Students and Families celebrate the art, art education and literacy at ART Night at Sherman Elementary Thursday, May 15, 2014, 6 -8 pm Sherman Elementary: 4415 North 38th Street, Tacoma, WA 98407 Students, families and artists and the community will be coming together at Tacoma School District's Sherman Elementary to experience art in this evening full of fun and creativity alongside many of Tacoma's talented artists on Thursday, May 15, 6-8 pm. Local artists will be leading art making projects including ceramic, metal, painting, collage, printmaking and recycled sculpture on this Third Thursday event. Students, families and the public are invited to attend and work alongside professional artists to experience all types of media. The cost of the event is $10 per family to attend that goes toward the cost of supplies. Sherman Elementary is located at 4415 North 38th Street. ART Night is the culmination of the Artist in Residence Teach at Sherman (ARTS) program and an ongoing arts initiative coordinated by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) working to provide high-quality art experiences. The artist in Residence Natalie Oswald has been working closely with the students throughout the year and the final collaborative mural project will be worked on at the event along with the variety of student artwork created throughout the residency. As part of the evening, student designed books will be on display throughout the school showcasing the artistic talent of the students and celebrating literacy and reading. With tight school budgets, the PTSA works to enrich each student's school experiences, and arts education is extremely important to develop students' imagination, innovation, and creative skills. The public is invited to attend ARTS night at Sherman Elementary and recognize May as Arts Education Month which recognizes the creative endeavors taking place in our school and demonstrates to the community that the arts make a difference in education and student learning. Arts Education Month is an opportunity to specifically call attention to the critical role of arts and empowering schools and communities to provide every student with arts learning opportunities. A listing of the artists participating in Arts Night at Sherman Elementary: *Geometric Collage* by *Diana Leigh Surma *www.dianaleighsurma.comn Use math and geometry to create a quilt-like collage *Woodworking **with** Michael Taskey *www.michaeltaskey.com Work with wood veneer to create a small scale sculpture *Recycled Artwork** with** Tinkertopia* www.tinekertopia.com Use recyclable materials to create your own sculptural masterpiece *Painting* *with* *Natalie Oswald *http://natalieoswald.com Student painting demonstration of the mural created as part of the artist-in-residency program *Ceramic/Clay **with* *Claudia Riedener* www.ixiatile.com Create your own ceramic tile using pottery techniques *Encaustic** with* *Karen Doten *www.karendoten.com Try out this wax-based media *Metalwork **with* *Maija McKnight* Experiment with metal forming, stamping and texture ##### Sherman Elementary, PTSA 4415 North 38th Street, Tacoma, WA 98407 253.571.5488