Fargo's Plains Art Museum to open K-5 art education center

Dan Gunderson

The Plains Art Museum announced plans Thursday to open a "Center for Creativity" that will teach art to thousands of local elementary school students.

The $2.8 million center will open next fall near the museum in downtown Fargo.

Museum Director Colleen Sheehy said in the first year the center will serve 5,000 Fargo elementary students. Schools will pay a fee for the classes.

Ultimately, Sheehy said the new center will teach art education to the 12,000 K-5 students in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Programs offered at the center will replace some existing art education programs in the schools.

The center will significantly increase the number of people who use the museum, she said.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 31, 2011 2:11 AM
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