AfterSchool ArtVentures

African Effigy, Summer 2009

Responding to community needs the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is now offering AfterSchool Art Classes at local school campuses. Talk to the PTA and the principal of your school! For more information and to schedule a class with one of our outstanding Museum Teaching Artists contact Rachael Krieps, Manager of School and Teacher Programs (rkrieps@sbma.net, 884-6441).

For any group of 5 children or more we can also arrange an AfterSchool ArtVentures class at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art's Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House. Please contact Michelle Elizondo, Administrative Assistant RTEC or Monika Molnar-Metzenthin, Manager of ArtVentures Programs for details on this informal programming opportunity (rtec@sbma.net, 962.1661).

Museum Murals

While we were "building community" at ArtVenture Camp other education programs of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art were "building bridges" in the community of Santa Barbara painting and sculpting murals.

Students at Carpinteria Aliso School's Summer Academy participated in the Museum's Summer Mural Project with the guidance of SBMA Teaching Artist Susan Griffin while 3 to 5 year olds worked with Senior Teaching Artist Tina Villadolid on nature inspired ceramic tiles for a tile mural in the Storyteller Childrens' Center.

For more information click here: http://www.thedailysound.com/090209sbmamural