Indian River High School
Indian River CSD
Jefferson County
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Grades 9 - 12 and Gifford
Family Theatre
Twelfth Night Theatre Project
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Using the
text of William Shakespeare’s
Twelfth
Night, each
visiting artist (Director, Artistic
Director, Scenic/Lighting Designer,
Costume Designer and Stage Manager)
demystifies the creative
processes involved
in mounting a professional production.
Students go through the entire
process, analyzing
the script, researching the time
period, building a scale model
of sets, drafting designs for
costumes, props, make-up, creating
lighting and sound plots, etc.
The plans are then studied with
the professionals and analyzed
with reference to how the theatre
staff is preparing for their
production.Students
are able to directly compare
the process learned in the classroom
to how that process is realized
in a professional setting. This
is GFT's third residency at IRHS.
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Willowfield
Elementary
Liverpool CSD
Onondaga County |
6th grade and Ginger Dunlap-Dietz,
ceramicist
Power of Pieces |
| The
creation of a mosaic mural at
Willowfield School reinforces
the content of the Character Education
program by making a visual piece
that reflects the lasting good
qualities of the school community.
Students will learn about Greek
pottery, tiles and mosaics and
the techniques used to create
them. As they work along side
mosaic artist Ginger Dunlap Dietz
they use the creative process
to problem-solve, analyze and
evaluate their work and that of
others. They also learn how historical
and cultural events are reflected
in the artifacts of any given
time.
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McGraw
Elementary
McGraw CSD
Cortland County |
3rd
and 4th grades and Regi Carpenter,
storyteller and theater artist
Soaring Stories
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| Through
the vehicle of storytelling, McGraw
3rd and 4th grade students link
drama, visual art, dance and music
to their classroom instruction
in reading, writing, listening
and speaking as they explore folktales
and fables with Regi Carpenter.
The stories the students hear,
learn and present will engage
them in the examination of historical
events and figures as well as
help them build confidence through
public performance. The sense
of community within the school
will benefit as the classes work
together to prepare for a community
gathering and reception to share
their stories and enjoy a performance
by their teaching artist.
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Millard
Fillmore Elementary
Moravia CSD
Cayuga County
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Grades 2 - 6 and Holly
Adams, theatre artist
Mayan Culture/Theatre Module
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| Building
on 5 years of collaboration
with this school, teaching
artist Holly Adams brings her
background in drama, social
justice and anthropology to
the elementary students at
Millard Fillmore School. Drawing
on their research projects
on historical and cultural
aspects of the Mayan civilization,
the students create a performance
piece, which is presented to
the community. The process
helps
students understand that there
are many different perspectives
possible when an historical
event is interpreted. Questions
of “Who
is telling the story?” and
“Whose story is being told…or
not being told?“ are at
the heart of the work, as students
analyze the ancient culture of
the Maya and look at how this
perspective affects their understanding
of current events.
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Roxboro
Rd. Middle School
North Syracuse CSD
Onondaga County |
7th grade and James R.
Greene, actor
Charles Dickens Day |
Roxboro
Rd. Middle School is transformed
into Victorian England once a
year to immerse the students in
the world of Charles Dickens and
deepen their understanding of
their reading of
“A
Christmas Carol.” Theater
teaching artist Jim Greene and
his performance ensemble, Scarlett
Rat Entertainment, come to the
school prior to Charles Dickens
Day to talk about the era and
work on theatrical improvisations
with each 7th grade team. Students
are incorporated into a performance
with the ensemble.
The teaching artist returns after
the special day to continue exploring
the artistic elements of improvisation,
theater, and political cartooning,
and to reflect on the experience.
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Oswego
High School
Oswego CSD
Oswego County
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Grades
9 - 12 and Rachel Guido DeVries,
poet
Personal Visions
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| Students
at Oswego HS investigate how
a concept can be transformed
from one art form to another,
resulting in a deeper understanding
of the concept. Beginning with
English Language Arts, students
work with the resident poet
to create a poem and learn performing
arts techniques to incorporate
into a reading of their piece.
From there, the poem is analyzed
and re-interpreted as a musical
composition and further as a
work of visual art. The visiting
poet, the music, art and English
teachers and the students work
in collaboration to produce
a culminating multi-media event
for the school community.
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The
New School
private
Onondaga County |
Grades
K - 6 and Katya Krenina, illustrator
/Dave Hickok, animator
The Story Project |
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Working
through the medium of storytelling,
The Story Project celebrates
the significance of the story
in human society throughout
time. By its nature, storytelling
celebrates the culture, history,
beliefs and ideas of a society.
Students examine the story
in its various formulations,
i.e. spoken word, writing,
visual arts, mime, dance
or music. Assisted by the
teaching artists, students
create and present stories
without words using illustration
and animation to communicate
the essence of the story.
