Our school is a member of Artsonia (www.artsonia.com), the largest online student art museum. This year, my goal is to include students in grades 3-5. Below you will find information on the benefits of Artsonia. Parent permission forms were sent home. These forms give our school the opportunity to display your child’s artwork on Artsonia. You may fill out and return the permission slip OR grant permission online by following the directions outlined on the slip. It is my hope to have 100% participation.
Benefits of Artsonia
Participating in Artsonia provides many benefits to schools, teachers, students and parents:
Questions and Answer
can get started right away. However, if that is not the case, or if you are unsure, we strongly encourage
teachers to send home parental permission forms prior to publishing the artwork. An Artsonia parental
permission form can be found at www.artsonia.com/teachers/docs.
Note: this permission form is good for the student for the tenure of their attendance at the school, so
the teacher only needs to get the permission one time for each student
student's first name and number (e.g., Sarah22). Last names are never publicly posted on the website.
Additionally, all comments are pre-approved by the registered parent before being posted for the artist.
Teachers can either pre-register the parent directly if they have access and permission to use the
parents’ contact information, or they can distribute “security keys” to the parents for use when they
register online. (A security key is a special code that ensures only the parent or legal guardian can
register online for their child.)
grant Artsonia the right and license to, among other things, publish the artwork in the museum, on
merchandise, and on Artsonia promotional material. Artsonia will always remove any artwork from its
website upon request. For full details, see our Terms and Conditions at www.artsonia.com/terms.asp.
any third parties though our website. We do accept sponsorships of specific educational programs on
our website from reputed, educationally-oriented companies. However, none of them may solicit or
attempt to sell anything to students.
to remove it.
Benefits of Artsonia
Participating in Artsonia provides many benefits to schools, teachers, students and parents:
- Boost students’ pride and self esteem: Repeatedly, participating teachers tell us about the increased pride and self esteem their students feel after participating in Artsonia. Viewing their own creations in an online museum, students are putting forth extra effort in the art room, knowing it will be posted for all their friends and family to appreciate.
- Increase parental and family involvement in students’ education: Parents and family members take a much more active role in their child’s art education by viewing the artwork online, joining the child’s fan club, and leaving supportive comments in the artist guestbook. Teachers tell us this feedback from family, especially relatives who may not live nearby, is priceless in the development of the child’s artistic confidence.
- Financial support for art program: After the student artwork is published online, the parents and family may purchase keepsakes from the museum with the child’s artwork imprinted on it, and 20% of the revenue is commissioned back to the school art program. Depending on the amount of promotion the teacher invests and the demographic of family members, this support could range from hundreds to thousands of dollars for additional equipment / art supplies for the classroom.
- Integrate technology into the classroom: Artsonia takes technology in the artroom to a new level. Through the use of computers as well as iPads and other such devices, both teachers and students can actively engage in the online art gallery activities. Teachers have tools to monitor, assess and provide feedback on artwork online. Students have the ability to submit artwork, post artist statements, constructively comment on peer galleries and monitor their own progress through their personal online gallery. All these activities are available within the safe, educational environment of Artsonia.com
- Promote literacy in the art room with artist statements: Participating students write their own artist statements for their artistic creations. This is a natural way to implement writing into your art curriculum and just happens to support English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.
- School rankings and honors for art program: Each year, Artsonia highlights and honors top participating schools and art programs. The awards are based on both technology integration and community involvement. Other administrators tell us this provides a very tangible statistic to highlight to their local community about the richness of their art program.
- Enrichment of school art program: Participating teachers can share and post lesson plans, increasing the quality of the art lessons provided by their school. This teacher resource keeps the art program on the cutting edge of quality cross-curriculum art projects.
Questions and Answer
- Do teachers need to get parental permission to publish their students' artwork?
can get started right away. However, if that is not the case, or if you are unsure, we strongly encourage
teachers to send home parental permission forms prior to publishing the artwork. An Artsonia parental
permission form can be found at www.artsonia.com/teachers/docs.
Note: this permission form is good for the student for the tenure of their attendance at the school, so
the teacher only needs to get the permission one time for each student
- How do you ensure privacy for young students?
student's first name and number (e.g., Sarah22). Last names are never publicly posted on the website.
Additionally, all comments are pre-approved by the registered parent before being posted for the artist.
Teachers can either pre-register the parent directly if they have access and permission to use the
parents’ contact information, or they can distribute “security keys” to the parents for use when they
register online. (A security key is a special code that ensures only the parent or legal guardian can
register online for their child.)
- Who owns the copyright of the artwork submitted?
grant Artsonia the right and license to, among other things, publish the artwork in the museum, on
merchandise, and on Artsonia promotional material. Artsonia will always remove any artwork from its
website upon request. For full details, see our Terms and Conditions at www.artsonia.com/terms.asp.
- Are there any advertising / banner ads?
any third parties though our website. We do accept sponsorships of specific educational programs on
our website from reputed, educationally-oriented companies. However, none of them may solicit or
attempt to sell anything to students.
- How long will the artwork be published?
to remove it.
