Advocates for Visual Arts Education (A4Art) is dedicated to supporting arts education in the Gallatin Valley public schools. We believe the human impulse to create visual art is universal; the visual arts have been a way to communicate beliefs and express ideas about the human experience throughout all stages of civilization and in every region of the world. Please read more about our 501(c)3 organization and subscribe to our mailing list.

A sustained visual arts education teaches focus, perspective, self-directed and engaged learning, innovation, imagination, and critical thinking. It builds a student’s confidence and resilience through creative problem-solving. Art education connects students to community, history, and world cultures.
Strong foundational classes rooted in the K-12 Montana Arts Standards helps our children succeed.

Our Mission and Vision

We support and promote K-12 visual arts education in Gallatin Valley schools.

All students in Gallatin Valley schools will have access to regularly scheduled visual art classes based on national, state, and local standards, taught by certified art specialists.

Goals

  • Develop sustainable relationships and collaborations with Gallatin Valley public schools, arts and community organizations, and national, state and local institutions

  • Support existing visual arts programs in the Gallatin Valley schools and assist in the development of additional visual arts programs in all K-12 schools, taught by certified visual arts specialists

  • Support quality art-making community events

  • Facilitate quality visual arts professional development for teachers in the Gallatin Valley.

  • Advocate for the National and Montana Content Standards for the Visual Arts within the community

  • Compile grant and funding opportunities for visual arts programs

Our goals are ambitious. We need to work together as a community to support art education in the Gallatin Valley.

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