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ABAC is participating in Amplify Austin, a city-wide 24 hrs of giving beginning at 6pm on Wednesday, March 2nd and extending until Thursday, March 3rd at 6pm.
Click here to support the Austin Book Arts Center.
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After discovering the essential role of remote resources during a pandemic, especially for children, parents, and teachers, the Austin Book Arts Center began offering online workshops, bookmaking kits, and accompanying videos in 2020.
Due to the generosity of donors to the Amplify Austin 2021 campaign and foundation support from the Tocker Foundation, ABAC was able to deliver over 120 bookmaking kits to all Austin K-8th grade art teachers, along with 10 accompanying, professionally-produced videos on our website. All available for FREE to families and educators!
During Amplify Austin 2022, ABAC hopes to build upon the success of last year’s campaign by raising $9000, once again bringing the book arts, both literally and virtually, into AISD High School classrooms.
How can you help?
With your Amplify Austin donation:
1. ABAC will professionally produce English/Spanish videos geared to high school students and educators. Bilingual videos will be designed in collaboration with current and former high school educators and curriculum specialists. After last year’s success of K-8th grade kits and videos, high school arts teachers asked for their own!
Your donations will provide access to these instructional videos to Austin area educators and to teachers around the world for FREE!
2. As a companion to the videos, ABAC will provide a free Bookmaking Kit to each of AISD’s 40+ high school art teachers.
Your Amplify Austin donation will make these kits available at no cost to Austin teachers!
The first $2000 raised will get kits into the hands of 40 local teachers. The additional money raised will cover the costs of graphic design, kit materials, Spanish translation, mailing expenses, and video production.
ABAC is partnering with AISD to ensure that the kits and videos will be accessible to all AISD teachers.
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