Schools & Partners
Where We’re Teaching
We've held classes at public, private and charter schools spanning 8 different school districts in Oregon: Portland Public SD, Lake Oswego SD, Banks SD, Beaverton SD, Happy Valley, Tigard/Tualatin SD, West Linn/Wilsonville SD, & Clackamas SD.
Where we’ve been…
Alameda Elementary
Alberta Rider Elementary
Alliance Charter Academy
Ardenwald Elementary
Banks Elementary
Bolton School
Byrom Elementary
Carnegie Center
Cedaroak Elementary
Charles F. Tigard Elementary
Christ the King School
City of Oregon City Parks & Recreation
City of Tualatin: Art Splash
Clackamas Academy of Industrial Science
Eastham Community School
Franciscan Montessori Earth School
German International School
Grace Christian Elementary
Happy Valley Elementary
Happy Valley Middle School
Hiteon Elementary School
Holy Cross School
HOPE Chinese Charter School
Jackson Middle School
Jesuit High School
John McLoughlin Elementary
Kelly Elementary School
KinderCare Downtown Portland
LinkUp
Maplewood Elementary
Marylhurst Early Childhood Center
Metzger Elementary School
MITCH Charter School
Molalla River Academy
Oak Creek Elementary
Pacific NW Academy
Park Place Elementary
Parrot Creek Ranch
Richmond Elementary
Riverdale School
Rose Haven Women's Shelter
Rosemont Middle School
Scouter's Mountain Elementary
Seth Lewelling Elementary
Siletz Tribal Youth Program
St Ignatius Parish School
St John the Apostle School
Stephenson Elementary
Sunstone Montessori
TAG Program in Oregon City
TAG Program in Portland
Touchstone Elementary School
Two Rivers Montessori
Valley Catholic Elementary
Willamette Primary
Wilsonville Senior Center
Partnerships & Grants
Our partnerships and grants help provide art instruction, materials, and art shows throughout the year.
Click the dropdowns for details.
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Recipient of a three-year general operations grant from 2025-2028.
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Recipient of a grant from RACC to kickstart our summer Digital Art Program and provide campers with accessibility to height-appropriate chairs. Summer 2024.
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Fine Art Starts was nominated and received the vote of approval by the City Commissioners to partner with the Parks and Rec Department to continue public access to art, music and community events at the Carnegie Center 2005-2008. Fine Art Starts operated the building under a three-year contract, while providing Fine Art classes to youth and adults.
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Fine Art Starts partnered to fulfill the need for fine art education to homeschool families, as well as taught classes that provided high-school credit to 9-12th grade Art students.
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Fine Art Starts partnered with Clackamas County Arts Alliance to fulfill a PICA grant to provide Graphic Novel Courses to residents at Parrott Creek Ranch, OR. 2012
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Fine Art Starts was selected to provide classes to women and children in crisis at Rose Haven, from a grant they received.
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Kelly Elementary School invited Fine Arts Starts to provide art class opportunities to low income gifted students.
A Special Thanks to
Regional Arts & Culture Council
We recently received an RACC Arts3C Grant to help develop the Digital Art Program for our 4th-8th graders!