How Will Kids Benefit from KidzArt?
KidzArt offers unique art enrichment programs designed to help students of all ages enhance artistic skills and knowledge, build self-confidence and grow as creative thinkers and problem solvers.
Our team of highly qualified instructors is committed to providing students with an ongoing, educationally rich and highly engaging creative forum in which to explore a broad array of artistic styles and techniques and to experiment with professional quality materials.
The core KidzArt drawing-based curriculum has been developed by professional artists and educators to meet and exceed the National Visual Art Standards. KidzArt programs have benefited students for over 15 years and are currently offered in hundreds of communities in 27 states.
KidzArt students will
- Produce original works of art.
- Learn the vocabulary of art and a variety of techniques.
- Develop their own unique artistic style.
- Explore ways to solve problems by “thinking outside the box” and breaking down that which is complex into manageable pieces and parts.
- Experiment with a wide variety of two and three dimensional artist quality mediums.
- Enhance their knowledge of cultural influences on art.
- Practice focus and relaxation techniques.
- Experience the joy and fun of the creative process and develop a life-long love of art!
Mediums
Prismacolor Professional Art Markers, Watercolors, Chalk Pastels, Oil Pastels,
Prismacolor Art Stix and Colored Pencils, Charcoal, Polymer Clay,
Sculpture Wire, Copper (tooling), Recycled Materials and more!
Elements of Art
Line, Color, Value, Shape / Form, Texture, Space
Principles of Design
Balance, Emphasis, Contrast, Unity, Repetition
Did you know:
Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are:
- 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.
- 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools.
- 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.
- 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance.
- 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.
Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
- Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently.
- Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently.
- Read for pleasure nearly twice as often.
- Perform community service more than four times as often.