Gasparilla Arts is providing art supplies to 20 Hillsborough County middle schools through its new ‘Making Space to Create’ initiative, funded by a grant from Community Foundation Tampa Bay. The program provides participating visual arts classrooms with supplies intended to give students more opportunities to explore different materials, develop their skills, and pursue an interest in art.
Gasparilla Arts chose to focus the program on middle school students because those years can be an important period for creative development, when students often begin identifying interests and talents they may continue pursuing in high school and beyond. On Sept. 4, Gasparilla Arts representatives visited Tomlin Middle School in Plant City, one of the 20 participating schools, to deliver boxes of art supplies and meet with students and art teacher Dillon O’Donell.
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