Third Grade Collaborative Project

Sponsored by General Mills. For over 17 years, The Third Grade Collaboration has been a staple in Spiva’s winter programming. Yearly, Spiva’s classrooms and galleries have welcomed over 1,700 area third graders for a day of art education revolving around our featured main exhibit. This year, students from seven different school districts and over 20 different schools are learning about the Main Gallery exhibit, The Land of Ardithian: Energy and Adventure. In addition to gallery activities and a take-home project made in the classroom, they are creating a continuous public installation in response to the Ardithian exhibit. As each third grader’s project gets hung, the installation continues to grow and bloom with color. In this way, each student’s contribution is collected into a collaborative installation on view for the public to enjoy.