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Let's Paint Like Faith Ringgold

My students need to see that African Americans are artist and how to be creative by watching how-to-create painting DVDs, using paint/supplies, and having a means to protect art work by using drying racks.

Dr. Forman Macdowell Elementary School

Detroit, MI Grades PreK-2

I teach in an inner city school where the majority of the students receive free or reduced lunch, which means that our school is title one and "at-risk". I teach Kindergarten in a class of 26 students. My students come eager and excited to learn everyday.

My students are artist in their own right. The have the ability to creative at the drop of a dime. Many of them love to express themselves through art. However, they need to see that African Americans have made a substantial contributions to art and art history. Research has shown that art supports not only children's intellectual and educational development but also their personal and social development. Therefore, I would like my students to experience how art can be used to teach and to understand that art is cultural.

The resources that I would like to use to teach my students about art is DVDs by the African American artist Faith Ringgold. I would also like to have a proper environment that will protect the work that they create from this series from Ringgold. I plan to teach my students about how Ringgold used her art to create children's books that we have read in our class. I also want my students to experience the tradition of quilt making and how it is connected to their culture. This project will serve as a lesson in history and art.

By giving to this project, my students will have the opportunity to use their artistic ability to learn about painting techniques, history, and their culture. This project will make the saying, "Imagination is more important than knowledge" by Albert Einstein come true. Our children are filled with imagination and with this project it will make possible that my students put their imagination to come to live through art.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 13 donors

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Detroit, MI
Grades PreK-2
Visual Arts
History & Geography
Other
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Dr. Forman Macdowell Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Detroit, MI View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

25 students impacted 13donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

LC651 - Lakeshore Double-Space Drying Rack • Lakeshore Learning $149.00 1 $149.00

Item Shipping/Handling Charges • Blick Art Materials $15.95 1 $15.95

AFRCN/AMERICAN ARTST/I CAN FLY 5 DVD • Blick Art Materials $33.96 1 $33.96

AFRCN/AMERICAN ARTST/I CAN FLY 3 DVD • Blick Art Materials $33.96 1 $33.96

AFRCN/AMERICAN ARTST/I CAN FLY 2 DVD • Blick Art Materials $33.96 1 $33.96

AFRCN/AMERICAN ARTST/I CAN FLY 1 DVD • Blick Art Materials $33.96 1 $33.96

AFRCN/AMERICAN ARTST/I CAN FLY 4 DVD • Blick Art Materials $33.96 1 $33.96

Materials cost			$334.75
Vendor shipping charges			$33.48
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$5.02
Fulfillment labor & materials			$9.00
Total project cost			$382.27
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$83.91
Total project goal			$466.18
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$466.18
11 Donors			-$436.27
Donations toward project cost			-$382.27
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$54.00
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$29.91
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Let's Paint Like Faith Ringgold

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