Youth Art on Display at the Library

No need to travel anywhere to see great art; just visit your local library! The young talent of Zionsville is exhibited now on our shelves and among our collections!

Throughout March, the library is collaborating with art teachers from the Zionsville Community Schools (ZCS) to support Youth Art Month (YAM). YAM is a nationwide program that began in 1961 to emphasize the value of art and art education for children. Students from grades K-12 are represented with displays of their artwork on both floors of the library.

In addition, art classes for children K-12 will be offered by local and ZCS art teachers on four different Saturdays in March. See the Events calendar to sign up; spots are filling up quickly.

Children receive so many benefits from a quality art program:

• enhances problem-solving and critical thinking
• teaches sensitivity to beauty, order, and other expressive qualities
• promotes multicultural awareness and understanding
• offers another dimension to what students are already learning in other subject areas. 

Please support your local art educators and students!

encourage support for quality school art programs. YAM provides a forum for acknowledging skills that are fostered through experience in the visual arts that are not possible in other subjects offered in the curriculum. - See more at: http://www.arteducators.org/news/yam#sthash.GeBH7QGe.dpuf

encourage support for quality school art programs. YAM provides a forum for acknowledging skills that are fostered through experience in the visual arts that are not possible in other subjects offered in the curriculum. - See more at: http://www.arteducators.org/news/yam#sthash.GeBH7QGe.dpuf

encourage support for quality school art programs. YAM provides a forum for acknowledging skills that are fostered through experience in the visual arts that are not possible in other subjects offered in the curriculum. - See more at: http://www.arteducators.org/news/yam#sthash.GeBH7QGe.dpuf

Last weekend for Youth Art Month at the Library!

March is Youth Art Month, and Art has been in the air at the Library!  The Zionsville Community School art teachers have worked hard to display student art around town, and this is the last weekend that the student Art will be displayed at the Library, so come and take a peek!

Children, ages 8-12, also have one more opportunity to take part in a free art class at the Library Saturday, March 23 at 2:00 PM.  Staff from the Sullivan-Munce Cultural Center will come to the Library and explore the art of Alexander Calder by making a mobile with wire, beads, buttons and more.  There are still a few spots available, please register.

The ZCS art teachers have worked extremely hard to celebrate Youth Art Month!  The teachers, along with other community artists have put on free art programs every Saturday in March at the Library, what a special way to celebrate all month long! 

We would like to extend a special thanks to the ZCS teachers for sponsoring an art community service project; and to MyArt (formerly Monart) who helped the kids create unique colorful animal pictures inspired by the art of Laurel Burch; and to A Space to Create, who taught kids about Picasso’s blue period; and finally, to Sullivan Munce Cultural Center for sponsoring the Alexander Calder program.

Youth Art Month is at the Library

Youth Art Month is celebrated during the month of March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs.

The Zionsville art teachers have been busy displaying student work throughout the Library-art is up, down, and all around! Take a peek at the display cases at the Fifth Street entrance and stroll around upstairs in the fiction and non-fiction sections-you will find some wonderful works of art.

If your 1^st through 5^th grader is particularly excited about YAM (Youth Art Month) he/she can even participate in a project the teachers left for the Youth Services Department.

Perhaps you have heard of Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh? Well, we have the Starry Night image and are going to create our own Community Masterpiece. Starry Night has been sectioned off into 24 equal pieces and the color has been removed. We need 24 children to color one section of the painting and we will then assemble the pieces on the bulletin board by the Exploration Station. When all of the pieces are complete, we will have our own version of Starry Night. What a fun way to celebrate art!

We want to thank the Zionsville Art teachers for their hard work in this great community project.

“Art Education develops self-esteem, appreciation of the work of others, self expression, cooperation with others, and critical thinking skills. All of these skills are vital to the success of our future leaders—our children.” -Council for Art Education