<p>Okay.I LOVE art. And I'm thinking about starting an "Art Club" at my school. The thing is, I have no idea what we would do in the club. Can anybody give me any ideas? Thanks.</p>
<p>You could get members to create pieces every so often, and at the end of each semester, host a gallery showing.</p>
<p>=] Definately cool somebodynew. You could make a calliope. =] That's what my school does. ^_^</p>
<p>In our school, 'art club' (although not specificaly called art club) takes part in designing and painting the school production set props.. (last year, they made paper-mache cauldren thing, and this bridge and all these other big stuff)</p>
<p>And they organise art galleries (which are held 2 times throughout the school year) for the school art/deisgn classes.</p>
<p>We have 'the arts week' for one week of the year. It's comprimised of fun little activities for schools to take part in (like, concrete painting or soemthing with chalk.. and all these other things). We didn't think that many people would take part but alot of people did.. (free of charge). they had prizes and things. The "art club' organises these things. They also organise the bands that come in for 'arts week' to perform at lunch times. And they organise all these dancing thing - ball room dancing, hiphop, etc.. And they organise Talent shows in arts week.
So in conclusion, they organise the whole of arts week.</p>
<p>The leader of the club looks out for art competitions in the nation and makes the club take part in it. And the leader tries to get people in the school take part of it by advertising and stuff.</p>
<p>We don't hold our ball (prom) in the school gym but i think some schools in the states do. Maybe the art club could take the main role of decorating..?</p>
<p>At my school, our art club made giant paper mache animals - the year before was a llama - for a charity. And, we wheeled it around school and raised funds. </p>
<p>Other than that, we participated in art contests and the advisor, one of our school's art teachers, let us use her materials on whatever she wanted to teach us that day. </p>
<p>Also, we made stamps and christmas cards and did more fundraising.</p>
<p>Sometimes, kids would make posters and things for rallies and other school-related activities. </p>
<p>On a few occasions, we've visited galleries and... learned. It'd be a good idea to check out events and such at your local university or college. They might have upcoming festivities that might be of interest to your club. </p>
<p>You are going to need to be very careful in the first stages of forming your club. It'd be a good idea to first, make sure that your adviser knows what he or she is doing and is commited to the idea of having this club. Advisers can just be as nasty as the common casual-joiner - they might not have their commitments in line and well, it could get ugly. </p>
<p>You'll need a nucleus of devoted members (maybe 4-5) to solidify your group. Also, be wary of casual joiners or people who are power hungry or EC hungry for those leadership positions or spaces on their application. Form solid rules for your club and be careful with your appointments to positions in your club. Find others to have those positions in the beginning or else you'll be in a position of having to appoint people and figuring out who actually wants the responsibility. </p>
<p>*Holding elections and your having total control could make things awry and instead of having a focus on the mission of your club - you have this uncomfortable situation with someone in complete control (you) and in most elections in high school, a popularity contest further exploited in probably (at most) 20 people member club (if you've advertised much and collected enough interest). The politics and positions will get in the way or art. If you can devise a politcal scheme or process with much tact and skill, then by all means, go for the election in the beginning but it could get very very messy and scandalous. I advise against it. </p>
<p>Oh, and good luck! =P</p>