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Arts4All Florida Resources

  • Spotlight on Art: Spotlight on Art videos highlight the many incredible Arts4All Florida teaching artists from across the state and bring the arts directly into your home for you and your family to participate in.

    Wiggles and Words with Emily Dixon

    Spring 2025 Art with Myrna Meeroff

    Dance and Creative Movement with Jennifer Puig

    Honey Bee Art with Lee Cohen

    Theatre with Mr. Camilo

    African Dance with Miss Jennifer Puig

    Folk Art Fish Collage with Sarah Hinds

    Music with Chris Kahl

    Dance Can't Stop the Feeling with Emily Dixon

    Salsa with Jennifer Puig

    Merengue with Jennifer Puig

    Watercolor Seascape with Heather Heywood

    Monochromatic Painting with Heather Heywood

    Origami with Anne Hollander

    Black Out Poetry with Sandy Olson-Hill

    Meet our Student of the Month Trophy Artist, Carmen Rojas Gines

    Encanto Choreography with Jennifer Rosoff

    The Greatest Showman Choreography with Jennifer Rosoff

    Music at Home with Keandra White

    Dancing to the Beat vs Dancing to the Lyrics of a Song with Maddy Stewart

    Twilight Sky with Bird Silhouette with Lee Cohen

    Love Tree with Lee Cohen

    Create a Paper Plate Shaker with Christopher Kahl

    Create a Pan Flute with Christopher Kahl

    The Art of Zentangle with Hipster the Artist

    Mixed Media Fall Painting with Lee Cohen

    Tassel Mirror with Pamela Yen

    Bird Drawing with Lee Cohen

    Seated Belly Dance with Jennifer Puig

    Brasilian Architecture with Myrna Meeroff

    Bachata Dance with Jennifer Puig

    Dance Musicality with Maddy Stewart

    Sun Printing with Mikaela Williams

    Drawing Googly Eyes with Megan Holmes Cameron

    Rhythm with Nanci Dorau

    Monotype Printingmaking with Angela Dickerson

    Wax Resist with Yarrow Ries

    Dot Art with Kathryn Darby

    Dance/Movement with Emily Pozek

    Making Your Own Mandela with Megan Holmes Cameron

    The Artwork of Charles Searles with Dee Youmans

    Greek Art with Dee Youmans

    Seated Stretching with Jennifer Rosoff

    Jazz Dance with Nanci Dorau

    Making a Musical Shaker with Perdita Ross

    Ziplock Monotypes with Angela Dickerson

    Creating Your Own Rhythms with Keandra White

    Spotlight on Art-Nature Journal Part 1 with Yarrow Ries

    Spotlight on Art-Nature Journal Part 2 with Yarrow Ries

    Kaleidoscope Painting with Angela Dickerson

     

  • Art classes: Arts4All Florida conducts art classes in community centers, schools, and other recreation centers across the state. Some of our programs are now VIRTUAL. Community art classes are open to people of all ages and abilities.

     

  • Camps: Arts4All Florida offers spring break and summer camp programs that teach music, movement, theatre, and visual arts to students of all abilities. Some of our prorams will be VIRTUAL this summer.

     

  • Time 4 Art - At Home Art Activity Ideas: Create art at home using activities created by our amazing teaching artists.

    Create Your Own Brazilian Architecture
    Artform: Visual Art and Culture
    Skill Level: High
    Teaching Artist: Myrna Meeroff
    Age range: Upper Elementary and Up

    Create Your Own Chinese Hat
    Artform: Visual Art and Culture
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Myrna Meeroff
    Age range: Elementary and Up

    Lets Make a Monster
    Artform: Visual Art
    Skill Level: Low
    Teaching Artist: Kathi Darby
    Age range: Preschool and Up

    Window Terrarium
    Artform: Visual Art
    Skill Level: Medium 
    Teaching Artist: Kathi Darby
    Age range: Upper Elementary and up

    Give Me Some Rhythm!
    Artform: Music
    Skill Level: Medium 
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Upper Elementary and up

    My Day in Pictures
    Artform: Visual Art
    Skill Level: Medium 
    Teaching Artist: Sally Alexandres
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Scribble, Scribble, Scribble!
    Artform: Visual Art
    Skill Level: Low
    Teaching Artist: Raymond Jimenez
    Age range: Preschool and up

    Creating your own Brazilian Instrument - Caxixi
    Artform: Visual Art and Music
    Skill Level: Medium 
    Teaching Artist: Myrna Meeroff
    Age range: Preschool and up

    Musical Theater
    Artform: Drama 
    Skill Level: Low 
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Painting with Dots
    Artform: Visual Art  
    Skill Level: Low 
    Teaching Artist: Kathi Darby
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Puppet Fun
    Artform: Drama  
    Skill Level: Medium    
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Use Your Imagination
    Artform: Visual Art  
    Skill Level: Medium    
    Teaching Artist: Alana DaCosta
    Age range: Elementary and up

    How to Care for a Special Object
    Artform: Visual Art/Literary  
    Skill Level: Medium            
    Teaching Artist: Sally Alexandres
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Ladder to the Moon
    Artform: Visual Art  
    Skill Level: Low            
    Teaching Artist: Victoria Andalucia
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Ladder to the Moon (Advanced)
    Artform: Visual Art        
    Skill Level: High               
    Teaching Artist: Victoria Andalucia
    Age range: Upper Elementary and up

    Creating your own Virtual Classroom using CoSpaces.io - Part 1
    Artform: Visual Art and Technology             
    Skill Level: High               
    Teaching Artist: Janalyn Peppel
    Age range: Upper Elementary and up

