Discover Art Club

Fred Korematsu Discovery Academy, Fruitvale District (2008 and 2009)

OFFTA provides funds to cover art supplies costs for the program, “Artist of the Week Meets the Curriculum.” 3rd through 5th graders discovered themselves as artists while discovering art and artists from around the world. With OFFTA funds, students learned to use the internet and various visual arts media to express themselves and to appreciate different world cultures. Art teacher Ms. Frank employed vocabulary, science, and math skills in those activities. Prior to receiving funding, supplies were so short that students were cutting paper out of National Geographic magazines to make collages. Ms. Frank added, “Thanks to our use of grant funds to purchase printing foam, printing ink, and rollers, we used our skills to create prints that resembled the black and white prints by Ashley Bryan in our textbooks. We studied a book about Harriet Tubman by Jacob Lawrence (purchased with grant funds) and experimented with color prints and painting in his style.”