The Siskiyou Arts Bus Project

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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Children can make beautiful music... but more importantly music can make beautiful children.

Help us to insure EVERY Siskiyou County child can receive art instruction! As is said, it takes a village to raise a child. Let's all work together to create awesome art programs for children. Your donation of needed items helps us by saving dollars we spend. Thank you in advance for your generosity!

Volunteers Needed:

Arts Teachers who love to work with children (paid & volunteer)
Volunteers to assist art instructors
Office helpers/specific project helpers

Supplies needed:

Sketch pads
Brown paper bags (regular sized, not small)
Quality water color brushes
Easels
Child-friendly paints: acrylic, latex, tempura water color & guache' paints. (No oil or lead-based paints)
Bees wax crayons
Foamcore scraps
Spools of colored string & yarn
Tools for working with clay
Dowels of all sizes
Small metal boxes (e.g., Altoids tins)
Coffee cans with lids
Badge maker machine
Bubble machine
Glue sticks (regular size)
Pastels oil
Thick smooth Plywood Cut to size (please inquire)

Your donation of art supplies and other household items will give children a creative outlet allowing them to express themselves in positive ways.

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.