ART MATTERS 
BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY  

​ART STUDIO:
ART LESSONS: Grades K-12 and beyond

   ​ ART MATTERS TO STUDENTS of all ages whose schools have drastically cut back opportunities to learn about and create art.  We offer after school art experiences in which children create art using a wide variety of professional grade materials under the guidance of an award winning artist and educator, Teresa Christmas. 
Christmas earned her master of art education degree from WKU
and she taught art in elementary schools until she began Art Matters in 2011. 

Today at Art Matters, young artists are supported and encouraged not only to create, but to learn, appreciate and draw inspiration from artists throughout history and from around the world.

Choices are provided, differentiated learning takes place.  Group sizes in the after-school art program are
six students or less. 
​New enrollees may pay per semester or monthly installments of $75.  All materials are included.

The after-school art program at Art Matters takes place, September through May, each school year. 
Art Matters provides a variety of Art Camps during the Summer months.
To see our Covid plan and how we re-invented Art Matters

Please Click Here
or
 
CALL 270-781-0361 TO RESERVE A SPOT NOW FOR YOUR YOUNG ARTIST. 

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE PHOTOS OF WHAT KINDS OF THINGS TAKE PLACE DURING ART LESSONS
AT ART MATTERS:

This is Art Matters

THE GUS COLLINS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Yandell "Gus" Collins, (the grandfather of a beloved art student at Art Matters, Kate Warren,)was a prolific artist!
Gus had an art exhibit during one of Art Matters' very first Gallery Hop Events.  He sold some pieces and he was thrilled.  When this beloved artist passed away on February 16, 2015, at the age of 82, his family began to contribute to the scholarship fund in his name.  They later had a wonderful fundraising event and sold many of his wonderful paintings, which continued to fund the Scholarship Program that allows children who love art, but cannot afford art lessons,  to attend Art Matters for free.  This is very enriching for us at Art Matters and we hope to always continue the scholarship program,  remembering Gus Collins and spreading the joy and color and love for art and children that he had.  Young Artists and their families may apply for the scholarship by clicking this link: 

OOPS!  PLEASE FORGIVE OUR DELAY!  THIS APPLICATION HAS NOT YET BEEN UPDATED FOR 2021!  PLEASE CHECK BACK SOON. 
2020 Gus Collins Memorial Scholarship Application



​​Summer Art Camps.  


​The schedule for Summer Art Camps is revealed here on this website each March!






























Click this link for information about this year's summer art camps:
​SUMMER ART CAMPS 2021



​In keeping with our mission statement to "teach tolerance and promote peace through exploration of art across cultures and eras," Art Matters will continue to provide art experiences in which children can not only create art and learn about art, they can also connect art to real life issues that young people care about.  

ART MATTERS TO EVERYONE.  Contact us and let us know how you would like to participate in ways we described above or in ways we have not yet considered.  For years Art Matters has provided art workshops for gifted and talented students in the Bowling Green City Schools District.   Art Matters has provided professional development training- Integrating Art Across the Curriculum- for private schools, for the Warren County Public School System and even for the International Arts Center in Beijing, China.  Art Matters has provided art activities for The Annual Kentuckiana Girl Scouts Festival of the Arts and Montessori Schools.  

Children with special challenges?  
We have experience, expertise and compassion in meeting the needs of all children.

Let us know how we might support your love of art.

 Call 270 781 0361 or visit us on Facebook:  Art Matters Community Studio

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