2022 summer sol
Another amazing summer of art making in Walla Walla elementary schools! Based on our 2021 Summer Sol experience and the feedback we received, the 2022 curriculum featured both skill-building lessons and open-ended creative exploration. The five weekly lessons centered on drawing (oil pastels, chalk pastels, colored pencils), watercolor (painting and pencils), clay & sculpture, Art Chopped, and Open Studio (student choice)
Students also participated in several collaborative art projects:
A black foam core graffiti wall where students drew and wrote using paint markers
A loose parts mural where students glued random items onto a wood or cardboard base and then painted it with metallic paint
A weaving wall where students wove ribbon, raffia, and yarn through garden fencing
We are proud of the impact we made:
23 days, 58 hours of activities/projects
Total Participants: 652
Low-Income: 64%
Students of Color: 53%
Special Education: 15%
Multi-Language Learner: 26%
Homeless: 25 students
2021 summer sol
8 weeks of instruction at 5 Walla Walla elementary schools featured student choice art projects in an open studio setting with paper, mixed media, paint and drawing art centers.
2020 Young artist summer series
Zoom class instruction and “creativity kits” were the vehicles for Summer 2020 workshops: Printmaking, Watercolor, Sculpture and Paper Pizzaz!
2019 Young Artist Summer Series
Workshops included plein air watercolor at Whitman College, printmaking, and mixed media collage.
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”