Fiber Arts In Motion

School:: Cross Bayou Elementary School
Subject:: Art
Teacher:: Lydia Countryman
: Valerie Nunez
Students Impacted:: 20
Grade:: K-5
Date:: October 31, 2023

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Publix - $757.64

Goal

Students in the Arts In Motion, after school art club, will learn life skills through the teaching of fiber arts. Students will be engaged with making art projects using various fiber arts materials.

What will be done with my students

Students in the Arts In Motion club, AIMS, will be introduced to a variety of forms of fiber arts. The after school club meets each Thursday for two hours throughout the school year. Fiber arts encompass every form of creating with fiber and yarn. Students will learn how to hand sew, embroidery, knit, weave, make paper and and create with felting. Students will learn how to use various tools with each fiber arts project.
Students will be able to apply their knowledge of the elements and principles of art in creating works of art using fiber art materials. Students will be able to showcase their works of art in the school's art gallery.

Benefits to my students

20 student and 3 adults, (2 teachers 1 ASL interpreter) wil work with students throughout the school year, in this after school club.
Fiber arts is tactile and often functional. Creating with fiber arts will show students that art can serve a purpose beyond being a thing of beauty and will help connect the value of the arts to art making. Through the fiber arts, students will learn about history, geography, math, science, and art. Students will learn skills and be inspired to want to set down the phone and pick up a needle and thread!!

Describe the Students

There are currently 20 fourth and fifth grade students from integrated the general education classrooms at Cross Bayou Elem. 9 males, 11 females. 8 are ESE students, 1 is a DHH student with an ASL interpreter. The students live in the Pinellas Park area of Pinellas County and attend Cross Bayou Elementary.

Budget Narrative

$757.53 will be used to purchase supples for fiber art projects for the Arts In Motion: Arts In Fiber projects. The supplies and tools were priced for local retail shops based on their online pricing.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	no sew blankets (20)	$249.58
2	Tye Dye Kits (20)	$336.44
3	Adult Cotton Aprons (20)	$107.03
4	Embroidery Hoops 12" (20)	$64.48
	Total:	$757.53

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