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Make a Difference! Be an Art Docent!
Horizon Elementary School recognizes the important need for art education in our child's development. To further this development, the PTA Art Docent Program provides students with monthly art lessons and hands-on art projects taught by a team of dedicated parents and community volunteers.
Art Docents teach lessons in their assigned classroom about an artist, artistic movement, or art principle/concept. The students then create their own work of art based on the art lesson they were given.
These lessons are linked to the Art Standards for Education by the State of Washington, and give our children the opportunity to learn and practice skills and behaviors that foster out-of-the-box thinking and creative problem solving.
Art Docents teach lessons in their assigned classroom about an artist, artistic movement, or art principle/concept. The students then create their own work of art based on the art lesson they were given.
These lessons are linked to the Art Standards for Education by the State of Washington, and give our children the opportunity to learn and practice skills and behaviors that foster out-of-the-box thinking and creative problem solving.
Doc-entˈdōsənt/
noun 1. a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or school. Interurban CenterHorizon is happy to announce that our Art Program is part of the Interurban Center for the Arts (ICA) through Green River College. For more information on this exciting program, please click here.
2024-2025 CalendarProjects Projects workshop will be held on Wednesday November 6th and Thursday November 7th from 10 am-2 pm. Art docents can attend one or both days. Sign up information will be available soon.
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Mission StatementCreate and maintain a robust visual arts curriculum at Horizon Elementary that ensures all students have access to lessons that effectively integrate the visual arts into student educational experiences. This curriculum shall provide for a continuum by which students build their experience, knowledge, and application of the visual arts and shall provide connections within and across art disciplines, other subject areas, life, cultures and work; thus providing opportunities for all students, which communicate achievement, respect, freedom and fun.
Program GoalsProvide a creative and safe environment that allows all students to express themselves in ways that are most successful for them.
Retain a team of volunteer docents from the community as facilitators.
Leverage the State of Washington Art Standards for Education.
Expand children's ability to form definitions of their visual world.
Familiarize children with various artists, styles of art, cultures and time periods.
Examine elements of art that the children can apply to their own creative endeavors.
Acquaint the children with varied media as a means of expression.
Establish the legitimacy of art as a critical part of the basic curriculum.
Artful Quotes"Go and make interesting mistakes. Make amazing mistakes. Make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for you being here. MAKE. GOOD. ART.” - Neil Gaiman
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Pablo Picasso
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I Can't Draw!Can I still be an Art Docent?
YES you can! You don't need to be an artist to be an art docent. A love of children and a commitment to volunteering are the only requirements. Art Docent RoleThe Art Docent is a monthly commitment of approximately 3 hours; based on if you use the prepared presentations and lessons, including class time, and clean-up.
Training and lessons will be provided by the Interurban Center for the Arts. Supplies are funded by the PTA. Your best resource for a successful project is collaboration with our Art Docent team.
For Art Docents OnlyWe have our own Facebook page. Click the icon, and see what we are doing at school this year.
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