On the evening of January 25, 2023, six TAG artists guided over one hundred elementary students and their families in creating original “Scratch Art” at the PACE Family Art Night at Wood Elementary School. PACE is Tempe Elementary School’s program for gifted students from kindergarten through fifth grade. The overall theme for PACE’s 2022-23 academic year is ART! The event was for students and their parents to see work that has been done, make art together, connect with local artists, and see how art relates to other topics.

TAG provided stencils as a starting point for the etchings.
Finished work was matted on foam board.
TAG volunteer Margi Hensch wrote a message to one of her young artists. Note the “Original Art brought to you by TAG” label.
A particularly colorful and detailed etching!
The organizer of the event and director of Gifted Education, Lori McClellan, was so happy that she wants TAG to do another art project with PACE students.
This was not the first time TAG supported the Tempe Elementary Schools PACE program. Back in 2019, TAG donated $500 to the PACE program to purchase Rubik Cubes to create “Rubik Cube Art.” To thank us, PACE teacher Amy Evans brought her students and their families to a TAG meeting to show us their skills in person. Here are a few photos from that memorable 2019 gathering.
Marie Provine and student at a TAG meeting in 2019.
TAG artists watched as students created this design using Rubik Cubes during a TAG meeting. VERY impressive!
TAG’s investment continued benefitting students years later. Amy Evans commented, “The very cubes that TAG helped to purchase were on display in the gymnasium on Family Art Night! We had two mosaics. In the included photo, you can see how they looked when prepared in the classroom before the 2023 event.”
Rubik Cube art continues in 2023.
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