I have heard many art teachers note how IMPORTANT parents are for the arts in their schools. Everything is stronger in numbers. I hope to build healthy relationships with active and invested parents who strongly believe in the arts as well.
It is imperative that students' art has a presence in the community. Right now the Davenport school district has been displaying their students' work in the mall. It's right next to the Easter Bunny, so it gets lots of traffic. It's just a fabulous exhibit. When I checked it out the other day I also noticed lots of younger children admiring the art as well.
It's important that us art teachers have a little niche within the local art community as well. The more aware we are of things going on in our community, the more opportunity we can take advantage of in order to rally support for the arts. Writing lesson plans that are mindful of advocating for the arts and utilize students involvement as well, can be an important tool too.
It would be fun to do some creative fundraising as well to pull in some extra cash for important materials that the art room might need.
I agree with getting parents involved, the strength of one is multiplied by the powers of many.
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