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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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2010 Black History Month Exhibit Runs until February 27 image
The 2010 Black History Month BPS Student Art Exhibit displays student work from grades K-12 from 16 schools throughout the Buffalo Public School District. Approximately 150 children have created art work for this exhibit and are representing the following schools: Native American School #19, Harriet Ross Tubman #31, Future's ...



AP TRAINING FOR BPS ART TEACHERS image
Four Buffalo Public School Art Teachers attended the College Board Workshops for AP training in Art History and Studio in at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA on January 23 and 24. The thrilled and excited attending teachers were: Diane Arnone, #56 Frederick Law Olmsted @ Kensington; Erin Connolly, Math, Scie...



The ADCSEP Young Artists' Show Was a Great Success! image
Approximately 80 guests, including our summer campers, their families, and Dr. Williams, enjoyed our 3rd Art Day Camp Summer Enrichment Program Young Artists' Reception held at the Buffalo Academy of the Visual and Performing Arts. Art work from every camper involved in this summer's program was displayed for all to see. Ther...



Art Teachers Learn and Apply 'Best Practices' During SSID PLO 2009
Art teachers enthusiastically attended a week-long PLO (Professional Learning Opportunities) session intended for those assigned to SSID (Superintendent School Improvement District) schools. Art teachers participated in various training and workshops, such as Explicit Instruction, PPTR, Literacy Across the Curriculum, Paper M...










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