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Art Service-Learning Project Ideas

There are many ways service-learning can promote creativity and give students an opportunity to explore art! Here are just a few ideas.

Photography
Students can explore the art of photography as they photograph events at the local senior citizen center. If the senior citizen center is having a dance or a picnic, students could be on hand to photograph the seniors with their family members and friends. Once the photos are developed, the students could make hand-crafted frames and give the framed photographs to the seniors they have become friends with through the project.

Theater Arts
If the local senior citizen center or community center has a theater arts program, students can volunteer to help with the set design!

Book Covers
Middle School or High School Art students can design book covers for the elementary students' text books! The book covers can have a pertinent theme, such as school safety or healthy eating habits.

Help preschoolers
Middle School or High School students can visit local Head Start centers and help the preschoolers with art activities such as finger painting, coloring, etc.

Nursing home or hospital
A local nursing home or VA hospital often is in need of assistance when it comes to implementing craft and art activities with patients!

Children's hospitals could also use a hand with art classes and activities!

Greeting cards
Hand-crafted greeting cards would be great during the holidays for Meals-on-Wheels to pass out to their shut-ins! They can also be distributed at local nursing homes, homeless shelters, etc.

Grant Opportunities provide additional project ideas >>