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Ms. Kierst from Dallas, TX is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Keep Art Looking Sharp - Markers and Clay Tools

Help me give my students an enriched art experience! Sharpie markers will allow them to create amazing reflective art on foil. Rolling tools and a rolling pin will give the opportunity to build with clay slabs and texturize.

  • $245 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My art students are curious little explorers from a vibrant neighborhood. We're just a stone's throw from Dallas's Bishop Arts District, the perfect setting for a great art program. They're flexing their wings and working to build skills that will make them lifelong, independent learners, creative thinkers, and confident problem solvers. The Art Room is a wonderful place to develop those skills as well as perseverance and self-control. They have the ambition and curiosity, now they just need the tools for the journey.

My Project

An assortment of Sharpie markers will open the door for kids to explore creating foil art. We will learn the history behind sparkling icon art and repoussé, two forms of artistic metal work. We will also be able to create faux stained glass.

Rolling clay tools and texturizers will bring new life to the children's clay work.

We can create slab pieces like standing cityscapes and boxes. Three-dimensional work enhances a child's spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills.

Metalic silver and gold tempera paint will inspire the study of Gustav Klimt's glittering tree of life and ancient Egyptian art as well.

Ms. Kierst Arturo Salazar Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Kierst

Dallas, TX View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

530 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
21316-2249-Sharpie Fine Point Marker Set - Assorted with Color Burst Colors, Set of 24 • Blick Art Materials $18.00 4 $72.00
00118-9016-Sargent Art Metallic Tempera - 16 oz, Gold • Blick Art Materials $6.36 7 $44.52
00118-9336-Sargent Art Metallic Tempera - 16 oz, Silver • Blick Art Materials $6.36 5 $31.80
33044-1009-Rolling Wooden Tools - Set of 4 • Blick Art Materials $8.95 2 $17.90
30345-1010-Rolling Pin - 10", Wooden • Blick Art Materials $9.40 1 $9.40

Materials cost

$175.62

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$208.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.75

Total project goal

$245.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$245.00

2 Donors

-$81.67

Donations toward project cost

-$69.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.25

match offer

-$163.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$138.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.50

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$0.00

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