Eyeball It!®
The mission of Eyeball It!® is to offer real studio art education to every 7-12 year-old child, regardless of economic status or geographic location. Unique in its field, Eyeball It!® is individualized, scalable, available by Internet, can be guided DIY by any adult with kids in both group and individual settings, and is completely free of any fees.
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Your gifts will directly support expanding Eyeball It!®’s quality implementation with partner, youth-serving non-profits who offer after-school and summer programing, especially to under-resourced kids across Delaware and beyond.
Among Eyeball It!®’s partners is the Boys & Girls Clubs of DE. In summer 2022, over 650 kids had art, including the Eyeball It!® Projects, 3-4 days/week for 8 weeks in 7 BGClubs, instructed by 13 high-school and college students, trained by Eyeball It!® founder Ellen Priest.
Among Eyeball It!®’s partners is the Boys & Girls Clubs of DE. In summer 2022, over 650 kids had art, including the Eyeball It!® Projects, 3-4 days/week for 8 weeks in 7 BGClubs, instructed by 13 high-school and college students, trained by Eyeball It!® founder Ellen Priest.
“Kids ‘hang their hats’ on sports and the arts,” Priest says. “That’s what makes them wake up in the morning happy to be who they are. That’s how they define themselves.” Established research by the National Endowment for the Arts, Search Institute and others corroborates that insight.
Priest believes real studio art education give kids a voice they often desperately want and need. Hands-on studio art cultivates children’s creative thinking, problem-solving, confidence in making real art on their own, and belief in the value of their own visual expression.
With your gift of any size, you’ll help expand Eyeball It!®’s visibility, community and impact for Delaware kids and many more.
Thank you!! To you and DoMore24Delaware!
Note: All of the nearly 100 photos on the Eyeball It!® website show artwork done by kids in response to the Projects. A sample below. Enjoy! To visit the website: eyeballitart4kids.org
Priest believes real studio art education give kids a voice they often desperately want and need. Hands-on studio art cultivates children’s creative thinking, problem-solving, confidence in making real art on their own, and belief in the value of their own visual expression.
With your gift of any size, you’ll help expand Eyeball It!®’s visibility, community and impact for Delaware kids and many more.
Thank you!! To you and DoMore24Delaware!
Note: All of the nearly 100 photos on the Eyeball It!® website show artwork done by kids in response to the Projects. A sample below. Enjoy! To visit the website: eyeballitart4kids.org
From Stuart Sherman, Vice President at Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware:
In our ongoing efforts to provide high school students with jobs, we have found that our Eyeball It!® Art Wowzers! program has not only been the most requested program by our Clubs, it is also the most sought-after job by the teens we serve. In the summer of 2022, we provided 13 art instructors to our sites around Delaware, and widely received high marks as to the quality of the program and the benefit to the Club and the kids.
From a Student Instructor, Summer 2022
In the beginning when we would give the kids more complex projects, they seemed uninterested and would try to rush through everything. Towards the end they would be practically begging for something more challenging and take their time being more precise with their work. Their behavior and engagement definitely changed.
From a Student Instructor, January-February Pilot 2020
Once the students realized that their art was at their own discretion, they grew more comfortable with creating, and in my opinion, came up with better ideas. Some kids started making story lines for their art, and creating series with their pieces. I think once they understood that they had full liberty with their creations, they took it to another level.
About Eyeball It!®
Mission: The mission of Eyeball It!® is to offer real studio art education to every 7-12 year-old child, regardless of economic status or geographic location. Unique in its field, Eyeball It!® is individualized, scalable, available by Internet, can be guided DIY by any adult with kids in both group and individual settings, and is completely free of any fees.
Eyeball It!® is part of Ellen Priest Projects, a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit arts service organization. Checks or contributions for the charitable purposes of Ellen Priest Projects must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law and can also be made through this fundraising page.
To view Ellen Priest Projects at FA, please scroll to the bottom of FA's website, click "Fundraising" and type into the search box.
To view Ellen Priest Projects at FA, please scroll to the bottom of FA's website, click "Fundraising" and type into the search box.
