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Dearest Families,

We are looking for a core group of people who can fix stuff, sew stuff and organize stuff. We have old materials which occasionally need a little sanding, a little paint touch-up or a little TLC repair. If this is your kind of fun, let me know. You can do projects at home or we'll set you up with a small group of kids and a student teacher to involve the children.

We also need people who can repair torn parts on doll clothes, mend pillows or sew a hem on a easy "bear" costume. It's always pretty basic.

Finally, we get many of our art closet materials from parent donations. In late October we will gather a sorting group (meeting monthly perhaps for an hour?) who can sort, clean up, prep and generally keep our creative bank of materials from taking over our art closet.

If you're interested in any of these much appreciated roles, please let Frances know. (durki009@umn.edu)
Thanks!!!!!!

Children make sense of the world by representing it in many forms: story, pretend play, movement and a multitude of visual languages.

The richest materials for exploration and use in representing ideas in the visual arts are not found in Art Supply Catalogs. They are found in nature or in cast offs from real life - in your home and in many workplaces. These materials combine with your child's imagination and lend themselves to a hundred projects and reinterpretations of the world.

Please help us provide a wide range of materials by collecting things like these and bringing them into school. Thank you!

Look at the amazing things our families have collected for our school.