Teacher’s Closet
FAME has created a Closet of art supplies and materials for area teachers to access when they are under-resourced for their own classrooms. The Closet is located in the FAME office. It consists of the most commonly used art supplies such as crayons, colored markers, paints, colored pencils, paper, brushes, scissors, and molding clay.
There is also a selection of musical instruments available on loan for teachers to borrow for use in their classrooms.
We ask teachers to complete an application describing the reason they are applying, the project they will be doing, the supplies and materials they need, and the date materials are needed. This will allow FAME to ensure resources are available to a broad range of schools throughout the region. It will also allow teachers to request additional or special items that might not be in the inventory of the Closet. We will review the applications and notify the teachers as to their acceptance. The applications for the Closet are below**-
Teacher’s Closet – Musical Instruments
Teacher’s Closet – Art Supplies
Or you can apply online at Teacher’s Closet.
**Teacher’s Closet requests are not guaranteed. Due to the high volume of requests all submissions will be evaluated once monthly and teachers notified once a decision is made. Please note that requests may also be modified to ensure fairness in distribution of support.
***For any of you who have requested items from the teacher’s closet, please send us some art from your group for our newly created TEACHERS CLOSET GALLERY. This will allow us to see all of the wonderful work you are doing with the students and it will be helpful when procuring funding to sustain this valuable resource into the future.
* INTRODUCTION TO ANNUAL CULTURAL FOCUS AND THEME
- Theme: South Asia – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan & Maldives
- For more information on South Asia theme, go to: South Asia
- FAME’s Fusion of Concert Colors promotes interdisciplinary arts understanding by encouraging students to draw connections between musical selections and the visual arts. FAME teachers guide students to create artwork as they listen to music from our current cultural arts focus. This year’s music selection is Dhyaana by South India composers Manjula Ramachandran and Cooper Ford.
– More on Fusion project at: Fusion of Concert Colors
– Click to access Fusion-Packet-1.pdf
A little information about the FAME Festival
FAME, the Foundation for Art and Music in Elementary Education, was founded in 1986 with the belief that elementary and middle school students need special opportunities outside of school to create, exhibit and perform works of art. 2026 will be the 40th anniversary of FAME. What started as the FAME Festival in 1987 is now an acclaimed year-round arts education program for students. Since the first festival in March 1987, FAME has been the largest single event at the Grand Wayne Center.
This year, FAME is celebrating the FAME Festival with
- South Asia – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan & Maldives
- You can register now for FAME festival at FAME Festival Registration.
Last Year’s Teacher’s Meeting, September 5, 2024
Cutltural Theme:
- “Tides and Tales,” Caribbean countries: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico
The information presented at the Teachers’ Meeting:
