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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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Arts & Business
ImageWhy the Arts is good for business

  • Art builds a school climate of high expectation, discipline, and academic rigor that attracts businesses relocating to your community.

  • Art strengthens student problem-solving and critical thinking skills, adding to overall academic achievement and school success.

  • Art helps students develop a sense of craftsmanship, quality task performance, and goal-setting-skills needed to succeed in the classroom and beyond.

  • Art can help troubled youth, providing an alternative to destructive behavior and another way for students to approach learning.

  • Art provides another opportunity for parental, community, and business involvement with schools, including arts and humanities organizations.

  • Art helps all students develop more appreciation and understanding of the world around them.
  • Art helps students develop a positive work ethic and pride in a job well done.
 
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Donations

Make a donation to support the Siskiyou Arts Bus Project. Any amount is welcome!

Keep the Bus Rolling!

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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.
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© 2010 The Siskiyou Arts Bus Project
a project of the Siskiyou Arts Council
Phone: (530) 938.0130 / (530) 859.2309
Email: pn@siskiyouartsbus.org

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