CALL TO ACTION: Visiting Artist Program Needs Your Help

Visiting Artist Program 2016

Well another year is gone. With this new year we as artists in Best of Missouri Hands have another opportunity to serve the young people in our state. The Visiting Artist program exists to help inspire the students throughout the state of Missouri. To helpstudents see working artists and hear about the various disciplines that our artists are using to make their way as artists in the world. These young people may be budding artists who will be encouraged to think bigger, to learn and grow as an artist themselves. Exposing students to working artists is mind expanding and fun.

Best of Missouri Hands is grateful that once again we are receiving a grant from the Missouri Arts Council for this worthwhile program. In order to qualify for this grant we need to do 20 visits.

This is a call for artists around the state who are members of our organization to volunteer to participate in 2016. We want artists all over the state to be in their local classrooms teaching and speaking about the arts to young artists and the art collectors of the future.

Once again, because of this generous grant we will be able to provide a $100 stipend per visit. Often artists do multiple sessions at the schools and we hope to provide the stipend for up to three visits per artist. Depending on the number of volunteers and visits this could change.

We would especially like to reach underserved areas, where arts programs or
classroom visits are limited by lack of funding.

Nancy Koehler is chairing this committee and has had wonderful participation from our artists in previous years. However we are always looking for artists who are not only willing to contribute in this way but have contacts within the educational community. The visits will need to be completed from January to May of this 2016 school year.

If this appeals to you and you feel you have something to share,
please contact Nancy Koehler now. She is also interested in any contacts you may have with teachers or schools that could benefit from this program. . Contact Nancy at nancy@mckenziesjewelry.com.

Pictured Best of Missouri Hands Catherine Mahoney of Colorful Brushes who makes it a personal mission to nurture the love of art in our future generation