SPARK Arts Ignite Learning

06/19/2026

5th graders at Rattlesnake Elementary School made sculptures using elements of the book “The Birchbark House,” prompting them to use visualization and plot to create a scene. Below it, each student wrote their “Artist Statement” describing their work. 📝

Our own SPARK! Teaching Artist Bailey Zook brings sculpture projects like these to elementary kiddos around the community, one of many teaching artists who bring their expertise to individualized lessons in classrooms.

06/19/2026

06/12/2026

Students at Russell Elementary School studied stained glass art and geometric shapes this week. The 1st graders then had a chance to make their own creations with transparency paper and mixing colors with glue gel. We love to see these kids excited about their work! ✨

06/10/2026

Here’s what teachers and students say about our art kits! We love hearing feedback and continue to improve the lives of students as and teachers every day 🎨🧑‍🏫

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06/04/2026

Last night students at Missoula’s TEACH Academy charter school got the chance to showcase their art to parents and families at the Arts Integration Night at Franklin Elementary School!

a night full of excitement for the kiddos who felt proud to show what they’ve been working on and what they learned along the way, reminding us why we do what we do and the difference art integration weaved in traditional learning makes✨

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05/27/2026

Scenes from our ⭐️2nd EVER⭐️official SPARK! Arts Integration Awards Night at the !!We love celebrating and awarding the vital members that IGNITE the world of learning through the arts. These folks have been with us from the start - contributing to a vision that makes the arts accessible and enriching for our youth. You guys rock 🏆🧑‍🏫

05/19/2026

SPARK! Arts invited 4th grade students and parents of Rattlesnake Elementary School to a showcase of the artwork by students who were a part of Brian Christianson’s residency project, Capturing Change: Exploring Science through Photography.

Students and parents got the opportunity to write comments and questions under each photograph, encouraging open dialogue around the nature of what inspired their work. Thank you for all who attended and supported our students and our teaching artists like Christianson who put so much into helping inspire the next generation of photogs! 🖼️🌿🌎📸

05/02/2026

Thank you, Missoula. You didn’t just give. You helped keep the fire of creativity burning for every student in Missoula.

Thank you for being the spark, our spark. xoxo 💛

If you forgot to donate during Missoula Gives, don't worry, you still have time. https://www.missoulagives.org/organizations/sparkarts
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05/02/2026

We’ve sparked something powerful today, Missoula!
Now it’s time to finish strong!

Every gift tonight helps:
🔥 Keep teaching artists in classrooms
🔥 Sustain arts learning for every student
🔥 Fuels this work further.
If you’ve been thinking about giving… this is the moment.
Fuel the fire before the day ends.

Be our spark. Give now at https://www.missoulagives.org/organizations/sparkarts

05/01/2026

This year alone, SPARK! Arts invested $92,000 into 20 local artists, supporting both our students and Missoula’s creative community.
It's simple and powerful: support local artists + ignite student learning = stronger community.

Be our spark. Give today at https://www.missoulagives.org/organizations/sparkarts