The New Bedford Art Museum is pleased to be offering a FREE Art Education program to ten (10) 7th and 8th grade girls in the New Bedford Schools. The program is entitled “Our Point of View” and will be an after school course in self-expression through journaling and photography. The course culminates in an exhibit of the girls’ photographs and journal entries exhibited in our lower community gallery from January 11-21, 2012 with an opening reception on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 5pm.
Unique 'Point of View' for Roosevelt students with NBAM exhibit Read Here
artMOBILE is the New Bedford Art Museum's signature summer youth arts outreach program. This unique, free art program has delivered museum educators, art supplies and lessons to 20 community sites via 2 PURPLE vehicles since 1995 - one year before the museum opened its doors in 1996.
Two museum educators on each vehicle meet children at four sites per day for two hours of art learning and making. Equipped with portable masonite boards for a work surface, art materials and well-developed lessons, museum educators facilitate dynamic art activities developed based on exhibits at NBAM.
artMOBILE activities are free, open to the public and designed for youth ages 6 and up. More than 10,000 youth visits have been recorded since the inception of the program. Each summer the artMOBILE buses visit diverse community sites, including city parks, New Bedford Public (summer) Schools, and youth centers.
artMOBLIE 2011 Summer Schedule
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The artMOBILE program is designed with the objective of bringing free art activities to underserved city youth during the summer. artMOBILE has successfully delivered summer art activities in a safe environment since 1995 to more than 10,000 city youth.
Operating like a book-mobile, the artMOBILE delivers art activities to youth who would otherwise not be able to participate in high-quality art projects. A vividly painted former school bus, "the Purple Bus" and a similarly painted Dodge minivan allows NBAM to offer the artMOBILE program free at 20 scheduled community sites for 8 weeks each summer.
A tax-deductible donation of $50 covers the cost of one child to visit the artMOBILE for the whole summer! Kids participating in artMOBILE are off the streets and out of trouble during the times of highest crime and are provided with a supervised, instructional and fun activity all summer long. artMOBILE allows the youth of New Bedford to participate in NBAM's mission of engaging the public in experiencing, understanding and appreciating art! To learn more about artMOBILE please call NBAM at (508) 961-3072 or send an email to info@newbedfordartmuseum.org. |
Since 1998 NBAM has conducted after school art programs sponsored* by the City of New Bedford's "Invest-In-Kids" (IIK) initiative. NBAM after school programs are developed thematically around current and past exhibits at the museum. In addition to in-class art instruction and exercises, the after school art museum students visit other art, historical and cultural venues during walking tours in downtown New Bedford. NBAM's youth art education programs are an integral part of the museum's mission to "engage the public in experiencing, understanding and appreciating art"
Enrollment in Invest-In-Kids sponsored programs at the museum follows strict criteria set in the City of New Bedford's Invest-in-Kids Initiative - schools that do not offer comprehensive after school programming are mandatory audiences. More than 500 city youth have participated in NBAM's art programs funded by IIK since 1998.
NBAM 's new after school program theme combines aspects of artMUSed! and Junior Docent programs to peak students' interest in art that's in other-than- art-venue settings, banks, hospitals, libraries and more. Participants art reflect the variety of art viewed at locations in the immediate downtown New Bedford area. Elementary "After School Art Detectives" students completed shape and grid designs, 3D structures made with Model Magic & toothpicks and large interpretations of John James Audubon's Birds of America prints in "elephantfolio" size. Middle school students completed include interactive paintings, repeat designs and altered books.
Art Detectives FAQ
*Additional FY10 after school funding support was also provided by Bank of America and the Mass Cultural Council's LCC initiative.
For more info contact Sheila Duarte Andrade |
