Connie Walters,
Network Coordinator
Partners for Arts Education
501 West Fayette Street, Studio
221
Syracuse, NY 13204
Phone: 315-234-9911
E-Mail Connie Walters
Web: www.arts4ed.org |
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 13,
2007
Seventeen
CNY Schools Receive Grants for Arts
Partnerships
Seventeen schools in five Central New York counties have received art$TART arts-in-education
grants of up to $2500 each. Administered by Syracuse-based Partners for Arts
Education (PAE), the grants help students meet New
York State learning standards by having teachers partner with local artists or cultural organizations. Together,
they use the arts to strengthen classroom learning.
Four of the schools in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) are pilot
schools in the Arts in Mind initiative, which is a collaborative effort among
PAE, SCSD, and local funders to bring the arts to all Syracuse students.
This year 19 schools applied for the grants. The awards total $36,000 for this
round of funding.
This is the tenth round of art$TART grants, which have distributed over $195,000
to 130 area schools as matching grants since 2001. The New York State Council
on the Arts provides funds for art$TART. The arts-in-education projects will
happen during the spring semester of 2008. This
year’s partnerships include:
Onondaga County:
Allen Road Elementary (North Syracuse CSD) K – 4th graders with Everson
Museum of Art and painter Evelyn Fiorenza, "New
York's Native Flora & Fauna - Bringing the Outside In"
Danforth Middle School (SCSD) 6th graders with
Wacheva Cultural Arts, “The Sound of the Drums" (AIM Pilot school)
Dr. Martin Luther King School (SCSD)
4th graders with Syracuse Children's
Theatre, "Understanding
Life on the Underground Railroad"
Franklin Magnet Elementary (SCSD)
5th graders with musician
Patti Heath, "Evolution of
Sound" (AIM Pilot school)
Grant Middle
School (SCSD)
7th graders with Point
of Contact/Syracuse International
Film Festival and video artist
Tim Brachocki, "Video Postcard
Project" (AIM Pilot school)
Jowonio (private)
Pre-K students with ceramicist
Erin Murphy, "Nature's Cycles
in Clay"
McKinley-Brighton Magnet
Elementary (SCSD)
5th graders with storyteller
Vanessa Johnson, "GRIOT" (AIM
Pilot school)
Montessori School
of Syracuse (private)
1st – 3rd graders with weaver
Sarah Saulson, "Weaving Connections"
Salem Hyde
Elementary (SCSD)
6th graders with photographer
Jennifer Wilkey, "SELF-Portrait"
Cayuga County:
A. J. Smith
Elementary (Union Springs CSD) 6th graders with visual
artist Mariam Raqib, "Afghanistan"
Millard Fillmore Elementary (Moravia
CSD) 2nd graders with theater artist
Holly Adams, "Bird
World"
Cortland County:
Cincinnatus Central
School (Cincinnatus
CSD) K – 6th graders with Everson
Museum of Art, "Thinking
Through Art"
Jefferson County:
Carthage Middle
School (Carthage
CSD) 6 – 8th graders with radio
producer Joel Hurd, "Connect
on Home"
Mannsville Manor Elementary (South
Jefferson CSD) 5th graders with illustrator
Kazuko Stone, "Haiku Arts Infusion"
Madison County:
Madison High
School (Madison
CSD) 9th graders with Earlville
Opera House and visual
artist Louise Nataluk, "Analysis
of Self Through Literature and
Art"
Otselic Valley Elementary (Otselic
Valley CSD) 6th graders with photographer
Willson Cummer, "The Many Parts
of Me: Photography"
Oswego County:
Oswego Middle
School (Oswego CSD)7th
and 8th graders with musician Dan
Duggan, "Making Dulcet Sounds"
More information about
all the partnerships and the
grant program is available at
PAE’s
website, www.arts4ed.org.
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Partners for
Arts Education inspires learning and
leadership for arts in education in
Central New York and throughout New
York State. We provide funding and
support to deepen and enrich educational
experiences in and through the arts
for students, teachers and artists.
Partners
for Arts Education
Delavan Center Suite 221 501 W. Fayette
St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
315.234.9911 info@arts4ed.org www.arts4ed.org
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