Art Committee
The Art Committee, comprised of parents interested in helping with art projects in the classrooms began meeting in the fall of 2001. Committee member include the Art Parents for each classroom, current Chair, Susan Goubert, and Stevens’ artist-in-residence, Darcy Marlow.  With funding provided by the Stevens’ PTA, the Art Committee facilitates art education and creation by providing materials, supplies and art-related books to teachers and Art Parents.

Art Parents
Art Parents (usually 2 per class) directly support teachers with art projects and take leadership roles with classroom and school-wide art projects.  Art Parents play a key role in the creation of student artwork that is sold in our annual art auction.  Past Art Parent projects include: the mural outside of the gym, the birdhouses and mosaic stepping stones placed near the 19th Avenue East ramp entrance and the outdoor classroom compass rose mosaics installed just to the left of the main entrance near the corner of 18th Avenue East and East Galer Street.

Artist-in-Residence Program
Stevens is very fortunate to have local artist Darcy Marlow as our lead artist-in-residence.  Darcy has worked in art education for 18 years.  She works with our teachers and students in the classrooms on a wide range of art projects.  Darcy also coordinates the artist-in-residence program through which project specific artists are brought into the school from the community to work with Stevens’ students.

The artist-in-residence artists have assisted teachers in providing insight into cultural studies for different grade levels.  Past artist-in-residence projects have included: Native-American basketry, cedar doll making and story telling with 4th graders; African drumming, drawing and story telling with 3rd graders; creation of tapetes (“carpets” or tapestries made from dyed sawdust, sand and multi-colored seeds or flower petals) with Mexican artist Isaac Hernandez in the Spanish language classes; and Japanese paper cutting and book making in library classes and Karen Britt’s kindergarten class with Japanese artist Aki Sogabe

PTA Reflections Art Program
Each year the PTA sponsors student participation in the National PTA Reflections Art Program.  The purpose of the Reflections Program is to encourage creativity. Students are provided with a pre-selected theme from which they create literature, photography, musical composition or visual art projects.  The completed projects are displayed in the school and reviewed by panelists who make selections for future display at a citywide showing where they can then be chosen for participation in state and national PTA displays.