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Curriculum Design Overview
The BPS Art Education Department's mission is to encourage and cultivate in our students a life-long love, respect and appreciation for the Visual Arts by providing all students with a rigorous Visual Arts program that is aligned to NYS standards and the BPS curriculum, and by doing so, the Visual Arts will become an integral part of the successes and achievements of all our students.
"Education-through-art may be especially important not so much for turning out artists or art products, as for turning out better people." - Abraham Maslow
Art Day Camp Summer Enrichment Program Full of Learning & Fun!
2010 turned out to be another great year for the Art Day Camp Summer
Enrichment Program (ADCSEP)! Thanks to the BPS Art Teacher Leaders, the
Buffalo State College Senior Counselors and the BPS HS Art Apprentices
for helping to make this summer at ADCSEP a memorable one for so many
of our students!
Please make ...
1st Juneteenth Youth Activity Center a HUGE HIT!
This June 2010 Art Education Department was thrilled to partake in its first Juneteenth Festival. With the help of former Art Department Administrative Assistant, Bilala West, we were able to offer a weekend full of African-inspired art projects, such as paper bead jewelry, Adinkra stamping and mask making. BPS Art Teachers Lala...
Crowds at Allentown Art Festival In Awe of BPS Students and their Art!
For the 6th year in a row, the BPS Art Education Department showcased the great work of our students that was made possible by grants from the Allentown Village Society, Inc. (AVS).
The art teachers at B.E.S.T. #6, Montessori #32, Waterfront Elementary #95, BAVPA #192 and Burgard H.S. #301 submitted a proposal that showc...
Our 1st BUATA Arts Collaborative a Phenomenal Success!
Students from School #31 played eukeleles. High schoolers from East H.S. Played harmonicas and sang the blues. Students artists from Riverside, Da Vinci, International Prep and Burgard filled the Arts Space Gallery with whimsical, poetic calligraphy that was fully integrated with their art forms.
It was a spectacular nigh...
Art Teachers Engage in a Full Day of Professional Learning at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center
The Art Education Department held its annual Superintendent’s Conference Day professional learning opportunity at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Gallery on May 18, 2010.
A morning full of workshops was followed by an enriching presentation by Dr. Jo-Ann Graham on African-American Abstract Expressionists. Educational tours of ...
Black History Month Student Art Exhibit Reception a Great Success!
Please click on the link attached for photos of our talented young artists, their families and teachers during the closing reception of our annual Black History Month Student Art Exhibit.
Thanks to all my wonderful art staff who helped to hang the show and who helped to host the reception. It is truly appreciated.
2010 Black History Month Exhibit Runs until February 27
The 2010 Black History Month BPS Student Art Exhibit displays student work from grades K-12 from 16 schools throughout the Buffalo Public School District.
Approximately 150 children have created art work for this exhibit and are representing the following schools: Native American School #19, Harriet Ross Tubman #31, Future's ...
