King City Request for Fine Art Enrichment Courses
ProYouth is requesting proposals or letters of proposals for a Fine Art Consultant or agency that can provide art enrichment to the HEART students attending programming at Santa Lucia Elementary School, Del Rey Elementary School, and King City Arts Magnet School in King City. Please see below to access the Request for Proposal and the items that must be included.
Scope of Work:
To provide art enrichment instructors for the ProYouth HEART Expanded Learning Program. ProYouth will provide a ProYouth Program Leader to assist with classroom management.
To deliver art enrichment classes after school during the regular school year and summer to approximately 525 students of the ProYouth HEART Program at Santa Lucia Elementary School, King City Arts Magnet School, and Del Rey Elementary School four days per week.
To provide staff support related to administrating the art classes and collection of data.
To maintain complete and accurate records with respect to the services rendered and the students served, including attendance records, behavior logs, and evaluation and assessment data. Such records shall be kept readily accessible. These records shall be provided to ProYouth at the term.
Cost of Services and Payment:
The maximum amount available for this grant is $7,000 during fall and spring semesters to provide art and enrichment classes at Santa Lucia School, King City Arts Magnet School, and Del Rey Elementary School.
The maximum amount available for this grant is $5,000 during summer school to provide art and enrichment classes at Santa Lucia School.
The consultant shall invoice ProYouth monthly for services rendered. Payments will be made after receipt of the invoices.
PROPOSED SEQUENCE OF THEMES FOR ART ENRICHMENT CLASSES
VISUAL ARTS:
Summer Harvest (fruits, vegetables, flowers)– from seed or plant to the table. Paper maché fruits, create flowers using recycled materials, use a recipe (example: salsa) in your artwork, create pots and plant seeds or plants, the sun and its role in the solar system.
Summer Travels – parks, forests, mountains, lakes, beaches, museums, missions. Art suggestions: paint with nature using leaves, colored sand, pebbles, etc.; create maps.
Travels – create your own country, island, park, forest, mountain, beach, museum.
Ocean Life – whales, octopi, seals, sharks, algae. Art suggestions: Use colored sand to create projects; oil pastels to create life above and below the ocean; shell shapes, use tissue paper, construction paper, fabric, etc. to create sea creatures.
Wild Animals – Where do they live, what do they eat, how do they protect themselves - tigers, bears, zebras, giraffes, monkeys, gorillas, etc. Art suggestions: watercolor paint the background and then glue cut out black silhouettes of animals and trees.
Africa – masks, fabrics, baskets, food, clothes.
Your Town’s History - Use local newspapers, photos, books, paintings, etc. Art suggestions: small murals, photographs of buildings then and now
Celebrate with Pablo Picasso - Ex: geometric shapes - triangles, circles, squares, rectangles used in art; pop art.
Great Artists–Self Images - Ex: Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, etc. Create a self-image using paper, paint, fabric, photographs, magazines, etc. Could be an image of a “you in the future.”
Great Artwork- any medium – photography, quilting, painting, metal, wood, sculpture. Use recycled materials to imitate a great work of art, such as Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” painting.
Honor Your Ancestors– write a letter to your ancestor and then decorate around it using colors, designs, fabrics of your culture.
Honor Your Ancestors– Day of the Dead, masks, paper lanterns, banners, candles, create a collage of your ancestor using photos, jewelry, pieces of their clothing, favorite books, flowers they liked.
Fall Harvest – create art out of gourds, pumpkins, squash, baskets, olives, grapes, pomegranates, acorns
Thankfulness – Ex: Create a journal of gratitude, hopes, dreams, etc.
Winter – pine cones, snow, stars, winter trees, mountains.
Christmas Around the World– look at cultures around the world and how they celebrate Christmas.
Christmas Around the World- look at cultures around the world and how they celebrate Christmas.
MUSIC:
Recorder students will follow a progressive curriculum of the Recorder Fiesta Teacher’s Manual. They will learn to hold the instrument, understand notes of music, and begin to play simple songs. The recorder is often the prelude to our students learning to play string instruments, as it facilitates the ability to read music
Violin students will follow a progressive curriculum either starting with the recorders or learning directly on the violin how to hold the instrument, understand notes of music and begin to play simple songs, gradually learning to play more challenging music and being able to read music.
Guitar students will learn how to hold the guitar, take care of the instrument, read notes, finger technique, rhythm, and learn simple songs, gradually learning to play more challenging music and able to read music.
Conga drum students will learn rhythm, hand-to-drum technique, how a conga drum can be made, what are congueros, etc.
DANCE:
The dance classes will emphasize movement, proprioception, agility, rhythm, creativity, culture, confidence, and teamwork. Students will learn choreographed routines and perform in small and large group settings.
