Flourish Community Art School provides integrated and dynamic Art Enrichment classes throughout Colorado. We teach students of all ages art techniques that range from painting and drawing, to paper making, sculpture and collage. We offer a wide variety of classes, projects, and materials in a fun atmosphere that will support growth and exploration.

We focus on guiding the students through each project while nurturing their individual spirit and imagination. After all, art is an expression of one's own creative ideas and we aim to provide an environment that supports the creative artist in each student.

 

Flourish Community Art School , was founded in 2005 in response to the decline in arts education opportunities for school age children, especially in the public schools and a need for art enrichment classes for active adults.

Arts education in America has changed drastically over the past several years and significantly since the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. The trend in federal and state funding for art education is on a decline. This presented us with an opportunity to meet a community need for high quality arts education while providing curriculum that incorporated core lessons in math, science, literacy, and music.

Core Values
The following is an outline of our core values and a statement of what is truly important to us as an organization. These are our keys to success and will continue to guide us as we grow, expand and work diligently to bring high quality Art Enrichment to students across the country.

 

 

• We believe that the student is never wrong. Whether it's drawing a tree, choosing a color, exploring a media, or just getting messy in class, Flourish Community Art School Community Art School students will be taught under the warm and active instruction of their teachers and will be provided with a creative and nurturing environment in which to develop their artistic skills and innate talents.
• We have a Passion for Art. We support the arts through membership in local art organizations. Our instructors all hold art degrees from accredited universities and have experience teaching art and creating their own art.  
• We respect our environment and tread lightly. We use non-toxic products whenever available and always take care to dispose of materials properly and recycle when possible. We believe in using recycled materials in our classroom whenever we can and teaching our students about making earth-friendly art projects.
• We understand the importance of community involvement. We believe in the power of volunteer work and participate in community events in order to further art education and present children with opportunities create art.

 

Quotes

"The American economy is shifting from a manufacturing-driven engine to a services-driven enterprise. If young Americans are to succeed and to contribute to what Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan describes as our “economy of ideas,” they will need an education that develops imaginative, flexible and tough-minded thinking. The arts powerfully nurture the ability to think in this manner."

Richard Riley, Secretary, Department if Education

When asked about his approach to the car business, Robert A. Lutz, CEO of General Motors said " It's more right brain, It's more creative." Lutz then goes on to say "I see us as being in the art business," he said. "Art, entertainment and mobile sculpture, which, coincidentally, also happens to provide transportation."

October 18, 2001 NY Times article An Artiste Invades Stodgy G.M.