KidzArt…
Confidence Soars and Creativity Rules!

This is KidzArt!

KidzArt offers unique art enrichment programs designed to help students of all ages enhance artistic skills and knowledge, build self-confidence and grow as creative thinkers and problem solvers.

Our team of highly qualified instructors is committed to providing students with an ongoing, educationally rich and highly engaging creative forum in which to explore a broad array of artistic styles and techniques and to experiment with professional quality materials.

The core KidzArt drawing-based curriculum has been developed by professional artists and educators to meet and exceed the National Visual Art Standards. KidzArt programs have benefited students for over 15 years and are currently offered in hundreds of communities in 27 states.

KidzArt students will

• Produce original works of art.
• Learn the vocabulary of art and a variety of techniques.
• Develop their own unique artistic style.
• Explore ways to solve problems by “thinking outside the box” and breaking down that which is complex into manageable pieces and parts.
• Experiment with a wide variety of two and three dimensional artist quality mediums.
• Enhance their knowledge of cultural influences on art.
• Practice focus and relaxation techniques.
• Experience the joy and fun of the creative process and develop a life-long love of art!

Mediums

Prismacolor Professional Art Markers, Watercolors, Chalk Pastels, Oil Pastels,
Prismacolor Art Stix and Colored Pencils, Charcoal, Polymer Clay,
Sculpture Wire, Copper (tooling), Recycled Materials and more!

Elements of Art

Line, Color, Value, Shape / Form, Texture, Space

Principles of Design

Balance, Emphasis, Contrast, Unity, Repetition

Team KidzArt

Cheryl Ziliani, Executive Director

A graduate of The College of New Jersey with a Bachelor of Science in Management and a Certificate in Human Resource Management, Cheryl has spent the last ten years in the financial services industry.  Feeling the need to get more involved in her community and thinking it was time for a career change, Cheryl and her husband, Gregg discovered KidzArt.  “Art has always been something for me to admire from a distance because I never considered myself exceptionally artistic.  KidzArt is such a special program because it brings out the artist in all of us and shows us that we all can produce quality art pieces while having so much fun!” 

Cheryl is looking forward to sharing KidzArt with her two young children and can’t wait for them to experience their first class.  She brings great enthusiasm for KidzArt and is very excited to be making a difference in the lives of the children in her community. 

Antoinette Layton, Community Relations Director

Antoinette has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and has worked for youth serving programs in Central New Jersey for a decade.  She has also worked as a business consultant, retail manager and customer service director.

Antoinette’s real love is seeing people discover their abilities.  She has always had an appreciation for art and never discovered her own creative desires until seeing what KidzArt did for the kids she worked with.  “Upon the first project experiment with my own kids I was enticed.  Upon the encounter with adults I wanted more.  After experiencing a classroom of elementary school kids express their personal style and confidence, I am an enthusiastic advocate for KidzArt!”

Antoinette has served her community in many volunteer leadership roles.  She has been a state firefighter, emergency medical technician, an education instructor and now looks forward to serving the community with KidzArt!  KidzArt is a program that offers an opportunity for everyone who participates to be successful, creative and confident with the skills they develop and the life they live.

“I could not be more excited about bringing this creative, enrichment program to my family and the families around our community because if you can dream you can draw!”

Gregg Ziliani, Support Staff

Although Gregg has a full time job in software engineering, he is an indispensable member of our KidzArt team!  As a Certified Instructor, he enjoys teaching KidzArt and is very impressed at the quality program it offers to students of all ages.  As co-owner, he assists Cheryl with strategic planning and lends his technical expertise whenever needed.  Don’t be surprised if you end up seeing Gregg teach a class or two!  He’s got real talent and enjoys participating in the classroom program experience. 

KidzArt Instructors

Your KidzArt class will be taught by one of our very talented Certified Instructors:

The Facts:  Highlights of Arts Education Research

Did you know:

Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are:

• 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.
• 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools.
• 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.
• 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance.
• 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.

Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:

• Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently.
• Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently.
• Read for pleasure nearly twice as often.
• Perform community service more than four times as often.

Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based Youth Organizations, Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts Monograph, November 1998

The facts are that arts education

• “makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has proven to help level the "learning field" across socio-economic boundaries.”

Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary School, James S. Catterall, The UCLA Imagination Project, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA, Americans for the Arts Monograph, January 1998

• “has a measurable impact on youth at risk in deterring delinquent behavior and truancy problems while also increasing overall academic performance among those youth engaged in after school and summer arts programs targeted toward delinquency prevention.”

(Youth ARTS Development Project, 1996, U.S. Department of Justice, National Endowment for the Arts, and Americans for the Arts)

School/Community Facility Administrators:
How KidzArt Works!

KidzArt classes are easy to set up!  Together we decide which days of the week works best for you and your students.  Together we spread the word to Students and Parents.  KidzArt DOES THE REST!!!  KidzArt will handle all the administrative work.  You provide the room and your support.  KidzArt can work within your school and/or organizations guidelines to meet YOUR needs.

Call 609-918-1300 OR e-mail info@KidzArtNJPA to schedule an appointment and we can show you how KidzArt will work for you and your students.

General Information

• KidzArt is an ongoing, elective art enrichment program offered on-site in your facility. With our on-site after school programs students come directly to KidzArt after school and are greeted by their KidzArt Instructor.

• KidzArt is a portable program.  Our instructors bring all of the professional quality materials and supplies needed each week and leave your space in impeccable condition when the class is over.

• After KidzArt class students are released to a parent, authorized party or to an aftercare program, where applicable.

• Elementary school classes are generally held weekly for one hour and pre-school classes for 45 minutes.

• Students are grouped in KidzArt classes by age to optimize their experience and results.

• All registration, tuition collection and administrative functions can be managed by KidzArt.  Your school or facility simply provides space and enthusiasm for the program.

• KidzArt offers plenty of flexibility to work within your school, district or facility guidelines and to meet your specific program needs.

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KidzArt^® uses only high quality, non-toxic art materials.