See Our Voice
ArtVenture gives voice to the voiceless through the power of visual storytelling.
Our Core Values
Teacher Values
Encourage Art
across the curriculum: ELA, Social Science, Science
Demonstrate
the power of the image through the visual arts
Collaboration
among teachers/disciplines
Student Values
Student Identity,
establish a family environment
Encourage
student creative expression/creativity
Endeavor
to practice the eight habits of studio thinking
Leadership
Marc Patterson
BA Western State College Colorado, 1975
MA California State University, Fresno 1979
I love watching kids use their creative potential to express themselves. Teaching art to the youth of Fresno is inspirational.
Jessica Ketchum
BA Fresno State University, 2005
I enjoy helping others see that art is inherit for all of us and we must strive to discover what’s been lost or strengthen what we’ve already grasped. We are ever changing and I thrive learning with my students every day.
Adam Garcia
BA English, CSU Fresno, 1998
BA Chicano/Latino Studies, CSU Fresno, 1999
MA English Composition and Rhetoric, CSU Fresno, 2016
To bring the lives of students into the classroom is to bring literacy into the classroom. I enjoy this.
Rommel Contreras
BA Fresno State University 2009
I enjoy helping students discover and further develop their creativity.
Marina Santos
BA, English, California State University, Fresno 2005
MA, Education, Fresno Pacific University 2013
By pairing explorations of Art and Literature, my students are able to create broader brushstrokes of Interpretation in my English class. Though, the true masterpiece appears when my students unfold their realities into stories in order to create a better version of themselves. This is when teaching is the most meaningful to me.
Kevin Clifton
BA Fresno State University 2007
I believe in fostering an environment where students participate in project-based learning, and learn through cooperation and collaboration.
Brandon Yang
Brandon loves teaching arts education, and believes that it helps empower his students to open their creativity through movement.