Ms. Spivey shows students how to create portraits, helping them see how to achieve symmetry (both anatomic and figurative). She demonstrates a myriad of techniques and uses different media. She guides the children to do their own drawings.

Artist D. Smith uses photography to teach students to see with and through the eyes of an artist. He talks about his career and shows some of his professional photographs. He discusses composition, balance, texture and exposure to help students discover what makes one photo stand out from others. To further demonstrate these points and give his audience a feel for photographic art, he lets some of the children use digital and/or disposable cameras.

Ms. Mendoza's main message is communicating to the students that despite a "difference” in color or culture, they can succeed and have fun doing it. She talks about what it’s like to be an artist and pursue art as a career, and about her life as a Mexican-American artist, telling how she got started, and how her travels and life inspire her work. She also discusses ob-stacles she encountered along the way. She brings in some of her artwork as well as slides of her large murals and other pieces. She also brings some materials and speaks about and demonstrates her painting techniques.

Mr. Clark, artist/illustrator, takes the students on a fun artistic journey. He teaches them about colors, drawing, painting, sculpture, and 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, & geometric shapes. To teach the relationship between art and science, renowned artists such as DaVinci, Michelangelo, Van Gogh and Picasso are referenced. Students learn about the career of an artist and view some illustrations from Mr. Clark’s new children’s book. This program is very interactive.

Caricaturist D. Swift demonstrates the art and love of caricature. He begins by explaining what caricatures are and shows some examples of famous people he’s done. He talks about the process of doing caricatures while drawing various students on a large easel or overhead projector. He also interacts with the students by answering their questions about drawing at live events, his techniques in art and being an entrepreneur in the field.

Ms. McCoy is a seamstress, designer and instructor who seeks to expose students to technological advances in the craft and sewing industry. She shows how a computerized sewing machine operates and brings in wearable art, embroidery, and home decor. She allows a few students to assist in a project involving fabric, paint and glue. She also talks about costuming for the theatre.