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Art Appreciation Training

To create an art literate society from grassroots level and to stimulate community-wide participation in the arts, we provide Art Appreciation Training for individuals, schools, parents, corporations and to the community:
» Art Appreciation For Individuals
» Art Appreciation For Schools
» Art Appreciation for Parents
» Art Appreciation for Corporations
» Art Appreciation for the Community
 
Art Appreciation For Individuals

We provide free training to all our active members. Our training sessions encompass both art content training as well as presentation skills training, and offer participants the following knowledge:
· Artistic influences and concepts;
· Social and historical context of the art; and
· Suggested ways to make the art come alive for students.
 
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Art Appreciation For Schools

The Art Outreach Programme seeks to bring art education to every school in Singapore and thereby to:
· Promote aesthetics
· Instill art appreciation
· Promote art criticism
· Foster an awareness in Asian and Western Art History
· Raise awareness of Art from a young age
· Inspire art production

How it works
Our volunteers are trained every month in an art topic to be presented to schools. Our volunteer teacher is given a class which they will visit no more than 12 times during the course of the year. The goals is that each class be exposed consistently throughout the year to the programme and that presentations of portfolios are NOT a one-off experience.

 Each volunteer will visit the school every month at the agreed time to present the portfolio to the students. The portfolios and their contents are then discussed in an interactive, informal way, to stimulate the students' interest in the topic, to inspire additional research, and even creative use of the topics.

 Once schools are registered with us, they have a choice to assign any one level of their classes to receive art presentations. Classes on this level then receive it every month until the next year, at which time the next year's classes of the same level are then scheduled to receive the presentations. This way, we try to ensure that most students will receive the programe at some stage during their school life.

 Download the registration form for schools here.
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Art Appreciation for Parents

It is recognized that there are many ways for parents to participate in their children's education, from reading to children at home, to assisting in the classroom, to sitting on advisory councils at schools. Art Outreach is partnering parents to enhance art education in schools.

Benefits for parents:
· Enhanced sense of adequacy, self-worth and self-confidence
· New ideas for helping children learn as a result of working in the school
environment
· Strengthened social networks
· Expanded community involvement opportunities and networks
· Positive rapport with school

The benefits of parent involvement are not limited to students and parents. Parent participation can have a lasting impact on teachers and schools.

Benefits to schools:
· Schools experience better parent and community relationships, as well as
greater support and respect from the community
· Schools can provide teachers with better work environments
· Schools receive extra help in implementing everyday programmes
· Schools can experience more effective academic and social programmes
· Schools can save money with increased parental involvement
 
Art Appreciation for Corporations

Volunteerism is a key component of many companies' philanthropic and community involvement programmes. Corporate volunteerism can be a triple win: helping people in the community while giving employees a chance to shine and benefiting the company in numerous ways.
Art Appreciation for the Community
Art Outreach recently extended our reach beyond schools. The programme is now benefiting children from voluntary welfare organizations (VWOs) such as Children's Aid Society.

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