This two-week summer program is perfect for high school students interested in exploring the arts as a possible college and/or career options. ArtForce 2021 will be a visual arts focused group and held in-person at the Central Indiana Ivy Tech Campus.
ArtForce is led by professional teaching artists with Arts for Learning Indiana. Guest artists and speakers come from the broader arts community and from Ivy Tech faculty. Participants will get experience in a variety of techniques and skills related to the artform, build on their portfolios, work with other students passionate about the arts, and learn how art can be used to speak to a social issue. The summer program will finish with a display of visual artwork created by the students.
Upon completion of the two-week summer program, students receive a stipend. Throughout the rest of the year, Arts for Learning often hires previous participants to work at special events side by side with our administrative staff, or with our professional teaching artists.
This summer, we will work on projects designed to encourage people to tell their stories in order to promote intercultural understanding. We share common humanity, but very different life experiences depending on various factors. Projects made with paint, fiber and recycled materials will make our stories come alive, and create visual souvenirs based on our stories.
