Affiliated with the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network
Announcement: As we navigate a leadership transition and focus on financial planning, our summer programming will center on Arts, Care, and Connection. This intentional pause in other activities will help strengthen our foundation as we prepare to relaunch our core Right Brain Initiative this fall—supporting students, schools, and teaching artists with renewed energy and focus. Arts for Learning Northwest remains deeply committed to making arts and creativity accessible to all.
Students will create mixed-media maps of real and imagined places to foster thinking about space, place, and community. Literacy, social justice, and math concepts are integrated into curriculum.
Day 1: Understanding maps
Students will look at examples of maps and talk about needs of community members
Begin paper decoration for map building. (Stamping, drawing, or paint)
Day 2: Building Communities
Students will begin collaging maps using decorated and recycled papers and other mixed- media assemblage, modge-podge, etc.
Day 3: Finishing and Reflecting
Students will add marks with various drawing implements to add details, show distance, direction, and labeling.
Students will share and reflect on their projects as a group.
This program offered by: Jess Graff
Program Model: In Class
Art Form: Visual Art
Curriculum Connections: Community Building, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Justice, Social Studies, World Cultures
Grades: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, K
Program Requirements: Space for projects to dry flat in classroom
Instruction Language(s):
Min. Residency Sessions/Classroom: 3
PLEASE NOTE: Arts for Learning NW has paused its support of all residencies, workshops and performances outside of Right Brain Initiative contracts. We encourage you to work directly with the teaching artists. If you're interested in being connected directly with this artist, please email [email protected] with your request and we'll forward your message.
About the Artist
Jess Graff has delivered arts-based programs in the Pacific NW for nearly 15 years. She has participated in many gallery shows and residency programs at schools, art centers, and museums. Her work ranges from sculptural ceramics to fibers and paint media.
"I'm so happy! I look around me and see everybody doing what I want to be doing! Inventing!" --Student, age 7
Program costs are based on a variety of different factors including number of sessions, planning hours needed and material costs. Please contact Arts for Learning NW for help determining the actual cost of your programs. Email us at [email protected] or call 503-225-5900, ext 705