Ed Smith Elementary Syracuse City SD   Onondaga County	5th graders Stephen Mahan, photographer
5th graders work with photographer and artist Stephen Mahan to explore issues of cultural and personal identity through a photography and literacy program culminating in an exhibition at Lightwork/Community Darkroom. Skills such as observation, speculation and evidential reasoning develop and transfer from viewing and working in the art form to other aspects of learning, especially reading and writing.
Fabius Elementary Fabius-Pompey CSD Onondaga County	3rd graders Tim and Reggie Harris, musicians
Students are exposed to the local historical artifacts, storytelling and music of the Underground Railroad with Onondaga Historical Association griot Vanessa Johnson and folk musicians Kim and Reggie Harris. Linking art, social studies and music to the basic ideas of the present curriculum further integrates the ideas of understanding and tolerance. This project is linked with the three year student exchange with Ed Smith Elementary, part of the Community Wide Dialogue Project sponsored by the InterReligious Council of CNY.
Greene MS/HS Greene CSD Chenango County	6th - 7th graders, 10th - 12th graders Jacque Tara Washington and Robert Weinberger, musicians
"The Voice in Jazz," enables Greene CSD to expand its successful elementary Arts in Education program into the Middle and High School. The project includes a jazz performance; a jazz teaching artist partnering with English Language Arts, Social Studies, Chorus and Special Education teachers to integrate jazz into their curriculum; a jazz Improvisation clinic with Middle/High School students and music teachers.
Jordan-Elbridge Middle Sch. Jordan-Elbridge CSD Onondaga County	7th graders Ginger Dunlap-Dietz, ceramicist
Students explore the diversity of their surroundings by examining the changing forms of their local landscapes in geological, seasonal, artistic and historical terms. Working with ceramic mosaic artist Ginger Dunlap-Dietz, the students research, design and construct a clay mural in the rotunda foyer of the school that joins these landscape elements together. See pictures of this project.
Jowonio Pre-School private Onondaga County	pre-K students Kate Woodle, visual artist
"Goin’ Underground' taps into the natural fascination that almost every child has for bugs, worms and caves. Kate Woodle, exhibits designer at the Rosemond Gifford Zoo, works with teachers to create a curriculum around the concept of UNDERGROUND. Pre-Kindergarten children are supported in a semester of investigations culminating in the construction of a kid-sized cave, with documentation in words, drawings, and photos.
McGraw Elementary McGraw CDS Cortland County	3rd graders Regi Carpenter, storyteller / puppeteer
Students demonstrate how strong character elements build a strong community using literature (both fiction and nonfiction), puppetry, dance, music, masks, and mime with storyteller and puppeteer Regi Carpenter. Students recognize this connection in literature and history, and they document and model it in their own school community by creating written pieces and staging puppet performances.
Millard Fillmore Elementary Moravia CSD Cayuga County	6th graders Bells and Motley, musicians
Bells & Motley’s live performances of early musical forms on period instruments, including balladry as oral literature, and viewings of period visual art forms highlight the recurrent Medieval elements of symbolism, pattern, harmony, and ornamentation. This unity of vision serves as the artistic principle for the corresponding Middle Ages-inspired student CD projects, including block carved illuminations and music composition.
Montessori School of Syracuse private  Onondaga County	upper elementary students Robyn Tomlyn, media artist
Students work with media artist Robyn Tomlin to learn about the Japanese arts of origami, calligraphy, flower arranging, garden design, aesthetic food presentation, and meditation as part of this year’s continental focus on Asia. The role of art in the everyday life of Japan are compared with how American culture incorporates art into daily life to better understand cultural values. See pictures of this project.
The New School private Onondaga County	K - 2nd graders, 3rd - 6th graders Tom Seiling, musician
Songwriter Tom Sieling teaches and inspires students to compose music and write lyrics with content reflecting their study of the human body (3rd through 6th graders) and "Making a Difference in the World" (kindergarten through 2nd graders). Discussion of the role of music in enhancing academic work, rehearsal, and performance is part of the process.
Nottingham High School Syracuse City SD Onondaga County	12th graders Everson Museum and Ryan Tebo and Sejal Patel, video artists
Students work as part of a team to create a narrative or documentary video, working intensely with teaching artists to learn to create and edit digital video. Students also work with the Everson Museum's video collection, S.U. video labs, and the Syracuse International Film and Video Festival. At the end of the project students share their experience at school and community screenings and by preparing a "how to" manual for future students.
Oswego High School Oswego CSD Oswego County	9th graders Marj Hahne, poet
This project combines poetry, art and music as expressions of a single chosen theme. English students work with poetry teaching artist Marj Hahne to write poetry based on a theme. Then the art and music students transform that poetry into a visual and musical interpretation. The connections among the various art forms are celebrated in a final presentation and reflection activity including all participating students.
Solace School Syracuse City SD Onondaga County	5th - 6th graders Lauren Unbekant, theater artist
Students learn how a performer and writer can manipulate timing and events to create humor out of various events in life with physical comedian Lauren Unbekant. The Solace community continues to develop an understanding of how the arts have a positive effect on the growth of a community.
Van Duyn Elementary Syracuse City SD Onondaga County	3rd graders Open Hand Theater
In "The Art of Community" students explore cultures from around the world through the study of mask and puppet theater in the fairy tale "Cinderella". This three-month project is completely integrated into the students' curriculum, allowing children to make connections across disciplines and increasing awareness of the role of the arts in their lives. The final puppetry pageant brings together school, families, and the neighborhood in the celebration of their community's diversity. See pictures and read more about this partnership.
West Genesee High School West Genesee CSD Onondaga County	9th - 12 graders Jerome R. Durr, glass artist
"Creating Opportunities to Honor Veterans" focuses on art creation, community involvement, and research in arts and social studies. In addition to partnering with local glass artist and veteran Jerome R. Durr, the students will work with Charles Patchin, the Veterans Service Director for Onondaga County, and Michael Aikey, the Director of the NY State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. See pictures and read more about this partnership.

 

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