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My project will fund ceramic tools and equipment to start a K-12 ceramics program. This program will also be a means to integrate an element of art therapy into our art curriculum. Many of our students struggle with depression and working with clay can be a remarkable intervention for relieving stress while awakening their intrinsic value. Our students need more venues to express themselves to process their emotions. Clay is known as a regressive medium, meaning that for many individuals it draws up feelings/memories to process in a healthy kinesthetic way. Proper clay equipment will empower hands on learning and healing. We just need some tools to get the program rolling. This project will fund an extruder and sculpting tools which will be the backbone of our new ceramics program; it will enable us to create sculpture, pottery, and awareness through art intervention. An extruder is a labor saving device that can help mass produce ceramic coils for sculpture or pottery. Due to the high volume of students in my classes we need this tool to help crank out work, without it, we cannot run this program. This project will also fund carving/modeling tools needed for the classroom. Having these tools will launch our ceramics program into full swing. This project will, in turn, further the students understanding of ceramic's and its relationship to society while broadening their understanding of themselves. These donations will have a colossal impact our charter school and community. Having these tools will not only launch our ceramics studio, but it will enhance our students’ lives as well.

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My project will fund ceramic tools and equipment to start a K-12 ceramics program. This program will also be a means to integrate an element of art therapy into our art curriculum. Many of our students struggle with depression and working with clay can be a remarkable intervention for relieving stress while awakening their intrinsic value. Our students need more venues to express themselves to process their emotions. Clay is known as a regressive medium, meaning that for many individuals it draws up feelings/memories to process in a healthy kinesthetic way. Proper clay equipment will empower hands on learning and healing. We just need some tools to get the program rolling. This project will fund an extruder and sculpting tools which will be the backbone of our new ceramics program; it will enable us to create sculpture, pottery, and awareness through art intervention. An extruder is a labor saving device that can help mass produce ceramic coils for sculpture or pottery. Due to the high volume of students in my classes we need this tool to help crank out work, without it, we cannot run this program. This project will also fund carving/modeling tools needed for the classroom. Having these tools will launch our ceramics program into full swing. This project will, in turn, further the students understanding of ceramic's and its relationship to society while broadening their understanding of themselves. These donations will have a colossal impact our charter school and community. Having these tools will not only launch our ceramics studio, but it will enhance our students’ lives as well.

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