The Children's Fine Art Classes program was founded in 1925. Its mission is to provide intensive, in-depth art experiences for talented and motivated elementary, middle, and high school art students. The program offers concentrated studies in two-dimensional art that include studio practices in drawing and painting; art history; critiquing skills; and aesthetics. Instruction is covered by scholarship so that economic status will play no part in a child's participation or placement. A supply fee is paid by those who elect to support the program. In grades 3-8, visually talented and interested children are invited into the program after recommendation from an art teacher or principal. High school students present a portfolio for consideration and review.
CFACwas a
finalist for the 2011 The National Arts and Humanities Youth Program
Awards, sponsored by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities!
75 CFAC classes
offered in Fiscal Year 2011
30 sites in five
counties (Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, and Clark and Floyd in Indiana)
800 students, 41%
waiver, raise $2,000 per year from CFAC parents who support a second
student in the program
15% of CFAC Students are from Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in southern Indiana
10% of CFAC students are from Bullitt, Oldham, Shelby and Spencer counties in Kentucky
Serve students from 120
schools in Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana; and
Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, and Spencer counties in Kentucky
Classes are held
on location with 8 community partners (sites outside of school systems
and LVAA)
Nearly 80% of graduating seniors in CFAC classes were offered scholarships and financial aid when applying to art programs around the country
1500 hours of fine
art instruction per year in our community (Almost 63 24-hour days)
Increased site offerings
with an emphasis on low arts
access areas, including sites in rural Shelby and Oldham counties in
Kentucky, five sites in Southern Indiana, and offerings for elementary,
middle, and high school students in Louisville’s South and West end
communities
Implemented an evaluation
program with CFAC students, parents, and faculty, focused primarily
on assessment of student’s growth and experience
Publish seasonal
CFAC newsletters: distribute important information to students, keep
families involved in LVAA, and note CFAC student accomplishments
Advocate to all
area state and city legislators, meet annually in Frankfort & send
seasonal reminders of LVAA programs
Increased CFAC enrollment
4% in the past year, and 30% in the past three years.
Spent $49,888 annually
in teacher’s payments
In our first CFAC
College and Career Day, 10 top art programs travelled to Louisville
to meet with area art students, including the highly ranked Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, and Savannah College of Art and Design; 15 CFAC
high school juniors and seniors met with these schools for 40 private
admission portfolio reviews
Instructors of the Children's Fine Art Classes program have experience as art teachers or professional artists. The curriculum and assignments are developed to help children gain increasing mastery over the tools and techniques of the visual arts and to foster their cognitive abilities. Each year, the Louisville Visual Art Association hosts a gallery exhibit of the work from the Children's Fine Art Classes. Every student from that year has work on display, providing them a chance to see their work in exhibition and to share that experience with their families.
To learn more about the Children's Fine Art Classes Program, please contact:
