Project ARTstART - Claremont Lewis Museum of Art

Project ARTstART, the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art (CLMA)’s signature arts education program, trains high school students, working with college mentors, to provide exhibition-based art lessons for elementary school students. By bringing high-quality art appreciation classes and activities to Claremont schools, we inspire students, promote understanding of the arts, and highlight Claremont’s rich artistic legacy.

Launched in the fall of 2011, Project ARTstART serves 100 high school students (ARTstARTers) who are trained to teach art lessons to elementary students. They learn to design lessons inspired by exhibitions at CLMA and local art history, which they teach to upper graders at all seven public elementary schools in Claremont. ARTstARTers also serve approximately 125 students a month with our AfterARTs series, which brings free art-making workshops to after-school programs.

Project ARTstART is produced solely by the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art in partnership with the Claremont Unified School District.

The program’s funders include the Ruth & Joseph C. Reed Foundation for the Arts, City of Claremont, Claremont Sunrise Rotary, Claremont Kiwanis Foundation, and Scripps Fine Arts Foundation.

ARTstART Offers Art Activities on YouTube

Teams of high school students in CLMA’s Project ARTstART have prepared a series of simple do-at-home art projects to present to elementary students in Claremont schools. These fun 5-minute videos are now available to everyone on the Claremont Museum of Art YouTube channel.

Futures in Flight https://youtu.be/Ihjtksls6k4

Layered Collage Project https://youtu.be/ysKtSQnoY6c

Saar Collage https://youtu.be/WoKCQHNO6sg

Pattern Portraits https://youtu.be/jjul1yCtPFo

Art with Music https://youtu.be/OIg9StKZQcs

Garden Collage https://youtu.be/CBscXS4esTk

Positive Character Trait Silhouettes https://youtu.be/WPBF2Q0sf6E