"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?" Martin Luther King, Jr.
Program Donations & Non Profit Status Information
Please consider supporting the work we do, so we can continue to expand and grow. We are a 501(c) 3 non profit, contributions are tax-deductible. Dona Ana Arts Council is our fiscal agent. Please make checks payable to "DAAC FBO Artist Inside"
This program continues to be primarily funded by the program volunteers. At this time we are in need of several items (please see the list below). We need donations so we can continue the work we do and expand into other facilities.
We also would appreciate volunteer help from grant writers and artists.
If you would like to donate art/music supplies etc. to the program please contact the program director for pick up or drop off location: Sara Flores 575-525-2333 Items can also be mailed if you are not in Las Cruces, NM. Specific items we need are listed below.
NO donation is too small. Please consider giving a donation today. If you would like to write a check please send it to: The Artist Inside Program c/o Sara Flores P.O. BOX 595 Mesilla, NM 88046
Please let us know if you would like to be listed on our website as a sponsor.
Image: Students & Instructors Hands Artist Inside 2008
Grants & Awards:
French Award for Innovation in Secondary Education, NMSU 2006
ERC: Creating Spaces for Agency for Incarcerated Youth through Art 2007
The French Award For their proposal to introduce art curriculum at Aztec High School of the John Paul Taylor Correctional Facility, Sara Flores, an instructor of women's studies at New Mexico State University, and Heather Oesterreich, an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at NMSU, were announced as the winners of the 2006 French Annual Improvement of Secondary Teaching Award.
This award is the most prestigious external award given by NMSU’s College of Education.
Flores and Oesterreich were honored at the Fourteenth Annual Scholarship and Awards Ceremony held in Spring 2007. They gave a brief presentation on the success to date and future plans of the project.
Becoming a Program Volunteer
Volunteering: If you are interested in becoming a volunteer with our program please contact the program director Sara Flores. We are looking for people with Art, Music and Theater backgrounds who share our philosophy.
FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ITEMS WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE FOR THE PROGRAM
Ticket Donations:
The young men at the J. Paul Taylor Detention Center in Las Cruces greatly appreciate and benefit from attending area art, music and theater events. If you or your organization are able to donate tickets for local events please contact the program director, Sara Flores at 575-525-2333 Thank you.
Library:
We would like to start a reference & lending library for our students and volunteers. We are looking for donations of books & materials related to Art, Music, Theater & Photography.
Artist Inside Supplies Wish List:
Following is a list of supplies that we are curently in need of. If you or your organization is able to donate any of these supplies we would greatly appreciate it.
We always use high quality artist grade brand as we
believe it is important that our students understand that they and
their work is worthy of quality artist materials.
Pads of artist paper:
(various sizes from 11 x 14 to 20 x 24 – various kinds (sketch, charcoal, pastel, and watercolor), we always need lots of these – we go through a lot of artist paper).
Drawing pencils especially HB and charcoal pencils
Erasers (art gum or the white ones - drawing)
Artist quality:
chalk pastels
Oil pastels
watercolor pencils (sets)
Sketch books (Hard bound – no spirals) (set of 10)
Paint, water color & acrylic.
Easels
White mat board
Photography digital printing paper
Tripods
Photography & studio equipment (digital)
Music Inside Program Wish List:
Following is a list of items the music program would eventually hope to have. Currently the program does not own any musical instruments. If you are able to donate any musical instruments please contact Karline Valentine at MusicInsideAI@aol.com
Grants & Awards:
Becoming a Program Volunteer
Ticket Donations:
Artist Inside Supplies Wish List:
Music Inside Program Wish List: