ArtsBASICS

09/19/2026

09/19/2026

Investigating bugs today at the Quad City Arts Riverssance 2026 Children’s Tent! Come visit us.

09/17/2026

artsBASICS will be supporting the Children's Tent with a mixed media bug activity and artist trading cards!

08/27/2026

Heidi Hernandez and Colleen McCarty-Tomlinson were able to present with Rudi Newkirk last month at our Davenport Community Schools boar meeting to share the powerful, direct impact our partnership has had on our students over the past two years. Thank you to all those who support us and our work to integrate the arts and offer incredible opportunities to our DCSD students and teachers.
Presentation:

Two-Year Impact Report

05/01/2026

“We’re excited to be an FY26 grantee! Thanks to Arts Midwest, we’ve received $5,000 to bring Caro Pierotto, a world-renowned Brazilian Bossa Nova Singer, who engaged every 7th- and 8th-grade student in the Davenport Community Schools through 9 performances at 5 school locations over 3 days. Pierotto also hosted a workshop for our Sudlow Middle School and Creative Arts Academy dance students.

09/21/2025

Bring the kids & get creative! The Children’s Activity Tent at Riverssance is packed with fun, hands-on art projects led by artsBASICS volunteers. Stop by with your little artists, make something colorful, and take home a masterpiece (and a big smile 😊). It’s free with festival admission — happening all weekend at Lindsay Park!

04/29/2025

The Kennedy Center National Community Partnerships team is proud to present its 2025 Virtual Sessions series by leaders in the field of arts education, including partners from our national networks, Any Given Child and Partners in Education.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Note that all sessions take place throughout May & June, sessions are still being added, and recordings of most sessions will be available until July 31.

Please see sessions and the link to register here: https://web.cvent.com/event/eea2d24c-1afa-4cd9-ab6c-5f9705710244/summary

More sessions will be announced in the coming weeks and will be visible through this link. If you have any questions or need assistance with registration, please reach out to Brianna Garcon at [email protected].

03/29/2025

Registration is now open for the Creative Arts Academy Summer Camp: Imagine! This camp is open to students who will be entering 4th or 5th grade in the 2025-2026 school year. Students will experience dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts in a series of fun workshops!

More information about camp including registration information can be found in the link below. Register soon as only 50 spots are available!

https://form.jotform.com/CAABoostersSudlow/SummerCamp

03/16/2025

More support for our non-profit as we continue bringing art to the students in the Davenport Schools through donors like Toyota in Davenport and Co-Chairpersons, Heidi Hernandez and Colleen Tomlinson, while Joel and I assist as Co-Directors.

03/16/2025

Thank you Smart Toyota of Quad Cities for supporting artsBASICS, our arts integration non-profit organization. We will continue to bring arts integration training to Davenport Community Schools teachers, scholarships for art enrichment opportunities for students, and more authentic arts experiences. All children can benefit from the arts in their education and their lives.