Art teachers are a thrifty lot.
We still remember an art teacher at Lakeside (who’s now on the Foundation board) bringing plastic bags full of art supplies to school from home. There’s a fantastic art teacher at the middle school who repurposes old Foundation banners and yard signs for student projects. There’s even a Katy Perry mural at the middle school made out of chewed gum.
So it comes as no surprise that elementary art teacher Peri den Dulk was somehow able to whittle down the amount she originally requested from the Foundation to attend the Michigan Art Educators Conference in Traverse City AND somehow include her colleague, Pam Quigg, to $100 less than what it was going to cost den Dulk to go on her own. Impressive.
More impressive still is what den Dulk says she and Quigg got out of the experience. “We made connections with other art educators, learned of new products and vendors, but most importantly learned a few new projects that focus on students' individual creativity and storytelling,” den Dulk says. “Soon after attending the conference we were able to implement some new lessons that fit well within our existing art curriculum.
“I got to meet with fellow art teachers, see new products for art making, and learn new projects to share with my students. I was especially excited to learn how to make ‘Zines’ and to bring that project back to the young artists I teach!”
