Case Studies
Art for Everyone
The National Junior Art Honor Society (NJAHS) held Art for Everyone, a district-wide art show at Rafer Johnson Junior High. The NJAHS members organized and juried the show featuring nearly 300 pieces of student art from every school in the district in grades transitional kindergarten through eighth grade. Each artist’s family was invited to the show with an estimated 800 in attendance at the evening art show and reception catered by the Rafer Johnson Junior High Home Economics classes and the school jazz band provided music.
The National Junior Art Honor Society (NJAHS) held Art for Everyone, a district-wide art show at Rafer Johnson Junior High. The NJAHS members organized and juried the show featuring nearly 300 pieces of student art from every school in the district in grades transitional kindergarten through eighth grade. Each artist’s family was invited to the show with an estimated 800 in attendance at the evening art show and reception catered by the Rafer Johnson Junior High Home Economics classes and the school jazz band provided music. After the art show, exemplary student work was displayed in the district office and in the public library in downtown Kingsburg. NJAHS students achieved several advanced art standards. The art show created a wave of excitement about art that rippled through the school district and the community.