Art In The Afternoon

Overview of the afterschool curriculum.

Art in the Afternoon is...

...a smaller version of the award winning Arts Attack visual art curriculum. It is designed for those afterschool programs that do not have the time available to teach a full year’s curriculum, but wish to implement a cost-effective easy-to-teach, high-quality art program as an enrichment activity during the time that they do have available. Its focus is on teaching the art elements and principles, drawing techniques and creative self-expression, whilst also addressing such subjects as learning and working in the styles of the masters, exploring a variety of media, art history and multicultural art. Art in the Afternoon is available in the all new Online format, as well as in the traditional DVD format.

Like Arts Attack, which is successfully taught in thousands of classrooms...

...by art specialists, classroom teachers, parent art docents and/or after school staff members, Art in the Afternoon is an easy-to-teach video-based art curriculum developed for use in the elementary and middle grades - K-8. Art in the Afternoon teaches 12 lessons per grade level, a carefully selected subset of the 24-27 lessons in the Arts Attack visual art curriculum.

Upgrade capability

Art in the Afternoon can easily be converted to the full year Arts Attack visual art curriculum. A conversion package consisting of 12-15 additional lessons with a more comprehensive teachers manual is available for those who purchase the Art in the Afternoon program and then decide, at a later date, that they wish to convert to a full year’s visual art curriculum.

What makes Art in the Afternoon ideally suited for After School Programs?

Easy to teach curriculum:

The program insures great results, even from staff with little or no art background.

Easy to implement:

It comes with Reference Guides for both Site Coordinators and Teaching Staff, as well as a two-hour Staff training video.

One-time purchase or 5-year subscription:

There are no recurring costs such as student workbooks or textbooks. All teaching and motivating is done using videos.

Minimal preparation time:

The manuals and videos contain everything a teacher needs including warm-up exercises, drawing aids, and artist chronologies.

Materials are simple and inexpensive:

They are clearly summarized in the manual and shown on the video for each lesson.

Highly motivational:

Arts Attack utilizes visual imagery and video visits to peer-group classrooms to inspire students to achieve at a high level.

Great Masters Virtual Museum

This is a great addition to your curriculum

There are at least 10 art images and associated discussion guides per grade level in this program that explores artists from periods ranging from Contemporary to the Renaissance to Primitive art. This online program is included in the Art in the Afternoon Online format and is an optional purchase with Art in the Afternoon DVD.

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Arts Attack

has recently undergone an extensive detailed evaluation by the California After School Resource Center. This resulted in the CASRC recommending Arts Attack as a high-quality reviewed resource for after school programs in California schools. More information is available on the CASRC website:

www.californiaafterschool.org

Comprehensive, challenges students:

This hands-on K-8 developmental and sequential program teaches all the elements and principles of art, drawing technique, working in the style of great masters, exploration of a variety of 2 and 3 dimensional media, self expression, art appreciation, art history, multi-cultural art and more – at every grade level.

Increases student's self-esteem:

Feedback from hundreds of teachers has always emphasized the increased self-esteem and self-confidence that students develop as they work through their projects. IT’S FUN: Students have a great time as they discover that they can achieve results far beyond what they thought they could produce.

Develops creativity:

Arts Attack teaches to the right side of the brain with a primary objective of developing overall creativity, intuition, visual thinking and problem solving skills – benefits that will last a lifetime.

Program Components

The Video Package:The primary teaching tool in the program comprising 12 lessons in either Online or DVD format is designed to be shown directly to the students. Every lesson follows a similar format and is taught in the following manner:-

The materials required for the lesson are displayed.
Art prints, art objects, examples, on-location footage, etc. are used to provide motivation and to stimulate student interest, ideas and concepts.
Where appropriate warm-up exercises are presented.
The lesson is demonstrated and new techniques are taught.
Students in a classroom setting are shown working through the lesson in a variety of ways and with a range of skills.
A sampling of the complete art projects from the students on the video are displayed.

The Teacher’s Manual:

The focus of the Teacher’s Manual are the lesson plans (including warm-up exercises, drawing aids and artist chronologies) which support and summarize the lessons taught on the videos.

The manual also contains:-

Teaching tips and suggestions
Lesson objectives
A summary of all of the supplies required
Guidelines for a visit to an art museum and giving a year-end art show
A glossary of art terminology and a bibliography

Designed to be used by staff personnel whose art education background ranges from zero to extensive, the manual clearly and simply communicates the goals, concepts, materials and processes for teaching each lesson.

Quick-reference Guides for the after school site coordinators and the teaching staff.

A training video for initial training and for training new staff each year.

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