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The BPS Art Education Department's mission is to  encourage and cultivate in our students a life-long love, respect and appreciation for the Visual Arts by providing all students with a rigorous Visual Arts program that is aligned to NYS standards and the BPS curriculum, and by doing so, the Visual Arts will become an integral part of the successes and achievements of all our students.

"Education-through-art may be especially important not so much for turning out artists or art products, as for turning out better people." - Abraham Maslow
 

 




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Celebrating Art! 2008- District-Wide Student Art Show at the Library image
"Celebrating Art! 2008" is our annual district-wide art show that showcases the artistic talents of our Buffalo Public School students from grades K-12. The inspiring student artwork, all of which have been created in the art rooms of every school in the district, can be viewed during regular library hours. A reception f...



Planning for Art Day Camp Summer Enrichment Program 2008 image
The Art Education Department is happy to announce that we will be offering our 2nd Art Day Camp Summer Enrichment Program for 2008. This morning program will be held at the newly renovated Buffalo Academy of Visual and Peforming Arts- School #192, located on Masten Avenue. For more information, please click on the link below.



Art Teachers Enthusiastically Participate in BPS Professional Learning Opportunities image
Art teachers throughout the district took part in our annual Professional Learning Opportunities (PLO)workshops organized by the Art Education Department. Art teachers were offered a plethora of workshops that focused on enhancing school art programs, developing best practices, and bridging the art curriculum with English Langu...










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