Collaborative artwork by students participating in YIA’s Arts Unite Us program.
For more than 25 years, Youth in Arts has been the only consistent arts education provider in Marin County’s Special Day Classrooms (SDCs). Through our Arts Unite Us program, we provide Teaching Artists in visual arts, music and dance to nearly 30 self-contained classrooms.
Each year, we celebrate this work with Outside the Lines. This year’s show includes art from Davidson, Edna McGuire, Hamilton, Hidden Valley, Lu Sutton, Magnolia Park and Vallecito schools. The opening reception is Friday, April 18 from 4 to 6:30 pm.
Teaching Artists with Arts Unite Us are highly skilled at adapting projects to meet students at different levels, from TK to post-secondary classes. Our lessons support IEP goals around fine/gross motor skills, visual-spatial awareness, social skills and more.
In Visual Arts, we build confidence, compassion and resilience by practicing ways to share – and exploring new tools and materials. We discover and embrace surprises in art making, and we practice decision making through the materials and tools we choose.
In Music, we use different instruments to explore rhythms and sounds, adapting and creating instruments as needed. In Dance, we practice collaboration as we investigate ways to move separately and together.
In all of our programs, we celebrate that success looks different for everyone.