Our Beneficiary - Art for Kids in Pasco County

Raising funds for the benefit of Art For Kids in Pasco County is a primary goal that this event works towards.  Each year, funds raised will go toward helping the advancement of services for visual and performing art needs of kids in Pasco County schools, both public and private.

Every year at the event, a special container will be in clear sight where visitors are welcome to drop off new art supplies. These art supplies are provided to Pasco County schools, both public and private.

More initiatives were unveiled at the 2010 Suncoast Arts Fest!

Art for Kids in Pasco County…

Stepping Up Our Initiatives!

Here’s a few initiatives we are working on...

Instructional arts totes developed from 2005 to 2008 are housed at the Pasco County Schools district office available for teachers to check out.  

Smart Phone App

  http://www.ArtsGoForward.com/

  An arts career based website to help students and parents

 Web-based County Wide Arts Club

Bringing creative students together!

The 2009 SAF  funds are being used to promote elementary art where there have been cuts due to lack of funding in Pasco County.

The 2008 SAF raised funds that were used to send fifty 11th - 12th graders to the Ringling College of Art and Design for "Portfolio Day", where 53 national arts colleges review works of aspiring art students in a variety of creative fields.

The 2007 show raised enough funds for five "Art to Go' teaching trunks full of visual and performing arts resources.  These trunks can be used by all Pasco County schools and trunk themes are:

• Modern Art: including books, videos, posters, sculptures and mobiles.

• Printmaking: including books, videos, lesson plans, Gyotaku fish print models, brayers and ink trays.

• Theater: Viola Spolin - Theater Game File, on stage theater games, activities for kids, props (all from Spolin Collection).

• Egypt: Artifacts

• Native American Art 

In 2005, fine artist Christopher Still along with our organization made a presentation of ten of his murals depicting Florida history.  These framed prints along with interactive audio CD’s and teacher lessons were placed in a “traveling tub” that can be used by all Pasco County Schools both public and  private, K-12.  The original murals currently hang in the House of Representatives located in Tallahassee, Florida.  Pasco County school board members, art teachers, students and the public were invited to Longleaf Elementary School for this presentation.