Art Explorations Outreach

First launched in 2022, the Art Explorations Outreach program delivers visual art education and experiences into the classrooms of north Lincoln County students from 1st grade through 6th grade. Through this program, the Cultural Center brings a monthly arts lesson to every student at Taft and Oceanlake elementary schools -- an average of 650 students -- once a month through the school year.


The Art Explorations founder and head instructor, Krista Eddy, works with teachers and principals to create lessons that adhere to Oregon standards and teach concepts in arts literacy, integrated with each grade level curriculum. Through this program students gain creative confidence and problem-solving abilities; they feel heard through creative expression, and enjoy creating art at school. These learned skills enrich the lives of participating students and, by contact, the lives of their families. The program also supports the 35 teachers who are involved.


The Art Explorations program is supported by a generous two-year capacity-building grant by the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, the Braemar Charitable Trust, the Mark R. Sponenburgh Memorial Trust, and the members and donors of the Lincoln City Cultural Center. It works with the open-hearted partnership of the staff and administration of the Lincoln County School District. Thank you!


This program has been met with an extraordinary amount of enthusiasm by school staff and administrators as well as by the students. The students often cite the art classes as the best part of their school experience. Eddy has developed this curriculum in collaboration with teachers so that it integrates arts instruction with the subject matter of classroom lessons in an educational, fun, and engaging way.


This program is instrumental to the creative growth of our youth. We are always in need of funding, so if you’d like to donate please click the link below. Anything helps -- thank you!

The outreach program in action!

A person in a black hoodie is holding a clay pot
A person is holding a picture frame with a painting on it
A bunch of colorful paintings are on the floor
A young girl is holding a painting of a flower in her hands.
Two young boys are holding up their artwork in a classroom.
A painting of a flower with a bottle of bacardi in the background
A cardboard wagon is sitting on top of a wooden table.
A close up of a painting on a canvas on a table.
A close up of a painting on a table with a palette and brushes.
A group of people are sitting at a table painting.
A young girl is holding a piece of paper with a fish on it
A girl with green hair is sitting at a table with scissors and glue
A group of children are sitting on the floor looking at a piece of paper with a galaxy on it
Two young girls are holding up their artwork in a classroom.
A picture of a galaxy with triangles in the middle
A boy wearing a t-shirt that says
A close up of a painting of a blue and purple landscape
A person is holding a watercolor painting in their hands
A young boy is sitting at a table painting a picture.
A child is painting a picture of trees on a table
A child 's drawing of a forest with the word milky written on the bottom
A child is making a spider with glue and scissors
Four children 's drawings of spiders are on a table
A child 's drawing of a colorful spider on a black background
A child is sitting at a table with scissors and glue
A girl in a blue shirt is holding a painting of an octopus
A pink octopus made out of pipe cleaners on a piece of paper
A child is sitting at a table painting with watercolors
A child 's drawing of a yellow castle with a blue sky in the background
A young boy is painting a cardboard box with a brush.
A group of children are sitting at a table painting rocks.
A bunch of colorful paintings on a table
A girl and a boy are holding a painting of an octopus and jellyfish
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