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About Us The Art Factory is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the Augusta community with high quality fine arts educational experiences that also promote the development of positive life skills. The Art Factory provides classes in dance, drama, music, and the visual arts in an effort to provide the community with comprehensive arts education. From its inception in 1994, the Art Factory's primary focus has been targeting low income youth based on the philosophy that the arts should be available to anyone regardless of physical, emotional, or financial challenges.
The Art Factory has become a center for arts education aligning its arts curriculums in dance, theatre, music, and the visual arts with the National Standards for Arts Education. Working with a professional faculty, The Art Factory offers classes through partnerships throughout the area: · Art @ School is an arts infusion residency program designed to link the artistic and academic curricula for elementary students in grades K-5. This program focuses on children’s literary publications, arts instruction, elements and techniques of an art form, and academic objectives. Art @ School residencies are available for 12 - 14 weeks and are taught by professional artists who are members of the Art Factory's faculty. All instruction is aligned with the Georgia Performance Standards and the National Standards for Arts Education. This program is supported in part by the Greater Augusta Arts Council through appropriations from the City of Augusta. · Art Classes at the Kroc Center Classes will be offered in Ballroom Dancing, Drama, Pottery, Mixed Media, African Dance and Drumming, Ceramics, Kindermusik, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Creative Writing, Hip Hop, Creative Movement, and a dance class for former dancers who just want to dance. Classes are offered for children, adults, and senior citizens. Contact the Kroc Center to sign up: 706-364-KROC. · Partnerships with non-arts organizations: With the Boys and Girls Club of Augusta and Thomson, the Art Factory implements the Art@School program for the children in the after school program. At Hope House, a residential treatment facility for women who suffer from the disease of substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders, the Art Factory provides regular art classes with a professional teaching artist. Additional partners include the Richmond County Board of Education, 21st Century Community Learning Center program, and other schools and organizations in the CSRA. · Summer Stock at The Art Factory is a musical theatre camp for ages 6-16, offered each summer. The camp takes place Monday - Friday for three weeks in June and in July. If you would like more information, please contact our offices at 706.731.0008 or e-mail us at info@ artfactoryinc.org. · Art in the Park - Pendleton King Park is now the home of both the Children's Musical Garden and the Children's Sculpture Garden created by students of Monte Sano School in conjunction with the Art Factory's Art @ School program residencies. · Arts Infusion 101, an arts immersion camp for arts teachers and teaching artists, provides professional learning opportunities in each art discipline utilizing discipline-based arts education instruction. We are a member of the TPL (Teacher Professional Learning) Bank. · The Teaching Art Institute is an annual professional learning workshop series developed by The Art Factory for prospective teaching artists to equip them with the tools and information necessary to teach the arts in a public school environment. The workshops focus on Grant writing, Classroom Management, Lesson Plan Development, and hands-on multi-disciplinary sessions with Master Teaching Artists from the Georgia Council for the Arts. The Institute is open to established art teachers and teaching artists.
Funding for The Art Factory is provided by individual donations, fundraising events, and grants from
The Art Factory does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disabilities in hiring practices or provision of services.
Staff Lisa Marks, Executive Director Ashley Gray, Program Coordinator
Board of Directors Bequi Coar, Past President Dr. Peggy Ruth Geren, PhD, President Shawna Lloyd, Vice President Stephen D. Farmer, Treasurer Kimberly Woods Jones, Secretary Carol Elliott Dr. Paulette Harris Anne Iverson Suzanne Painter Christy Sanders Caren Stewart Wes Zamzow
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