, working with Mark Twain Elementary School teacher Tracy McQuay, Club Advisor Evelyn Wakeling and CCAI staff, are helping develop art projects that will be submitted to the PTA's Reflections Program. As noted on the PTA's national web site, "In its more than 30-year history, the program has encouraged millions of students across the nation and in American schools overseas to create works of art. The program offers students the opportunity to create works of art for fun and recognition. Students in preschool through grade 12 are encouraged to create and submit works of art in four areas: literature, musical composition, photography, and the visual arts (which includes art forms such as drawing, painting, print making, and collage)."

In December and January there will be six workshops promising to result in some terrific, trailblazing creative projects that will be submitted for jurying in early 2009.

CCAI extends special thanks to Mark Twain Elementary School Principal Laura Austin, the Carson City School District, and Nevada Hispanic Services–Carson City for their support.

* ECHO = Everyone Can Help Out

[graphic: work from the first workshop in which Twain students created collage postcards. The recipe: magazines, index cards, scissors, glue sticks, engaged instructors and students, and creativity! Note that we also snuck in a micro art history lesson, providing examples of collage works from the early 20th century avant-garde. Click to enlarge.]