Many children throughout our neighborhoods are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools are closed. Visits with friends and family are limited. Parents are being asked to do even more to help their children learn. At a time when stress is high, children are bored and the future is unknown, one thing is clear – we need the arts to inspire us more than ever.
To help families, teachers and caregivers, during this time, the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall’s Education and Community Engagement team, with support from the Van Wezel Foundation, has launched a free online resource to help address the needs of our community. The Van Wezel Artworks Anywhere service provides free, online resources from Van Wezel Teaching Artists to help children learn science, reading, how to sew costumes, the joys of dancing and making music. As the largest philanthropic supporter of arts education along the Suncoast, the Van Wezel Foundation helps us serve more than 30,000 students, 400 teachers and 176 schools across five counties each year.
At a time of incredible change in our world, the Artworks Anywhere initiative is a meaningful extension of the Foundation’s arts education mission; especially now when families, teachers and caregivers need it most.
The best thing about Artworks Anywhere is children can learn and play while their parents, teachers and caregivers have trusted materials to use for remote learning.
You can help create even more indelible learning experiences for our children.
Please consider giving a gift to the Van Wezel Foundation to support Artworks Anywhere so our children can continue to thrive while tucked away at home.
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