Gift A Class

Help us make the Arts accessible to all, regardless of means or ability!

Help us reach our goal of raising enough money to fund 20 Art Courses! Your purchase of a 5-week course (only $75) will ensure we can continue to offer quality arts education to ALL.

With your support, we can supplement the cost of classes to make them more affordable, cover expenses related to arts education, and offer scholarships to kids and adults who want to learn art! 

If the arts have positively impacted your life, give the gift of art to others..... GIVE the GIFT of a CLASS TODAY! 

Want to give a gift certificate to a loved one? Email: artsed@watauga-arts.org 

Arts education matters:

1. Students with high arts participation and low socioeconomic status have a 4 percent dropout rate—five times lower than their low socioeconomic status peers.[1]

2. Students who take four years of arts and music classes score an average of over 150 points higher on the SAT than students who take only one-half year or less.[2]
3. Low-income students have highly engaged in the arts are twice as likely to graduate college as their peers with no arts education.[3]
4. A recent study showed that arts education experiences reduce the proportion of students in the school receiving disciplinary infractions by 3.6 percent.[4]

Full list here: https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-

topic/arts-education/10-arts-education-fast-facts

Here are some examples of classes that we offer at WAC: 

Weekly art classes and workshops for all ages in a variety of mediums.

Music Lessons Weekly/Seasonally Weekly Art for All Abilities Class made possible by Anna and Chuck Eyler! Pop-up art lessons at public locations

Youth Makers - We want to offer art entrepreneur classes to accompany the youth market we host at the Farmers Market twice a month.