ArtSpark Eugene

Next week, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Andrea DiPalma Yansane brings her Creativity through Clay residency to Howard Elementary School - Eugene 4J! 🐯🎨 Over the course of four sessions, students will create 3-dimensional animal portraits to last a lifetime. Students will produce either a glazed and fired ceramic animal face, finger puppet, or miniature sculpture.

Testimonial from a student Bertha Holt Elementary: Ashley Reich, teacher:
“This was the best time ever. I had never done this before, I would love to be able to do it again!"

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Today, the well-loved Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Kelly Thibodeaux brings his Art of Fiddling and the Mystique of Louisiana to Holt Elementary School! 🎻🐊 Over the course of four sessions, students learn how to play the fiddle (violin) and acquire enough skills to perform in a culminating recital!

Testimonial from Adams Elementary: "It's not often that one individual can capture the interest and heart of kindergarteners and 5th graders alike! Kelly had every kid hanging on his every word."

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Today, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Andrea DiPalma Yansane begins her Wire Sculpture residency at Charlemagne Elementary School! 🦎🐦🐸 Over the course of four sessions, students will explore the technical and creative world of wire sculpture as they wrap their way through a human or animal creation.

Testimonial from Adams Elementary: "A third-grade student without any prompting, 'this is so much fun and I will remember this for the rest of my life!'"

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Next week, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Victoria Wills begins her Claymation Lab Residency at Adams Elementary School! 📸🏃‍♂️

Over the course of four sessions, students will create stories to tell with clay figures, set up desk top animation studios by making backdrops and props that they design, and generate stop motion animated videos using teamwork skills, modeling clay, animation software and iPads. The Claymation videos students create which can be shared as a final film festival in class as well as accessed online.

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Today, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Art with Alejandro teaches his Acrylic Painting and Design residency again at Spring Creek Elementary School! 👨‍🎨 Over the course of four visits, students will learn the fundamentals of acrylic painting and apply them to their own piece of art. 🎨

✂ Lane Arts Council's Education Programs is proud to bring quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Next week, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Larry Meyers begins his Decorative Mask Making residency at Willagillespie Elementary School 🎭👹 Over the course of four sessions, students will use simple recycled products to create a unique face mask.

Testimonial from Edison Elementary: "Larry is amazing with kids and a fantastic communicator. The very best artist residency experience I have ever had. Students struggling to remain in classrooms were able to engage with this work and be a part of the class and community."

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Today, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Tom Miller begins his residency at Willagillespie Elementary School! ✂️🛖🪴 Over the course of four sessions, students will learn a range of paper-building techniques to design their own, three-dimensional home space, that will be connected to the rest of the class in a vibrant community grid.

Testimonial from Holt Elementary: "Tom was fantastic. Tom had above average for student management and student engagement. His teaching abilities are a major strength. Additionally, the final projects, across the board, looked terrific."

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Today, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Barbara Counsil begins her Big Painting Surfaces: Enlarging Images for Public Murals and Interior Walls residency at Yujin Gakuen Japanese Immersion Elementary - Eugene 4J! 🖌️🏔️ Over the course of four sessions, students will create a long-lasting mural or large canvas in or near their school.

Barbara on teaching: "I want to create an avenue for students to explore ideas with freedom while helping guide them toward success. Uninhibited imagination can surprise us with results not yet discovered. I never think there is one way to achieve something. Art is a practice of creative problem solving and fun—what better way to grow and learn?”

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Today, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Will Paradis will begin his 3D Painting residency at Edgewood Elementary. 🎨 Over the course of four sessions, students will learn to use a variety of mediums and found materials with paint to create unique, textured works of art.

"Will is a great artist, communicator, and teacher. Students and staff alike were in awe when he taught and were engaged on many levels. Will had a full class with several high energy students, and high behavior, and with little effort, was able to keep them engaged constantly and give them a positive experience." - Testimonial from Kelly Middle School

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Today, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Merideth Ferrell begins her Animals and Their Habitats residency at the Chinese Immersion School - Eugene 4J School District! 🦊🐸🦚

Over the course of four sessions, students will be introduced to both the basics techniques of watercolor painting and the relationships between animals and the environments where they live.

Anecdote from Merideth: "Several students shared with me how the experience improved their confidence, and made a difference for them just by having the opportunity to be creative.”

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Today, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Lily Hamilton will begin her 5 Clay Friends residency at Holt Elementary School! 🦊🐱 Over the course of four sessions, students will create imaginative clay creatures while also learning the technique of sculpture and surface design.

Testimonial from Spring Creek Elementary: "Our class looked forward to each day with her and would get excited whenever we passed Ms. Lily in the breezeway. I checked in with multiple classes and all of them, no matter the age, enjoyed their time with the artist."

✂ Lane Arts Education Programs prides itself off of bringing quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

Next week, Lane Arts Council Teaching Artist Art with Alejandro brings his Acrylic Painting and Design residency to River Road Elementary School!👨‍🎨 Over the course of four visits, students will learn the fundamentals of acrylic painting and apply them to their own piece of art. 🎨

"The students are so proud." - River Road Elementary



✂ Lane Arts Council's Education Programs is proud to bring quality Teaching Artistry into our schools. Visit our website lanearts.org or reach out to [email protected] to learn more.