As many of you know, Alberta Elementary School, where I have been teaching art for seven years, was hit by a tornado along with much of Tuscaloosa on April 27th. The faculty and students of Alberta are an amazing bunch, the PeaceBuilders. The community has rallied with school supplies for our students. Financial support for the arts in our district is essentially non-existent, so the art supplies that were in the building were quite precious (the product of many grants and fundraising projects).
I have set up an Artroom Aid list with Dick Blick. Please visit and consider supporting our program and the art program at University Place Elementary (also hit by the storm).
Also, I have included in this post photos from the art room at Alberta from before and after the storm. You will find that the purple tables and steel sink are all that is left to identify the room by.
Thank you for your support. When students return it will be my number one priority to get them creating-- helping them process this experience through the powerful tool of visual art!
