SEPTEMBER 2017


Welcome to all new and returning Visual Arts families! This newsletter is your go-to resource to find out what is happening in the visual arts program and how you can get involved. We are so lucky to have fantastic student artists, wonderful art-making spaces and a top notch teaching team. Tam offers a four-year sequential program in the visual arts culminating in many opportunities for honors and AP classes. 

 

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE!


JOIN PATH!

WHO, WHAT AND WHERE?
PATH is a group of Tam parents and teachers who support the Visual Arts program through fundraising, organizing events, and bringing Tam Visual Arts into the larger community through public exhibitions and participating in endeavors like the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival and First Tuesday Art Walks. 
We support student internships, field trips and guest artist programs with funds and volunteer participation. The PATH board meets monthly and there are volunteer opportunities to fit almost any schedule. Your $100 donation provides classroom supplies and artistic opportunities to the over 400 students enrolled in visual arts classes. Our goal is 100% participation. Click on the button below to donate or see instructions for how to mail in your donation. A big THANK YOU to everyone who has already donated!

MILL VALLEY FALL ARTS FESTIVAL

NEXT WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 16 AND  17

The festival will be held i n O ld Mill Park on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17 from 10-5. You can purchase tickets at the  Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival  website . Tam High Visual Arts has a  booth, as does our own Draw/Paint instructor, Mr. Zach Gilmour. Always a beautiful commu nity event, proceeds from the festival benefit  the Emerging Artist Scholarship Fund. Each year cash awards are given to two seniors and two juniors who excel in the arts. Last year's winners were Fiona Bransgrove, Elise Ryan, Annika Jackson and Alexa Barth. Congratulations! 

If you want to come to the festival for free we would LOVE some VOLUNTEERS! We need help setting up on Friday afternoon, representing PATH at our booth and supporting our students in two hour shifts during the festival, and breakdown on Sunday afternoon. Please  sign up here if you can volunteer your time.


OUR NEW CERAMICS TEACHER

MEET GRAY DOUGLAS

A newcomer to Tam High but not to teaching, Gray has been creating, wondering, and teaching young artists for 19 years. Bringing a breadth of experience from middle school to Marin School of the Arts, to San Andreas Continuation High, she is ready to take the reigns of the reputable Ceramics Program at Tam! Gray teaches entry level Art Ex/Ceramics 1 through AP 3-D Design. 


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PATH (Patrons of the Arts at Tam High) is a parent-run organization that supplements district funding for the Tam High Studio Arts program. Our mission at PATH is to ensure that art students  have a real world arts education that connects them to the artistic community and provides meaningful learning experiences. 
Please join us at our next board meeting to see how you can support the Tam High Visual Arts program. Questions? Please contact  Lucinda Otto