• Artsonia

    Artsonia is the world's largest collection of student art, published by teachers and students from around the world. Parents and family can view the art online, maintain a digital art gallery, leave comments and order keepsakes featuring the artwork (20% of all purchases are donated back to Garrison-Jones ). You also gain access to hundreds of virtual art classes for your child to enjoy from home.

    Parents can purchase high-quality custom keepsakes with their child's artwork, such as coffee mugs, t-shirts, snap jewelry, and more! Our program credits you 20% of each purchase towards art room supplies. Artsonia ships directly to parents.

    Participating in Artsonia provides many benefits to schools, teachers, students and parents:

    · Increase Awareness of Visual Arts Curriculum: Parents and family members are notified when new artwork is available, and are invited to browse the school gallery.

    · Digital Student Portfolios: As the teacher publishes the student artwork to the online school gallery, a digital portfolio of each individual student’s work is also being created. This provides a wonderful way to show growth across multiple school years for an artist.

    · Boost Student Pride and Self-Esteem: Once artwork is posted online, parents and family members are encouraged to leave a positive comment for the artist. These comments boost students’ self-confidence and self-esteem in their artistic ability. Please note the comments are pre-approved by parents prior to posting alongside the artwork.

    . · Financial Support for Art Program: After the student artwork is published online, the parents and family may purchase keepsakes from the museum with the child’s artwork imprinted on it, and 20% of the revenue is donated back to the school art program. Parents need to register to provide permission for their child’s artwork to be displayed on the public gallery. Note: The permission given when parents register on Artsonia is applicable for the tenure of the student’s attendance at the school, so once the parent gives permission, the teacher can continue to build the student digital portfolio in future school years.

    How do you ensure privacy for young students? On the Artsonia website, each student is identified only by a “screenname” which is usually the student's first name and number (e.g., Sarah22). Last names are not publicly posted on the website. There is no obligation for parents and families to purchase keepsakes.

    http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=40419