Support ArtStart May 1-11 with your Generous Gift

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page for ArtStart. Your donation supports innovative, accessible arts programming for children and adults that inspires creativity, confidence, and connection. In more than three decades, ArtStart has provided opportunities for children and adults to explore new ideas and cultures, build confidence as they learn new skills and art forms, and connect with artists and communities.  

I serve on the ArtStart Board of Directors and have worked in partnership with ArtStart for several years to host EcoArt Fest, teach Art and Nature classes, and support the ArtScraps Reuse Center. As a Park Ranger, these opportunities to closely engage with the ArtStart communities strengthened my personal commitments to sustainability and to enhance the connection between Art and Nature. I have seen how, through the power of art, we create connections and healing. 

In the past year, despite the pandemic, ArtStart used innovation to provide video instruction, training for professional teaching artists to use Zoom, and created STUDIO A to offer online classes for children and adults. They also creatively expanded opportunities to make art with reused materials from ArtScraps Reuse Center by providing fun and educational Creativity Kits featuring a wide variety of topics including reuse, learning about artists, science and art, and nature. 

Once again, thank you for taking the time to visit my fundraising page for ArtStart and thank you for your generous support. Each donation will help fulfill ArtStart's commitment to teaching the arts as a way to learn, heal, wonder, and grow. With your  donation, ArtStart is eligible for additional GiveMN prizes of $250-1,000. Additionally, all donors will be entered into a drawing to attend a Studio A class for FREE and all donations of more than $100 will receive a FREE Creativity Kit. 

Learn more about ArtStart's work at artstart.org.