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Highlights from the PCAC 2011-2012 ArtS in the SchoolS Grants Program

GRANTS FOR ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL!

This past year we were able to give a grant to every school in the district that applied, to cover a variety of arts programs, including theatrical performances, drawing extravaganzas, music master classes, storytelling, pottery, carving and more. Below are some of the highlights and photos of this grants season.

Moms painting at Horizon High School.

Arts for
All Ages

At Pleasanton’s Horizon High School, the high school for school-age mothers and young fathers, everyone got to enjoy the Fine Arts through combined grants from the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Foundation, Lawrence Livermore National Lab and the Pleasanton Schools Educational Enrichment Foundation. 32 students and their children learned about the different arts available to them and how to encourage art in their home with their own children.

Students at a Foothill High School arts presentation by John Clapp.

Careers in Art PReSENTATION

At Foothill High School, 200 students learned from illustrator, author and professor, John Clapp, about the brain of an artist, how to develop your artistic talents, and what careers are available to those in the arts. One student said:

"The presentation was incredibly helpful to me. I am interested in product design, and without Mr. Clapp's encouragement, I would never have been able to design my new pencil sharpener."

Fairlands Elementary artists' drawings.

Creating Masterpieces

After acclaimed artist, Barbara Daggett, led a directed drawing class at Fairlands Elementary, third graders were able to explore their creativity, hone their fine motor skills and concentration, and produce these colorful works of art.

FOURTH Annual Drawing Extravaganza

With a grant from PCAC, art teachers Michael Doyle (Amador High School) and Caroline Fields (Foothill High School) put on the Fourth Annual Drawing Extravanganza. Students had the opportunity to do drop in drawing throughout the day and choose from live models, staged still-lives, Greek sculptures and more.

"I loved my experience at the Drawing Extravaganza; it was really fun and challenging to draw live models. The live models had different looks and poses which made drawing interesting — it changed the way I looked at people for two hours; they became angles, lines and planes of light."

"The Drawing Extravaganza was an amazing experience that I thought I'd never have the opportunity to attend. I learned a lot from other artists, and being able to draw professional models was great. I appreciate everyone who gave me this opportunity and hope many years from now, students will still have such an experience."