Family Art Studio

Family Art Studio is a unique parent/child art class offered in the evenings at the school that the children attend. Families come together during 6-8 weekly sessions to find inspiration, make art, and eat dinner. Parents attend art classes with their children to create work focused on building personal visual narratives that are specific to their experiences as refugee and immigrant families.

Family Art Studio parent/child collaborative classes are:

• A structured environment for parents to spend quality time in the school setting and build a sense of belonging in the school community
• A place where students can instruct their parents and showcasing their skills and expertise in the art room
• Parents and children negotiating a collaborative art making process
• A curriculum-building approach that invites participants to use contemporary art practices and objects as sources of inspiration for observation, discussion, and hands on production about themes relevant to their experiences