    Creating your own Virtual Classroom using CoSpaces.io - Part 2
    Artform: Visual Art and Technology             
    Skill Level: High               
    Teaching Artist: Janalyn Peppel
    Age range: Upper Elementary and up

    Creating your own Virtual Classroom using CoSpaces.io - Part 3
    Artform: Visual Art and Technology              
    Skill Level: High               
    Teaching Artist: Janalyn Peppel
    Age range: Upper Elementary and up

    Beat to the Rhythm
    Artform: Music with Math skills              
    Skill Level: Low               
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Preschool and up

    Creating your own Chinese Ansai Waist Drum
    Artform: Music with Geography              
    Skill Level: Medium       
    Teaching Artist: Myrna Meeroff
    Age range: Elementary grades and up

    Creative Collage
    Artform: Visual Art with Composition     
    Skill Level: Low               
    Teaching Artist: Kathi Darby
    Age range: Elementary grades and up

    Let’s make Puppets!
    Artform: Drama with Reading                  
    Skill Level: Medium       
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Elementary grades and up

    Make a Sea Creature
    Artform: Visual Art with Science              
    Skill Level: Medium       
    Teaching Artist: Raymond Jimenez
    Age range: Elementary grades and up

    Opposites in Movement
    Artform: Movement                                  
    Skill Level: Low               
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Preschool and up

    A Mosaic in Pieces
    Artform: Visual Art              
    Skill Level: Low               
    Teaching Artist: Alana Da Costa
    Age range: Preschool and up

    Learn to Acro Dance
    Artform: Movement
    Skill Level: Low
    Teaching Artist: Andrea Piazza
    Age range: Preschool and up

    Worry Dolls  
    Artform: Visual Art
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Victoria Andalucia
    Age range: Elementary grades and up

    Lesson: Let’s Dance!
    Artform: Movement
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Elementary grades and up

    Creating your own Mexican Serape
    Artform: Visual Art and Culture
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Myrna Meeroff
    Age range: Preschool and up

    Let's Go Abstract!
    Artform: Visual Art
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Sally Alexandres
    Age range: Preschool and up

    All Mixed Up Treasure Hunt, Part 1
    Artform: Visual Art
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Chris Kastle
    Age range: Elementary grades and up

    All Mixed Up Treasure Hunt, Part 2
    Artform: Visual Art
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Chris Kastle
    Age range: Elementary grades and up

    Comedy Time
    Artform: Drama
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Preschool and up

    Let's Make a Joke Book
    Artform: Drama
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Preschool and up

    Experiment with Color
    Artform: Visual Art
    Skill Level: Low
    Teaching Artist: Sally Alexandres
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Pantomime
    Artform: Drama
    Skill Level: Low
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Elementary and up; work with a friend or in a group

    Creating Your Own Sombrero
    Artform: Visual Art and Costume
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Myrna Meeroff
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Making a Bird Sculpture
    Artform: Visual Arts
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Raymond Jimenez
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Ahoy, Where's my Treasure Map
    Artform: Visual Arts
    Skill Level: Low
    Teaching Artist: Raymond Jimenez
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Drawing a Horse, Lesson 1
    Artform: Visual Arts and Technology
    Skill Level: High
    Teaching Artist: Janalyn Peppel
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Advanced - Worry Dolls
    Artform: Visual Arts
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Victoria Andalucia
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Advanced - Let's be a Hero
    Artform: Visual Arts
    Skill Level: Medium
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Elementary and up

    Look at the Shapes Around Us!
    Artform: Visual Arts
    Skill Level: Simple
    Teaching Artist: Alana DaCosta
    Age range: Preschool and up

    Creating Your Own Brazilian Architecture
    Artform: Visual Arts, Math, Architecture
    Skill Level: High
    Teaching Artist: Myrna Meeroff
    Age range: Upper Elementary and up

    Let's Dance
    Artform: Movement
    Skill Level: Low
    Teaching Artist: Nanci Dorau
    Age range: Preschool and up

  • Webinars: Arts4All Florida provides monthly webinars during the school year so that teaching artists, classroom teachers, cultural arts organizations, parents, and adult artists with disabilities can keep up-to-date on the latest information on the arts and disability. Archived webinars are also available.

     

  • Pinterest: Arts4All Florida updates our Pinterest site weekly with new art activities to do with all children.

 

Florida Department of Education Sites of Interest

  • Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS)
  • BEESS Publications
  • BEESS Discretionary Projects
  • Exceptional Student Education Data and Program Evaluation  

 

Other Resources

  • Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System: FDLRS includes twenty Associate Centers that serve from one to nine school districts. These Centers collaborate with districts, agencies, communities and other personnel and educational entities, providing education and support for teachers, parents, therapists, school administrators, and students with exceptionalities throughout the State of Florida.
  • The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD): The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities provides information and consultation to individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and related disabilities. There are seven CARD centers throughout the state providing various services.
  • Project 10- Transition Education Network: Project 10 is Florida’s statewide discretionary project supporting the secondary education transition of youth with disabilities.
  • Disability Rights Florida: Disability Rights Florida is the designated protection and advocacy system for individuals with disabilities in the State of Florida.
  • Family Network on Disabilities of Florida: This is a statewide network of families and individuals of all ages who may be at-risk, have disabilities, or have special needs and their families, professionals, and concerned citizens.
  • Disaster Guide: Developed by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council and the Governor's Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, the "Disaster Ready" guide can help anyone prepare for a disaster and includes information that is important for people who have disabilities and their families.
  • VSA at the Kennedy Center: This is a collection of resources designed for parents to gain more useful information on the relationship of arts, education, and disabilities.
  • FAAST (Florida Alliance for Assistive Services & Technology): FAAST provides demonstrations, information, and device loans to help Floridians make informed decisions and select the AT that best meets their needs.

 

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