The Siskiyou Arts Bus Project - Why Art is Good for Siskiyou County

Get Involved!

Volunteers needed-- there are many ways to be involved with this rewarding project. We are looking for help with:

- Arts Bus scrap book
- Cleaning & organizing buses
- Window washing
- Website updates

Our Teaching Artists from 2008 thru 2010 have included:

Andrea Marchyok

Carla Glinka

Claudia Carpenter

Donna May

Gloria Cooper

Haruki Sasaki

Jill Gardner

Linda Vivas-Houghton

Maggie Woodard

Miguel Mesa

Nadine Aiello

Patricia Aulick

Phoebe Fazio

Rajiv Hotek

Ron Cooper

Stephanie Shaver

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Art is Good!

Why Art is Good for Siskiyou County

The Arts Bus Project is Good for Siskiyou County Because:

It builds vitality for local, professional youth-oriented artists by offering jobs teaching innovative art projects.
It helps strengthen community by offering a positive place for children county-wide to gather and to co-create art projects. The Arts Bus project also bridges the gap for isolated youth by involving and collaborating with mixed age groups for youth art shows.
It offers Siskiyou County youth a safe, creative outlet as an alternative to the latch key life style affecting many local families. Offering arts bus projects helps local youth who have behavior problems by offering a positive outlet and a trained, caring teaching staff.
The Arts Bus program promotes self-expression and helps build positive self-esteem.
The Art Bus can supplement any current school art programs by offering additional exposure to artistic mediums. Our goal is to work jointly with art teachers that are currently involved in school art programs as well as those who are brought in as specialists in a particular artistic field.

Donations

Keep the Bus Rolling!

Your recurring financial donations help our youth programs flourish; they also sustain us. Donations of art supplies are also appreciated and allow children to express themselves in positive ways.

Children All Over The World Need Art!

Here's Why:

Art stimulates both sides of the brain.
Thirty percent of children are visual learners.
Art enhances perceptual development.
Children who experience art read better and do better in math and science.
Art enhances self-esteem.
Art helps develop hand-eye coordination.
Children with early art and music training are better able to visualize complex mathematical problems and solve them creatively.
Art develops awareness of the physical environment.
Art teaches children to engage in creative problem solving and open-ended thinking.