Project EcoSmART

The EcoSmART project will teach elementary school students to apply creative problem-solving skills and innovative design through a weekly, art-based enrichment program that aims to promote positive self-esteem and inspire interest in the worlds of science and technology.
Most local communities teach young people about the recycling process, allowing artists to teach young people to transform these materials into renewed objects of value and beauty. Young participants in Project EcoSmART generate innovative design techniques and facilitate the creative reuse of non-recyclable materials. EcoSmART provides school students with basic art supplies, reusable refuse items from home, and salvaged materials  to create large, three-dimensional sculptures.  The project culminates with the students producing a narrated PowerPoint presentation to share with classmates, teachers, administrators, and parents. This leads students to internalize the ideas that second chances are possible and gives School Districts an opportunity to support the personal growth of student participants in the EcoSmART program by helping them to positively engage with peers during these art classes, while developing the fundamental creativity and cognitive skills needed to explore the worlds of art, science and technology.

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