{"id":27194,"date":"2010-03-18T16:31:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T20:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/?p=634"},"modified":"2010-03-18T16:31:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T20:31:42","slug":"value-of-senior-volunteer-artist-at-after-school-arts-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/value-of-senior-volunteer-artist-at-after-school-arts-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Value of Senior Volunteer Artist at After-School Arts Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bill Stapleton's Painting at ArtHeart<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Every Tuesday during ArtHeart<\/a>\u2019s after-school children\u2019s art program, in Regent Park, Toronto veteran artist Bill Stapleton- in his eighties, would arrive, set up a chair and sketchbook and quietly draw portraits of the children in the studio making art. Inevitably, he would be surrounded by a hub of enthusiastic voyeurs, saying \u201cwow, that\u2019s me! look at the sketch of me!\u201d Bill, a renowned artist who lived nearby, was committed to this Tuesday practice (for years!). He\u2019d come back the following week with colour photo copies to hand out to the children he had drawn the week before. His presence lent a feeling of calm to the studio, he commanded respect, and the children could learn by watching a \u201creal artist\u201d at work. It helped that he was not ruffled by commotion, conflicts, or crises, he embraced it all with a sense of humour.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Bill Stapleton<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0Every Tuesday during ArtHeart\u2019s after-school children\u2019s art program, in Regent Park, Toronto veteran artist Bill Stapleton- in his eighties, would arrive, set up a chair and sketchbook and quietly draw portraits of the children in the studio making art. Inevitably, he would be surrounded by a hub of enthusiastic<\/p>\n

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