WUFT – Layne Weitzel
“Linda Tiffany is retired from teaching art in a school setting, but she still remembers a fifth-grade teacher telling her, “My kids have too much math and science (that) I’ve got to get into them. We don’t have time for art.” Tiffany, who previously taught art at schools in Panama City, Tallahassee and Gainesville, will make time for art by teaching in “Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead,” a brand-new series of after-school programs through the Alachua County Library District…Pat Carr, a librarian at the Tower Road Branch, developed the program’s concept…Carr asked Tiffany to help with the art-focused portion, which will last for the first four sessions and present science, technology, engineering and math through an art perspective…Tiffany said she believes that art can encourage students not only to improve their artistic skills but also their “left-brained” skills like math, science and technology.”(more)