Real Art on a Real Canvas? It Can Happen in Public Schools.
My students need real stretch canvases for their art work.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Bonilla's classroom raised $368
This project is fully funded
My Students
Not only is arts education disappearing from today's classrooms, but the funding to purchase art supplies has also been severely cut. The classrooms of today have access to basically construction paper and tempera paints. This medium is simply inadequate to create a long-lasting work of art.
I work in a public school gifted magnet that services a cross-section of inner-city children in Los Angeles County.
I teach a group of 34 sixth grade students who love learning and require extensive amounts of material to feed their curiosity.
I have very limited funds to purchase appropriate instructional materials and our school district has a ban on asking students to purchase their own materials (most can't afford it anyway). Every year I work with the construction paper and tempera paints that the District supplies, but I want my students to experience the magic of working on a real canvas. I want them to create art they can take home and hang on their walls.
My Project
Nothing compares to the authentic experience of mixing paints and putting them on canvas! Funding this project will give my students the ability to create works that they will keep and treasure into adulthood.
Art on canvas can withstand the test of time, the students (and their parents) will display and keep these projects because they will resemble the works they see in museums.
For many inner-city students creating a masterpiece on a stretched canvas may be the catalyst that inspires them to pursue their passion.
For most, this will be the only "real art" that will be on display in their homes.
More than a third 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
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