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Ms. Wood from Norman, OK is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Be A Saint and Fund Sensory Paint!

Help me give my students paints, canvases, and sensory mix-ins to create expressive pour paintings and touchable textured artwork!

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My Students

My students are a diverse blend of high school students in alternative public education, as well as a smaller group of special needs elementary and middle school students. Students come to our alternative education program for a variety of reasons, ranging from behavior issues at another school to trauma at home, and the pandemic has only increased the need for individualized learning plans like those offered at my school. Students from grades K-12 in my Art classes seek sensory stimulation and creative expression that allows them to flex SEL skills and prime their brains for a more successful learning experience in their regular classroom.

My Project

Students often come into my classroom feeling anxious, upset, distracted, or overstimulated from external or internal forces, seeking art processes to help them self-regulate. A new unit I designed that has garnered a positive response from students is sensory painting – mixing colors with thickening agents and thinning solutions to experiment with the textures paint can achieve. Not only are these fun processes resulting in some fabulous abstract artwork, but they open the door to start using art vocabularies like texture, contrast, and balance in a low-pressure project. Abstract patterns release students from the constraints and pressure of making an image look “right” or realistic.

When young artists get their senses involved in creating, this can calm anxious behavior in a similar way that stresses balls and fidget toys do for students who need to move their bodies to learn.

Studies show that sensory art builds neural connections in the brain, paving the way for more complex learning tasks in other subjects. New canvases and paints with sensory mix-ins will be an ideal way to bring more of these experiences into my art classroom for the spring semester.

When we learn about artists like Van Gogh, who imbued emotion into the artwork by using thick textured paint that preserved the energy of his brushstrokes, or Pollock and his invigorating splatter-paint processes, students then want to experiment and similarly play with paint on their own. I see teenagers and kindergarteners alike engage in art processes like finger-painting and pour painting, and it is clear that tactile experiences provide a therapeutic sensory outlet for my students with mental health struggles, trauma, and disabilities who often don’t have the tools to put their emotions into words. Thank you for contributing to student mental health through funding this project!

Ms. Wood Dimensions Academy - North Grades 9-12

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Norman, OK View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blick Super Value Canvas Bulk Pack - 16 x 20, Pkg of 40 • Blick Art Materials $162.20 1 $162.20
Chromacryl Acrylic Essentials - Set of 12 colors, Pints • Blick Art Materials $68.12 1 $68.12
Blick Economy Cotton Canvas Panel Classroom Pack - 9 x 12, Class Pack of 24 • Blick Art Materials $33.10 2 $66.20
Liquitex Effects Pouring Medium - Gloss, 32 oz bottle • Blick Art Materials $32.22 2 $64.44
Liquitex Medium - Heavy Gel Medium, Gloss, 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $17.59 2 $35.18
Liquitex Professional Soft Body Acrylics - Set of 3 with Iridescent Pouring Medium, Assorted Colors, Bottles • Blick Art Materials $30.63 1 $30.63
Folkart Acrylic Color - FESTIVL 12P ST 12CLR • Blick Art Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
Folkart Acrylic Color - CLSC 12P ST 6CLR 2EA • Blick Art Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
Chroma Molten Metals Acrylics - Set of 6 Colors • Blick Art Materials $18.56 1 $18.56
Liquitex Effects String Gel Medium - 16 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $16.90 1 $16.90
Chroma Molten Metals Metallic Acrylic - Set of 4 Bright Colors • Blick Art Materials $15.01 1 $15.01
Blick Palette Paper Pad - 9 x 12, 50 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $5.72 2 $11.44
Liquitex Effects Glass Beads Medium, 8 oz jar • Blick Art Materials $10.28 1 $10.28
Folkart Acrylic Color - FARMHOUSE 6PC S 6CLR • Blick Art Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
Folkart Acrylic Color - UNDRTHESEA 6P S 6CLR • Blick Art Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
Folkart Acrylic Color - RNBW FLWRS 6P S 6CLR • Blick Art Materials $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$563.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $45.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$648.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.41

Total project goal

$762.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $762.74

1 Donor

-$381.36

Donations toward project cost

-$324.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.20

match offer

-$381.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$324.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.21

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