Grant to fund free studio experiences to St. Louis Public Schools.
Craft Alliance (CA) is pleased to announce it was recently awarded a $40,000 grant from the Monsanto Fund. Thanks to the generosity of the Monsanto Fund, more than 400 students throughout 14 St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) will be able to participate in CA’s ArtSmarts program. Filling a void in urban schools with under-funded arts curriculums, ArtSmarts is a unique educational arts program. Through the ArtSmarts program, students are introduced to contemporary craft, learn about the innovative use of materials, and are provided behind-the-scenes insight into the creation of craft. CA teaching artists create conceptual links between the exhibition series and the studio activities, including the basic techniques of flame worked glass, …
Grant to fund free studio experiences to St. Louis Public Schools.
Craft Alliance (CA) was recently awarded a $40,000 grant from the Monsanto Fund. Thanks to this generous award from the Monsanto Fund, CA is able to provide ArtSmarts programming to more than 400 students throughout 14 St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS). Artsmarts is an outreach program that fills a void in urban schools with under-funded arts curriculums. Students engage in hands-on education in ceramics, metalsmithing, glass, fiber art and graphic art, which helps promote creative problem solving and spatial reasoning skills unique to the craft disciplines. With the aid of this grant, ArtSmarts continues to awaken in students a new awareness and interest in the world in which they live. "We are thrilled to receive this important support …
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