Camera Club	Art Gallery
Join the St. Dominic Camera Club for all student parishioners in grades 4-8! INFORMATIONAL MEETING May 3, 2011, 7:00-7:45 pm in the Marcy Center Bring yourself and your camera! (please no cell phone cameras) Contact: Julie Reynolds: juliereynolds888@aol.com	St. Dominic appreciates the visual talents of all our students. View our gallery of student art! Art Gallery
Hip Hop Dance Class	Talent Show
Video	Slideshow Students performed to an appreciative audience as part of Catholic Schools Week.

About Fine Arts

The St. Dominic’s Fine Arts Association (FAA) encourages individuals to learn, create, enjoy and appreciate the arts. The FAA encompasses K3-8th grade activities including music, visual arts, drama, forensics, and dance. The Fine Arts Association is committed to educating students in the arts each year.

The FAA also seeks to create an environment in which individuals will be motivated and inspired, allowing them to be transformed by the arts. The FAA mission is built on the conviction that the arts can transform lives. Study in the Arts remains a necessary ingredient in developing life skills in any chosen field. FAA is committed to supporting the students, parish, faculty, and community in the fine arts offered at St. Dominic’s.

Contact:  Fine Art Association Committee

Mission Statement

"The Mission of St. Dominic’s Fine Arts Association is to provide artistic experiences, centered on Christ, which inspires our community to discover, develop and demonstrate their God-given talents while building the foundation for a lifelong appreciation of the arts."

Activities

An activity within the St. Dominic FAA should demonstrate an artistic skill. It could involve competition but does not require it. It may include curricular or extra curricular involvement at the discretion of the Activity Leader. Activities currently supported by the FAA include:

• Choir

• Band

• Strings

• Drama

• Forensics

News and Notes

Research indicates that Children who express themselves through music, art, theatre, or dance tend to possess better reasoning and academic skills and develop better social skills. St. Dominic’s is committed this form of expression. Since 2007, St. Dominic’s Fine Arts Association (FAA) has been providing artistic experiences, centered on Christ, to inspire our community to discover, develop and demonstrate their God-given talents for a lifelong appreciation of the arts.

The concept of the FAA began in 2005 when Heather Ott, a past music teacher, presented the concept of an art association to the School Board. In 2006, a small group of volunteers created a charter and guidelines for moving this concept into reality. Since then, the FAA has sponsored school Talent Shows, an Art Gallery Show, Summer Theatre Camps for children within the Brookfield community, Visual Art Fundraisers, financial support for Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA), Hip Hop Dance for students, and a new key board for the music room. Now that the FAA has built a strong base, it plans to expand activities further for the parish. Some of the plans include:

• Photography Club

• Visual Arts Showcase

• Adult Parish-wide Talent Show

• Expansion of art instruction in school

• Advocate for dedicated space for FAA-related classes and storage space to serve strings, band, voice, visual arts for students and adults.

• Kiln and facility

How To Become a Patron

The FAA has been successful due to parish members with a passion for the arts. If you feel called to support the fine arts at St. Dominic, please contact The Fine Arts Association Committee.