Category: Partnerships

Every quarter brings new opportunities and challenges, so far this will include:

• Arts & Formation classes with the residents in recovery at Powerhouse Miniseries in Folsom, CA. These weekly classes provide a safe and creative space to process the healing they need and practice the tools they are learning in their life change program. Angela has designed curriculum to compliment the recovery programs course work and regularly offers new opportunities for participants to express themselves through a variety of creative mediums.
• After-school Arts classes with the students enrolled in the Folsom’s Hope Stars Program. These weekly classes combine a variety of art skills and Social Emotional Learning tools for students to develop their creative capacities for life. Each month Angela designs activities to mesh with the SEL themes the Stars program staff have mapped out to explore.
• Arts workshops at several locations in the Sacramento region. Already I have booked 3 arts workshops this fall with area churches by request. These classes are open to the public and will be posted on the website as registrations open. Check out the New Joy Arts classes & programs page or subscribe to the public calendar to see all the offerings available and register online!
• This Fall Angela will be joining the faculty of the Digital Communication, Art & Design department as an adjunct professor at Jessup University in Rocklin, CA.

At the end of August, Angela will be teaching applied art classes in the visual arts studio program and ART101 a foundational course on creativity. Besides instructing & inspiring students in the arts, she will also be offering internships & mentoring through New Joy Arts to students from a variety of majors interested in utilizing the arts in their current field of study.

At the start of this year there are a few specific needs: 

• An ‘art cart’ wagon (mine is breaking down)
• A tablet e-reader (for note taking & library e-books)
• Student supplies (for NJA partner programs)

If you are interested in funding or gifting any of these needs, click on the items listed above or on the link below.

Monthly supporters make our programs free to all in need & paying participants fund our scholarship program. Become a patron & grow our resources!

Join Me at Sac Open Studios

SAVE THE DATE! September 19-20th 

I will be participating in Sac Open Studios this year with FIVE other talented artists to share my own artwork and spread the word about New Joy Arts.

New Pacific Charter School in Roseville, CA offers TK- 8th grade in-person tuition-free, personalized and project-based learning in a nurturing environment dedicated to every child’s overall success. They use the Leader in Me framework to help foster life-ready leadership skills, based on Franklin Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. With these elements, NPS has created a close-knit community where students, parents, and staff work together in a unique small school setting.

New Joy Arts has partnered with NPS in Roseville for the past 2.5 years offering arts integration consulting to the administration, giving teacher support in project based learning and creating a fundamentals of art instruction program for grades through K-10.

As part of the middle/high school program this spring I worked with the students to create a collaborative mural design for the Clinton Campus! Each of the 3 classes proposed their own ideas, selected favorite elements from one another’s designs and worked to create a composite sketch for the school to vote on. Below is the winning design:

From Facebook:”The winning mural design from Class 3 is coming to life! The mural will be sketched out by New Pacific art teacher Angela Houk and painted by our talented New Pacific Clinton site scholars. This piece will transform the large blank canvas on our shipping container at the Clinton campus into something special!“

The students have worked hard to bring their vision to life! Despite some unseasonable May rain and nearing the end of this school year, we are making great progress. The school logo and some finishing details are all that remains to be done. What a wonderful way for creativity to cultivate community!

Want to see more arts partnerships like this happen in your community?

Become a patron of the arts and help fund initiatives like this school partnership! Many schools do not have a dedicated art teacher and have limited funds to spend on the arts in their programs. By supporting Angela and New Joy Arts you can bring physical resources as well as training to schools that equips both teachers and students to grow their creativity!