Outreach

GHIA believes strongly in the power of art education and makes every effort to ensure the visual arts are accessible to all audiences, and specifically those members who come from poor socioeconomic conditions. To that end, GHIA provides free visual arts instruction to Richmond County students that do not have formal art instruction and otherwise would not, through the outreach education program, Artist in Residence. By collaborating with local schools and community centers, the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art takes art education into the community where it is most needed. The outreach programs educate students bound by social and financial constraints and allow them to participate in a positive cultural after-school and in school activity where they experience success.

The Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program provides free visual arts instruction to selected Richmond County schools that do not have a visual arts teacher. The Institute’s Outreach Education Specialist provides weekly instruction to students for a full academic year. The weekly lessons integrate basic visual art concepts with the students’ academic curriculum.

Grants awarded through the Creel-Harison Foundation and the Georgia Council for the Arts allowed the Gertrude Herbert to provide free art lessons to the 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grade students at Meadowbrook Elementary School in 2021.

Previous outreach program partnerships have included:

Family Y of Augusta

Boys and Girls Club of Augusta

Monte Sano Elementary

Sand Hills School

Craig Houghton Elementary

Juvenile Justice Program