Thanks to a new and unique partnership, Glen Lake Middle School students will have the chance to take monthly art classes at Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) for the next year.
GAAC is partnering with the local nonprofit youth program LIFT to offer these art classes made possible by a generous donation from the Glen Lake Women’s Club. Through the partnership, middle school students participating in LIFT have the opportunity to explore art forms in 12 separate art classes hosted by GAAC. The classes are held either at GAAC and Thoreson Farm locations, or other area sites. Anywhere from 8-12 students per month can attend a class with transportation covered by LIFT and art programming provided by GAAC.
“Thus far, the partnership has been an absolute joy. It’s always a fun experience to have programming days during the school year where we leave the building to go off-campus, so the monthly trips to the Arts Center were such special days,” said Emily Worden, LIFT program development director. “During the summertime, we’re able to be even more flexible with scheduling… To be able to not only consistently bring students to a space in their community to show them first-hand the people and activities available to them as supports, but then to be able to be immersed in the history and nature that makes our county so special — It’s been fantastic.”
