Submitted by The Milton Art Center

Art in the Windows, (AIW) is a community art project run by the Milton Art Center, (MAC), in collaboration with our town, schools, businesses and organizations within the community of Milton.We welcome and need your support.  Our goal is to develop an art project that gives our children an opportunity to be “seen,” giving them a voice in our community.  We want to work with key organizations to create a caring community that recognizes our youth’s capacity to be creative and recognize their work in public to connect them closer to the community that they live /or attend school.

• The MAC is looking for 8 groups, 10-12 kids max in a group, same grade
  ·         Need a parent/guardian to stay with them during art instruction
  ·         The MAC supplies art instruction at the MAC, 334 Edge Hill Road
  ·         Need to commit to 4 art meetings including the installation
  ·         Info mtg. will be held end of Feb., date/time emailed to participants
  ·         Installation will be before May 1, show concludes, May 31, 2014
  ·         Reception to be held during May at the art center, date announced later
•        Sign release below for each participant that permits publicity photos

The MAC supplies an art facilitator who will meet with the group in the MAC art room, involve the youth in the planning process and design an age-appropriate curriculum. This is a hands on learning art project; emphasis on process, and the end product will be displayed publicly at some site in Milton in early May, on display for a month. A public art reception will be held in May to recognize all participants.

 

If you are interested in participating as a team leader please register your group with Laura Cannata by Feb. 25 at lbcannata@gmail.com.  If more information is needed please visit www.miltonartcenter.org or email info@miltonartcenter.org.