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“Brainstormer”
Teachers, Civic Leaders, Organizations:
Plan to Join
Date for 2009 TBA in the Fall of 2008
This popular yearly event includes free registration and Act 48 Credit, substitute reimbursement while funding lasts, continental breakfast and catered lunch, a keynote address, and the opportunity to meet a variety of artists to discuss your needs as teachers, and share ideas on how a various artists can assist you in meeting your curriculum goals.
ArtsPath Residency Planning Application
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
Applications
are available for the upcoming year, with projects starting September
1, 2008, through August 31, 2009.
Some Application
Points and Pointers
- One of the
overriding standards of this program is to afford students a quality
arts experience over time. Therefore, to qualify for ArtsPath matching
funds, artist residencies must be a minimum of ten days. Although
they do not have to be consecutive, they should be in a fairly tight
concentration of time. They must also concentrate on the same students
throughout those ten days. Without this, the students do not gain
an experience that goes beyond the regular classroom.
- This program
is for ALL disciplines. If you are an itinerant teacher and only
meet your students once or twice a week, combine your efforts with
other teachers in the school. Work together to develop a partnership
that will take the arts beyond the arts classroom and into science,
math, social studies, geography.
- You can apply
for more than one residency! As long as your applications are complete
and your school supports your efforts with matching funds, there
is no limit to how many applications may be submitted by one teacher,
one school, one organization, or one district. The only restrictions
will be an adherence to the criteria of the program and available
state funding.
- Although performances
and exhibits by the visiting artist are very important to the overall
experience, ArtsPath concentrates much more on process rather than
product. We can offer a myriad of performances and exhibits, but
it is in the exploration of the artistic process that heightens
a student's appreciation and understanding of the power that is
art. This is what makes ArtsPath unique and gives credence to all
that we do. And this is what can be gained through in-depth exploration
working across all disciplines.
- This program
is open to all community entities in our region who want to utilize
the arts to teach. In addition to schools, resident artists can
be placed in community centers, senior citizen facilities, businesses,
health care institutions, correctional facilities, and the like.
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