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Welcome to Simis Art Masterpiece 2024/2025

 

If you are interested in participating in Art Masterpiece this year, please read the following for important information about our program. 

 

Art Guide presentations in classrooms begin in September. This year will run very similarly to last year's program, so if you are a returning Simis Art Guide, you should be able to dive right in by taking care of the action items below.

 

District Art Masterpiece Workshop was Sept 7th. If you missed this, don’t sweat it. You can watch the recorded workshop via the link below. We will most likely host another workshop in the winter - more details about that to come later. 

Madison Education Foundation Facebook Page

 

Action items to get started:

 

Complete Raptor registration through the Madison #38 school district to volunteer on campus. You need to renew every year, so if you haven't volunteered on campus this year, we always advise everyone to double check their status before coming back on campus.

If you haven't yet, please let us know you are interested in participating in Art Masterpiece this year by signing up via the green "Become an Art Guide" link to the left. Completing this step is the only way to ensure that we have your contact information for the current year. 

Signup for a Monthly Presentation in the classroom! You can find open opportunities to present in your child's classroom by using the blue “Monthly Presentation” splotch and filling out the following information: email address, artist to be presented and time/date of presentation. If you are unsure, please come back to fill out missing prompts before coming on campus. This helps us know who is on campus and how many supplies to anticipate being prepped at any given time. 

Browse our Artist Files, and begin preparing for your presentation. We have a massive Google drive loaded with resources and presentations on a variety of artists. They are divided up by grade level based off of curriculum and age-appropriate content. If you are interested in presenting on a different artist than the ones offered in your grade level, please feel free to explore new artists or artists unassigned to a K-8 grade level. We also ask that you use the Google drive to copy and edit each presentation.

We are very lucky to have an amazing and well-supported Art Masterpiece program here at Simis. Our closet is located in the PATS room in the front office, and it is stocked with nearly every art/craft item you can imagine. If we don’t have something you want, we have a budget to take care of some of those items (within reason, of course). If there is anything you need and can’t find, please give me a week to be able to source whatever materials you may need. Keep in mind that we have between 200-250 presentations throughout the year, so please return unused/reusable materials to the closet for future classrooms to use. To see a quick reference of what is available in the Art Masterpiece Closet, please refer to the link to the left.

 

Extra Volunteer Opportunities

 

There are more ways to get more involved with Art Masterpiece this year! If you are interested in volunteering time outside the classroom, here are some ways you can get more involved:

 

  1. Become a part of the AM committee/coordinator team! Art Masterpiece at Simis has grown a lot over the past few years. (Simis is now the largest program in the Madison District!) We need more hands on deck for keeping the program running smoothly. PATS is looking for anyone interested in filling this position this year (with me) and possibly going forward. If you are interested or would like more information, please reach out to myself or PATS. 
  2. Signup to help organize the Art Masterpiece Closet. I will be posting monthly volunteer opportunities to the AM webpage in the coming weeks where you will be able to find outside opportunities to help keep us organized and fully stocked for presentations. 
  3. Be a part of our "Night At The Madison Museum" committee. "Night At The Madison Museum" is a fun and artistic evening showcasing artwork made by Madison Students. As you can imagine, this takes a large effort to put together, so this year I’d like to create a team of volunteers that can help us do everything from setting up to helping facilitate classroom projects to display. This opportunity will also be posted to the AM webpage. 
  4. Present in other classrooms. Volunteer in a classroom outside of your child’s classroom. We sometimes need help filling classrooms where teachers are without volunteers and/or a project needs extra hands. If you are interested in being available outside your child's classroom, let me know, and I will put you on my list of volunteers to reach out to when the need arises.  

 

We look forward to a great year bringing Art Masterpiece into every classroom. None of this would be possible without the participation and support you all provide! Please contact Morgann at artmasterpiece@simispats.org if you have any questions or need help getting started. We are happy to help!