Events
4-H Exploration Days
Date: June 19, 2013 - June 21, 2013
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Annual MSU pre-college program that attracts approximately 2500 youth participants and chaperones representing all 83 Michigan counties.
Arts
Express your creativity! Draw, paint, take photos, dance, clown, make music, work with wood or make crafts. Have fun and gain self-confidence as you build your performing and visual art skills.
Did You Know…
Young people who participate in the arts for at least three days each week for at least one year are:
- Four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
- Three times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools
- Four times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
- Three times more likely to win an award for school attendance
- Four times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem
Source: Americans for the Arts, 2009
Contact
For more information on how to get involved as a youth or volunteer, contact your county MSU Extension office
Resources
- 4-H Arts Project Evaluation Guidelines for Youth Aged 9 to 19
- 4-H Arts Project Evaluation Tools in Word and PDF Formats
- 4-H Children’s Art Exchange Study Guide
- 4-H Children’s Art Exchange: Descriptions of Pictures - Kit A
- 4-H China Art Exchange Powerpoint
- 4-H Visual Arts Resources from the National 4-H Mall
- Chinese Children’s Ribbon Dance Kit for Grades K–6
- Clowning Organizations & Supplies
- Discover Chinese Dance Activity Kit for Grades K–6
- Drama & Theater Organizations
- Family Folklore: A 4-H Folkpatterns Project (4H1330)
- Folk Arts in Education: A Resource Handbook II
- Folkpatterns 4-H Leader’s Guide (4H1506)
- Foodways: A 4-H Folkpatterns Project (4H1329)
- Heritage Gardening: Vegetables (4H1279)
- Member’s Personal 4-H Record Book (4H1192)
- Michigan 4-H History Project Collection Manual & Oral History Interviewing Guide (4H1598)
- Michigan 4-H Photography Project Snapshot (4H1617)
- Michigan Arts Organizations
- Michigan Barn & Farmstead Survey Manual
- Youth Take the Stage: An Introduction to Interactive Theatre (4H1608)
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