2008-09 Grant Recipients
Artists for the Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2008 - 2009 granting season. AFTA has the privilege to award grants to 15 individual school programs this year for a total of approximately $10,000. Winning schools include elementary schools, middle schools and high schools throughout the Metro Area. Projects include music, photography, architectural drafting, printmaking, quilt making, theater, fine arts, mural painting, ceramic tile making and others.
As we all know, giving is more challenging for many businesses and individuals now than ever before. AFTA salutes all of our supporters this year for continuing to prioritize arts as an indispensable part of our kids’ lives – as well as all of the caring educators who submitted grant proposals this year.
Our winning ‘08 - ‘09 programs are as follows:
Alder Creek Middle School – An art-based literary and creativity project that creates art out of letters.
Atkinson School – RHYTHM, an arts and literacy project that integrates music and poetry with the learning of second languages.
Clackamas High School – The purchase of a new printing press for use in current and future printmaking classes.
Concord Elementary – A study of the art of photography.
El Puente Bilingual School – “The Classroom Village” theater arts program.
Fir Ridge Campus – A study in photojournalism.
Irvington School – Instruments and music books for a bell choir.
Jefferson High School/ YMA – Mentoring by five established Northeast Portland artists to create and show artwork in the Interstate Firehouse Gallery in February ‘09.
Milwaukie Elementary School – Implementation of a mixed media Family Art Night.
New Urban High School – The building of an architectural model – of the high school itself!
North Powellhurst Elementary – A mural made with the students’ handmade ceramic tiles.
PACE Program at Sabin-Schellenberg Center – A community quilting project by pregnant and parenting teens in the school’s American Folk Art unit.
Peninsula K-8 – The purchase of recorders and drums for the school’s first music program in 12 years.
Rowe Middle School - A mural based on actual, uncompleted Depression-era sketches of WPA artist Louis Freund.
Sunrise Middle School – Sponsorship for student attendance of the Male Ensemble Northwest choir camp.
2007 - 2008 GRANT RECIPIENTS
- ACT at Roosevelt High School and Renee Straube (Portland) for the creation of clay mask sculptures exploring culture and identity
Metropolitan Learning Center and Ned Hascall (Portland) for a collaborative photography project between Lent Elementary and MLC titled “What I See,” in which both schools present photos at Froelick Gallery examining students’ daily lives
Bridger Elementary School and Erica Lindgren (Portland) for the purchase of glockenspiels, xylophones, metallophones and hand drums
Rosa Parks Elementary and Jan Bilodeaux (Portland) for books and supplies toward the 5th grade class sculpture and performance exploring notable American Artists
Pioneer School and Michael Laframboise (Lebanon) for a Northwest Children’s Theater residency
Lewis Elementary School and Anthony Jamesbarry (Portland) for the purchase of hand drums and African drums
Renaissance Arts Academy and Melody Rockwell (Portland) for the creation and publication of books written by students
Riverside Elementary School and Betsy Williamson (Milwaukie) for the creation of experiential “Artful Artists” kits
Creston Elementary and Anne Murphy (Portland) for an Earth Day performance
Marysville Elementary and Barbara Liles (Portland) for song-based picture books
Gilbert Heights Elementary and Kathleen Lower (Portland) for the attendance of a “Go, Dog, Go” theater performance
Woodlawn Elementary and Jeremy Thomas (Portland) for the creation of a garden mural
Aloha High School and Matthew Fox (Aloha) for a Diversity Week documentary
2006 Grant Recipients
In 2006, AFTA grants totaled approximately $10,000 and were awarded to 15 metro-area schools for art projects ranging from a comic book drawing study to a piano lab to creation of mosaic stepping stones for a community garden.
The schools awarded include 3 in the North Clackamas district and 12 in the Portland Public Schools district, representing a total of 9 Elementary schools, 4 Middle schools and 2 High schools. Some funds will be applied primarily to purchase supplies and equipment, while others will be used to meet staffing resource needs.
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2005 Grant Recipients
In 2005, AFTA also granted approximately $10,000, awarded to a total of 11 schools for projects including an in-school art gallery; artist-in-residence programs; live theater productions, including a play based on research of Northeast Portland’s history; mural projects; and the acquisition of audio equipment for live performances.
Schools awarded included the Beaverton (1 grant), Parkrose (1 grant) and Portland Public Schools (9 grants) districts.
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