How can I get art back in my school?

Question

We have no art. Only twice every like 5 months. I hate it! How do I get it back!

Answer 1

have people sign a petition

Answer 2

Buy protesting have tell all of your friends to make signs saying we want art back in our school and i promise you everyone is going to joint in once they see y'all protesting they is going to follow alone or you just have people to sign a petition good luck and i hope you can get art back in your school!

Answer 3

figure out a way to get you local school levy to pass. Art is one of those things that get eliminated when the budget gets tight.

Answer 4

In my school there was no music theory so we talked to the band director and he agreed to stay after school with us once or twice a week to teach us theory. It wasnt 'official' but at least we got to do it and learn it...

Answer 5

You might check into how VH1 Behind the Music is doing things. Of course they are a money machine for school music programs but they are dealing with a similar problem. As a fine art, it would be under similar guidelines for funding and fundraising. This in addition to seeing if they have specific information for visual arts within their organization, or if there is a similar charity that supports visual arts only.

I think if you had enough support from students and parents, worked together to make your desires known to the school board...you might be more effective.

Make sure you really sweep your school thoroughly for kids who want this...you might find them everywhere. Business clubs have kids who want to go into marketing and advertising, there are computer kids who love graphic design, there are drama kids who get into costume and set design, the home ec dept has a certain amount of interior design curriculum, the cheerleaders who make booster materials, the yearbook and school newspaper kids who want their stuff to look good. There are art skills in alllllll these areas so anyone in these activities might be a candidate to help you get some attention.

Make sure your government officials know. Your state representatives in Congress, your school board leaders, your school administrators. Talk to your parents about supporting the arts-friendly candidates with their vote.

In the meantime, I don't know what grade level you are in...you can ask your other classroom teachers to include more art projects in your class assignments, and you yourself can include art in your projects...tell your friends to do the same. Particularly with social studies, there is plenty to learn about the arts in other cultures and you can ask for your teachers to cover this when you study different countries. You can ask for more artsy units in every class. With this much expression and interest shown by the student body there is bound to be some talk in the teacher's lounge about it.

Are there any drama activities in the school? You can get involved in the set design team. This is cool because it may teach you some construction skills too.

You can talk to local college art departments and see if they can send some students to your school on a regular basis to work with you...especially art students that plan to teach. Or you can ask them to plan arts day camps or seminars in the summer or after school. Most colleges are interested in doing some sort of public service for the community. Then it becomes a matter of them finding a way to help finance this type of education, and not just your school.

The most consistent money maker for almost every school is the athletics department. You can ask for a cut of their budget, even 5% of the amount collected at the door at games, or activity ticket sales at the beginning of the year, would be a significant amount of money...esp if you have a large sports department. Another way to do this would be to ask for the entire profit from the Homecoming game...which is usually the biggest game of the year.

You could start a CLUB as an extra curricular activity for the kids interested. All you need to do is have a faculty member willing to work with you and supervise it, as well as getting it approved.

As a club, you could bargain with the athletics department to provide pep rally art in exchange for their support. Another thing from my high school days is that the different clubs would bid for the concession responsibilities at games. In my school, the drama department had it one year, the honor society another year, etc. This is a huge money maker...it is a small business with similar responsibilities, so you have to manage profits the same way to keep the concession stand afloat. You have to find faculty that are willing to deal with this, and students from the club who are consistently willing to work at the concession stand. The good news is that you learn a bit about retail in the bargain.

In the community, you can arrange a day where kids get to join an employee of an artsy job for the day. You might get to learn how a newspaper sets up their stuff, or how a radio station promotes a concert around town, how a grocery store arranges their inventory to look good enough for high sales, how a politician deals with the visual materials in their campaign, how a landscaper makes people's homes look good, how a florist puts bouquets together, how an advertiser designs a billboard or a commercial, how a clothing store handles the window display...these are just ordinary citizens using art in their jobs, and they could teach you plenty...probably for free. You just have to organize the event.

Getting involved with people like this, you could also see about their interest of helping you more long term. Put a collection box at their cash registers, etc, also coming to your school to talk about this stuff to the whole class for an art-only type of career day.

You have to be willing to really participate in planning this stuff and let others know that you really want to work to learn. You can't make it look like your interest is only because you would rather sit and paint than listen to your teacher talk about the Civil War.

When I was in high school, a teeny tiny little one K-12 in one building!!...the arts were still fully funded. I learned so much, and not being an athlete at the time, this is how I participated in extra curricular activities. I am so sorry that things have changed so I wish you the very very best.

Kids of all ages are making some huge changes, so get yourself organized, find some adult support, and get R done!

Answer 6

Fundraising

Good Luck!!!

Answer 7

maybe a funriser will help I had this prpblem when i was younger and this help we rise soo much that we could get it back if you love something so much you make anything work if you put your mind to it