New program brings art classes to students across the Oregon Coast [Video]

ASTORIA Ore. (KPTV) – A local program is expanding across the Oregon Coast, bringing arts and STEM education to school districts that are stretched too thin to offer those classes themselves.

Students at Astor Elementary started their very first art class with the help of 3D glasses.

Sitka youth instructor Ally Bruser said, “I really believe in the transformative power of arts, I’m an artist myself and a certified teacher.”

Bruser is joining the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, bringing immersive art education to 17 schools across nine coastal districts.

Astor Elementary teaches kindergarten through second grade and has never had the resources to offer an art program.

“It’s just something they wouldn’t even come close to having without this program,” Astor Elementary School principal Kate Gohr said.

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