ArtSmart After School Program

The Fresno Art Museum has developed an outstanding after school enrichment program. A team of instructors go out to each school weekly to teach art lessons based on the California State Standards. We customize the lessons with each school and grade level to provide for their academic needs. A lesson might teach the students the elements of art from their Visual Art Standards while also reviewing measurement and geometric shapes from their Math State Standards.

The teams of instructors have received in depth training in the ArtSmart Professional Development Training program. They also receive ongoing in-service and observation training from experienced professionals, the ArtSmart director and consultant, so that they are able to provide high quality enrichment programs.

Each week instructors teach a designated ArtSmart lesson to all their students. The students at each school receive all the support materials and art materials needed for each lesson. On a weekly basis our instructors serve several hundred students.

If your school is interested in the ArtSmart After School Enrichment Program, please contact Susan Yost-Filgate at (559) 441-4221 ext. 101 or susan@fresnoartmuseum.org

Support FAM

Help Us Bring Art to Schools

FAM’s Education Department provides educational programs to our community that fosters art into the everyday lives of our children. The education department's goal is to bring FAM to the heart of schools to make learning art more fun and interactive.

For more information about how you could help FAM, please contact Eva Torres, Interim Director at 441-4221 ext. 115.