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Timbuktu
Academy
Student
Art
Exhibition
Displayed
in
Fisher
Building
Detroit,
MI -
Students
of
Timbuktu
Academy
of
Science
and
Technology’s
After-School
Fine
Arts
Program
were
invited
to
display
their
art
works in
the
lobby of
the
Fisher
Building
in
Detroit
February
15
through
28. The
exhibit’s
theme,
“Dreaming
Bigger
than
Before,”
was
coordinated
by the
Nia Arts
Program.
The Nia
Arts
Program
was
established
by
Timbuktu
Academy
to
provide
children
attending
the
school
and
children
in the
local
community
the
opportunity
to
participant
in
creating
numerous
visual
art
forms.
Marygrove
College
has
provided
a grant
to
support
infusing
art in
the 3rd
and 4th
grades.
The Nia
Art
Program
is
coordinated
by Mrs.
Fearby
Willingham,
who is
well
known in
the arts
community
and
invites
various
artists
to speak
to the
children.
“Timbuktu
Academy’s
After-School
Arts
Program
is
designed
to teach
our
students
various
visual
art
forms
and
techniques
that
allow
them to
express
their
feelings,
ideas
and
thoughts
artistically.
The
program
encourages
students
to view
themselves
and
those
around
them as
"beautiful
and to
illustrate
through
the
visual
arts
what
they
see,
feel,
and
desire,"
said
Timbuktu
principal,
Brenda
Parker.
“We
thank
our
sponsors
who made
this art
exhibition
possible
for our
students.”
A
reception
for the
art
exhibit
was
sponsored
by
McDonald’s
franchise
owner,
Errol
Service
who has
been a
long-time
supporter
of the
program.
McDonald's
will
display
the
student
art
works in
several
restaurants.
Students:
MC-Steven
Jones,
principal
Brenda
Parker
and
other
student
artists
The
Timbuktu
Academy’s
Fine
Arts
Program
has
displayed
art
projects
in the
Fisher
Building
since
2001.
The
Program
won an
award in
the
Michigan
Association
of
Public
School
Academies,
(MAPSA).
Holiday
Visual
Arts
Contest.
The
winning
art
design
was
displayed
on the
organization’s
Christmas
cards in
2002.
Timbuktu’s
student
art work
was
displayed
in Cobo
Hall at
the 2008
Full &
Fabulous
Health,
Beauty &
Self-Esteem
Expo.
Art has
also
been
exhibited
at
Marygrove
College,
the
Wayne
County
Fair,
and the
Downtown
Detroit
YWCA.
Organizations
interested
in
displaying
the art
exhibit
or
learning
more
about
Timbuktu
Academy’s
Fine
Arts
Program
can
contact
Timbuktu
Academy
at
313-823-6000.
Art work
prints
can be
purchased
from
Timbuktu
Academy’s
“Art
Store”
operated
by the
students
where
they
learn
the
business-side
of art
in a
sales
co-op
experience.
Funds
from art
sales
support
students
in the
after-school
program.
Fundraising
is
underway
for
supplies,
master
classes
with
noted
artists,
teachers
and
mentors
working
with
students
and
participation
in
national
art
exhibition
opportunities.
Timbuktu
Academy
of
Science
of
Technology
is a K-8
African-centered
charter
school
located
on the
east-side
of
Detroit
chartered
by
Detroit
Public
Schools.
Timbuktu
Academy’s
mission
is to
create
an
environment
that
nurtures
students
to help
mold
whole,
healthy,
confident
and
conscientious
children.
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