About Art Road Nonprofit

Art Road provides special arts activity classes, including supplies and an instructor, at no cost to elementary schools that lack art programs.

The classes are single- or multi-day sessions that introduce children to the work of artists, provide historical perspective, and bring the entire experience into focus with hands-on creative arts projects such as painting, drawing, sculpture or mixed media.

There are benefits for all children with Art Road classes: increased interest in school, improved test scores, better problem solving skills, a creative outlet to pressure from family or peers, and a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Art Road currently teaches at Edison Elementary School in Detroit. We are able to teach 400 students art class twice per month currently at Edison.

With the help of Daimler Financial Services, we were able to renovate the art room by refinishing the floors and rehabilitating an old unused greenhouse attached to the art room.

Our students range in age from 6 to 12. And class sizes are large- about 30 students per class. This presents a challenge for the teacher since 40 kids would be a lot to manage especially with active art in the room.

So we supplement the teacher with volunteers who help distribute the project and answer questions. Perhaps you have an interest in volunteering.

Students create art with the help of the teacher who usually is a practicing professional artist. Our students regularly produce work that exceeds standards set forth by the Michigan Educational standards.

Your gift to Art Road helps open young minds to the very real benefits of the arts with no expense to schools or parents.