CLEVELAND
CREATIVE START
Help young children develop their creative vision and artistic skills through visual arts programs led by professional artists.
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Background
With more than 47 years of arts education experience, we’ve seen how early exposure to process-focused, inquiry-driven art exploration stimulates children’s innate creativity and allows them to make connections as they engage with the world around them.
Through collaborative partnerships with schools and community-based organizations, such as daycare centers and Head Start, Creative Start can be implemented in a series of in-class sessions over the course of the school year.
Details
Program Overview
Customized programs for children, ages 2–7 years
Choose from units of open-ended exploration that include painting, collage, wood sculpture, clay, puppetry, and printmaking
35–40-minute sessions (depending on the children’s ages) taught by a local professional Studio Institute artist instructor
20 in-classroom sessions are held over the course of the school year
Limit of 20 students per classroom
Includes professional learning workshops for educators and family engagement workshops for the school community
Questions?
Contact Lenora Inez Brown, Director of Greater Cleveland Programs at: lbrown@studioinstitute.org
Studio Institute programs in Cleveland are supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
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The children are always so excited about art class. They know that if it's Wednesday, it’s art day.
They look forward to seeing Juan Pablo, their Studio Institute teacher.
Studio Institute Creative Start Teacher
