About KidzArt
KidzArt Northern Arizona
KidzArt of Northern Arizona opened in Summer 2006 and currently serves the Flagstaff and greater Prescott areas. We hope to serve other Northern Arizona communities soon!
Amy Patton — Owner, Director and a Certified Instructor
Amy’s background is in law. She practiced business litigation and employment law for seven years with a major multi-national law firm. While her job was exciting, intense and financially rewarding, when she started her own family, she knew that she wanted to enjoy a more positive and emotionally rewarding career. KidzArt combines her two passions, “Kids” and “Art”! It also gives her the opportunity to give back to her community in many ways.
Meet our Program Managers
Jill Ford: Jill is a working artist specializing in painting, mixed media and the use of organic materials in her art. She has a Masters in Art Education from Northern Arizona University. Jill is the Program Manager for the Flagstaff area.
Carol Crawford: Carol is an artist, specializing in sculpture and has a Masters in Art Education from Northern Arizona University. Carol is the Program Manager for the Prescott/Prescott Valley area and the Verde Valley.
KidzArt Certified Instructors
Our Certified Instructors come from a wide array of backgrounds. Some are working artists, some are retired teachers and some have an early childhood background. We take great pride in providing your children with engaging, talented Instructors. Our Certified Instructors are, without a doubt, the most important ingredient for delivering a great experience to our students.
This is KidzArt!
KidzArt students will gain valuable skills, have fun, and feel uplifted as their confidence SOARS!
- With KidzArt, your students will:
- Produce original representational art in 1-4 classes.
- Learn in a non-competitive environment which allows creativity to flow easily.
- Complete art projects that enhance the students’ drawing skills and are simple, fun and get great results.
- Use high quality art materials and supplies that are used by artists!
- Learn to think creatively — outside the box.
- Always be excited by the new curriculum offered weekly.
- Feel relaxed and open to learning new skills while having FUN.
- Learn to problem-solve effectively and easily.
- Build self-confidence.
- Gain a lifetime love of art!
The Facts: Highlights of Arts Education Research
Did you know?
Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three
days each week through at least one full year are:
4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.
3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools.
4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.
3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance.
4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.
Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently.
Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently.
Read for pleasure nearly twice as often.
Perform community service more than four times as often.
(Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based
Youth Organizations, Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie
Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts
Monograph, November 1998)
The facts are that arts education:
“makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has proven to help level the "learning field" across socio-economic boundaries.”
(Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary School, James S. Catterall,
The UCLA Imagination Project, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA, Americans for the Arts Monograph, January 1998)
“has a measurable impact on youth at risk in deterring delinquent behavior and truancy problems while also increasing overall academic performance among those youth engaged in after school and summer arts programs targeted toward delinquency prevention.”
(Youth ARTS Development Project, 1996, U.S. Department of Justice, National Endowment for the Arts, and Americans for the Arts)
KidzArt® uses only high quality, non-toxic art materials.
