Art For the Sky residencies for schools vary in price depending on the number of participants, location, amount of time we are there, if you are a Title One school or not, etc.. The school fee covers all expenses except travel over 300 miles and rental of crane or bucket truck, which is nearly always donated. Also included are all design work and material coordination ahead of time, media work when I am there, a CD of photos taken to use as you wish, a DVD of the special final film to music shown during the final assembly, plus a large fine art quality display print of the completed image.
Often
there is matching grant money available. To keep costs down, the AFTS leader generally
stays with a community member during the residency. Schools
have found much success writing special grants and in working
with Parent-Teacher Organizations to help find funding. Sometimes
well heeled community members or businesses are open to help
fund these projects and play a part in bringing some notoriety
to the school or event as in almost every instance, pictures
of the image and a story are featured big on the front page
of the local newspaper (see some headlines). Art
For the Sky projects have proven to be pretty easy
to fund raise for and some schools have found
ways to use Art For the Sky itself as a fund raiser,
such as selling images, marketing the DVD, etc..
Please contact us and describe your school or event and we will get right back to you with a fee and let you know if there is grant money avialable for your situation. Scheduling a residency should be done as far in advance as possible as slots fill up quickly, especially in spring and fall.
Good luck in your efforts!
"When
the photos of our completed project were projected giant
size on the auditorium wall, the crowd cheered on and on
like the winning shot in the last second of a tied basketball
game! It was deafening. Finally art got the attention it
deserved! The best thing was that it was not just one person's
piece, it was formed by 935 children and a few adults.
We all felt like rock stars!"
-Kristin Morine, Art Teacher, Capitol View Elementary, Des Moines, Iowa
Art Changes People - People Change the World |
