The Sterling Turner Foundation , Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation and the Old Chicken Farm Art Center are proud sponsors of our Regional Art Education Program. Target is the sponsor of our Art Thursdays program, Ethicon is the sponsor for Family Days. The education staff is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Museum's education efforts are also supported by Texas Commission on the Arts, a state agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
2011 Art Thursday Sponsorship
Jacquelyn Anderson
Janet Elizabeth Harvey
Shawn Lewis
Patty Towler
Anne Williams in memory of Laura Jackson
2011 Art of Nature Camp Scholarships
Bruce & Charlotte Fisher (in honor of Ben & Beverly Stribling)
Dr. Perry & Marilyn Gragg
John & Julie Holtze
Joe & Kathy Reed (in honor of Jason & Jill Reed)
Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Rutherford (in honor of Kayla Reiner)
Barbara & Ned Strenth
Toro Vaun
2011 Family Day Sponsorship
Alexander Construction Company
Senator Robert Duncan
Livestock Weekly
John & Kathryn Louie Osterhout
John & Karen Wittig
Mary Evelyn Hyman
Education Committee of the Museum of Fine Arts:
Debbie Cross, Chair
Martha Visney
Elaine Stribling
Tracey Ferguson
The Education Department at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts is one of the most extensive art education
programs for its' size of any museum in the nation. It was primarily for this
reason that we received the National Museum Service Award, which has been
given to only 32 other museums in America and was presented at the White House
by Laura Bush in January 2003.
Although the museum does provide numerous programs for adults, we have placed heavy emphasis on children's programs. This is because our community is relatively remote and art and cultural opportunities for children are very limited.
We collaborate with more than a dozen organizations in our community and directly and extensively with the San Angelo Independent School District, the offices of Region XV and local school districts up to 100 miles away. With the SAISD and other public schools, we are keenly aware of their need for all education experiences to tie in directly with state mandates and testing standards.
We
frequently host large scale free public events such as our monthly Family
Days sponsored by Ethicon in which we focus on a different culture each month.
Hands on art activities, music, cooking, and cultural demonstrations are highlights.
All events are free and exhibit galleries are open.
Currently the museum is impacting over 85,000 people annually through visitation, on-site and outreach programs. The museum provides an amazing 4,000 hours of service annually to the community.
For more information please contact:
Megan DiRienzo, Curator of Education
(325)653-3333
megan@samfa.org
San Angelo Museum
of Fine Arts
One Love Street
San Angelo, Texas 76903
Fax: (325) 658 - 6800
Phone: (325) 653 -
3333
e-mail:
museum@samfa.org
