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Imagine…

You’re about 7 years old. You love to draw, and you have a very creative mind. When people ask you “What do you want to do when you grow up?” You enthusiastically respond, “I want to draw!”

“An Artist?”, your mother said. “Well that’s just silly. You can’t survive being an artist. You need a more practical career choice.”
Dejected, but not deterred, you continue to have a love for drawing. As you continue through school you encounter the Gogh Make Art! program, where you learn about all the possible career paths in art and also general creative directions that one can go. This is your first formal introduction to art since they removed it from your school.

After just one class, your heart beams with pride when you see the artwork you’ve produced. You race home to show your mother. “Look momma, look what I did!” For the first time, she sees it, she gets it. You have natural talent. She allows you to continue the classes and soon she’s been won over as well. You spend the next 3 years in the program, studying, growing and creating. By middle school, your talent has blossomed.

You’ve decided this is what you love. You’ve been to all the seminars in the program where you saw other working artists talk about their career and all the possibilities out there for you as well. You. Are.Ready!

Now, we say GOGH! Gogh Make Art!

The Problem

The decrease in arts education in K-12 schools leads to several negative effects on students, including lower grades and less growth in their social, emotional, and thinking skills. These problems are even worse for students in low-income areas, further exacerbating educational inequalities. Research shows that keeping strong arts programs in schools is crucial for helping students develop in a well-rounded way.

Our Solution

What we know

There is strong evidence that cutting or removing arts programs in schools is linked to lower student performance, both in academics and social skills, in Texas and the U.S. overall. Many studies have found that having access to arts education helps students do better in school, especially for those from low-income or disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Future Goals

As seen in the charts on previous pages, we have a fairly aggressive plan over the next 5 years.

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4-5+
Year 1

We hope to host Spring and Fall break camps, Saturday Art classes in local community centers, a 1 week summer camp (6 sessions), a New Years Eve Lock-In and local museum field trips “Night at the Museum”.

Year 2

One-week camp per month during the school year, After School camps at community centers(or participating schools), a six-week summer camp, Student art residencies at a local museum or held at a school art lab or similar, and a trip to a museum during a weekend long trip to a city in the United States.

Year 3

DYAD Program (DYAD Specialty Classes at Houston ISD) A program that provides students with day-long specialty classes to introduce them to a variety of experiences. The program is based on the idea that learning comes from knowledge, experience, and perspective. The classes are taught by community members who are experts in their field), full-time after school program (M-F) at participating HISD schools, a 10-week summer camp, and a trip to a museum during a weekend long trip to a city in the United States.

Year 4-5 +

Explore the possibility of a Visual Arts Charter School and International Museum trips, including a 10 Day “Gogh See Art!” Tour 17-18 yr old graduates of the program. This trip includes stops in New York City (NOMA, The MET), London (The National Gallery), Paris (Louvre & Musee d’Orsay), Rome (Vatican Museum) & Amsterdam (Van Gogh Museum) Students on the “Gogh See Art!” tour will have finished 3 years of the program prior to being eligible for the trip.

How can you help propel the next generation of artists and creatives forward?

Donate, volunteer, or spread the word within your networks! Help us find partnerships and donations from people in the community to make this program a reality. We are ready to work with other organizations of all sizes to help promote a love for the arts in the black and brown communities in Houston and around the country.

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