Afternoon of the Arts
"Afternoon of the Arts" started as a pilot program in 2024 run by SCAAC in partnership with Utsalady Elementary and the school's Booster Club (aka: parent-teacher org). In collaboration with the school district, individual schools, principals, and teachers, we are refining the program to offer the best art education that we can to our students. Check out what we're up to below!
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2025:
Elger Bay Elementary and Utsalady Elementary 5th grade classes each set aside consecutive sessions for art education over a week. The students learn art vocabulary, concepts, and principals while being taught by a professional teaching artist.
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Utsalady Elementary will also be
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Pssst: Do you want AoTA to come to your school? Let us know!
2024:
One day each month (January, February & March), the afternoon was reserved for art, creativity and togetherness. Local artists taught a lesson to students at each grade level – that's 420 students from Pre-K to 5th grade!
The students have made:
1) Art for Each Other : artist trading cards
2) Art for Fundraising : each class created an auction piece to support future arts programming
3) Art for Utsalady : large-scale, installed art to beautify the school
We are so proud of our teaching artists: M. Andrew Curry, Bobbi Samples, Hanna Gould, Katie Walton, Kelly Crumpley, Lael Williams, Resha Hanson, Shogo Ota & Tasha Smith.
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BIG THANK YOU to everyone at Utsalady Elementary:
- Principal Michael Hanna
- Callie Darland and the Utsalady Booster Club
- All the incredible teachers and staff
- All the parents that volunteered in the classrooms
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The Utsalady STEAM Fair & Student Art Auction was April 23, 6 – 7:30pm at Utsalady Elementary.
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Art for Each Other
Students created "Artist Trading Cards" using different mediums and techniques at each grade level. Once all the cards were dry, Principal Hanna offered the school a "trading time", giving students time to trade their cards with their friends and teachers.
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Art for Fundraising
To build AoTA into an annual program, it needs to be sustainable. The student art auction at the annual STEAM Fair was an opportunity for parents and community members to support the program and future arts education.
Check out the auction items:
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Art for Utsalady
This was a BIG one! Principal Hanna asked us to beautify walls, hallways and stairwells with large-scale student art that will live at the school for years to come.