Tisko Workshop

Our first major fundraiser for the art club came in the form of a workshop at Tisko Elementary School in Branford. We really wanted to create a project that would both bring us profits and enrich the community with art; in a unanimous decision, the club decided to hold a two-day workshop at the elementary school in which the children would create various works of art relating to nature.

After Hurricane Irene hit the North East, many trees were ripped from the ground and tossed aside. Branford High School teacher and art club advisor Mrs. Kaiser cut rings of wood from fallen tree trunks that would be used as the surface upon which children would paint a gradient and then fashion a tree on top with different types of tissue paper. Also, children were able to create little magnets for the fridge that also displayed some symbol of nature.

In the end, we received an overwhelmingly positive response. There were around thirty children from the first to the fourth grade that participated in the workshop, and a great number of them were very excited and hardworking throughout the event. For the art club, we had achieved both our goals of raising money and spreading our love of art to the community.