Art Works

The Trout Museum of Art partners with Outagamie County Youth & Family Services to provide an immersive arts program that is carefully crafted to provide a safe, welcoming, and comfortable learning environment at the museum, in our studios, and at Outagamie County. Starting in 2018, we partnered with Outagamie County’s Restorative Justice program, which is for youth who are referred by the Juvenile Court System. Restorative Justice is a philosophy that focuses on restoring the community, and connecting youth to their community in a positive way through service projects and volunteerism. We provide a strengths-based focus of skill building and increase the self-confidence of those involved.

Thanks to the support of the Bright Ideas Fund from the Community Foundation of the Fox Valley Region, we have expanded to include youth from Outagamie County’s Shelter Care Program as well.

Art has a profound rehabilitative effect, and through the dedication of our Art Educators, we empower local youth with the skills to manage trauma, facilitating their growth, learning, and healing.

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Made possible by a grant from the Bright Idea Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region.

Art Works Educator

Cristian Andersson

Cristian Andersson, an artist based in Appleton, primarily creates abstract oil paintings but has expanded into installation and performance art since 2016. Additionally, he contributes to community art through curating local exhibitions, teaching classes to students, and participating in off-campus invitational exhibitions with UW-Oshkosh students.