The integration of visual
arts with storytelling in
this partnership is demonstrates
the synergy between art and
thought and helps students
recognize how visual dimensions
enhance a story.
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Most
Holy Rosary
private
Onondaga County
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Grades 4 - 6 and Amy Rhode,
mosaic artist
Mosaic Installation at MHR
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| Students
study
the history and philosophy of
the Arts and Crafts Movement
in Central New York via the ceramic
art of Adelaide Alsop Robineau,
an internationally renowned artist
who lived and worked just a block
away from the school, where her
home and studio still stand,
and the work of native Syracusan
arts and crafts furniture designer
Gustav Stickley. They then
design a mosaic tile installation
with ceramic tiles they create
with the teaching artist. Students
learn the process of making handmade
ceramic tiles - forming, carving,
glazing and firing - based on
the work of Robineau. Social
Studies and English teachers
support the work with readings
about that time period and trips
to the local Historical Society,
the Everson Museum, the Stickley
furniture factory and walks in
the neighborhood to help students
gain a deeper understanding of
history, art, and their community.
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Nottingham
High School
Syracuse City SD
Onondaga County
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Grades 11 & 12 and
Laura Auerbach, visual artist
The TextualCity Project |
| Photography
students at Nottingham High School
work with community artist and
urban planning/architecture specialist,
Lauren Auerbach to analyze, document
and interpret the urban landscape
of their own neighborhood. Using
the strategies and techniques
of collage, this project explores
visual interpretation and representation
through the precise consideration
of the relationship between the
map and the urban landscape in
the immediate vicinity of the
school. Photographic essays and
mixed media montage/bricolage
construction and installations
will be the product of their investigations
into the complex relationships
between idea and form, culture
and space, strategy and technique.
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Elmwood
Elementary
Syracuse City SD
Onondaga County
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4th
grade and Howard Levy, musician
Howard Levy Returns to Elmwood
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| In
partnership with Music Journeys,
Inc., internationally renowned
harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy
returns to Elmwood School to build
upon a workshop he conducted last
year on the “History of
the Blues.” Using his harmonica
and the piano as vehicles to help
students understand the musical
roots of their heritage and American
history, Mr. Levy works closely
with the music teacher and alongside
the classroom teachers to expand
upon their Social Studies and
English curricula. His prior visit
generated so much interest in
the harmonica that the school
began a harmonica ensemble. With
a generous contribution from Hohner,
Inc. of 20 harmonicas and instruction
books for all, the ensemble has
the opportunity to work intensely
with Mr. Levy in preparation for
a part in the school’s final
music performance. |
Ed
Smith School
Syracuse City SD
Onondaga County
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5th
grade and Lida Suchy, photographer
Photograpy/Literacy Project
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| Students
explore their community, culture,
and personal identity using photography
and literacy. The art teacher
explores black and white imagery
with students through Visual Thinking
Strategies. They then investigate
point of view, framing and composition
in relation to taking pictures.
Photographer/teaching artist Lida
Suchy teaches students camera
use, photographic elements and
darkroom techniques. Students
then take home cameras and use
them as a tool to document their
communities and lives by capturing
their diverse environments. Images
are edited and printed by each
student under the guidance of
the teaching artist. The classroom
teacher works with the students
on writing about the photos they
have made, helping the students
share what they hope to capture,
and understand what importance
and meaning the photos hold for
them. The project culminates in
3 local exhibits.
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Frazer
School
Syracuse City SD
Onondaga County
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4th
grade and Kathie Maniaci, photographer
Movement
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| Fourth
graders to develop their ability
to see the world around them,
to look at photographs and then
go on to create their own deeply
personal photographs. While focusing
on the concept of movement in
photography, classroom teachers
help students examine the constant
internal shifting of their own
ideas and emotions, people moving
through immigration , animals
moving through migration, the
movement of two sides toward
agreement in conflict resolution
and principals of design such
as rhythm and variety.
Visits to Lightwork Gallery/Community
Darkrooms at Syracuse University
offer a natural setting to work
with students
using Visual Thinking Strategies
to look at photos and to carry
on explorations of ideas using
the Socratic Seminar Method. |
Delaware
Academy
Syracuse City SD
Onondaga County
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Kindergarten
and Vanessa Johnson, storyteller
Storytelling in Kenya
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This
partnership between Delaware
Academy kindergarteners and
storyteller Vanessa Johnson
helps students learn to use
their words to express themselves
verbally and non-verbally. It
also helps students return to
learning creatively, develop
critical thinking and use imagination
as a tool for problem solving,
all skills that can ensure a
life long pleasure in learning.
The teaching artist helps students
create mini-plays they perform
through storytelling based on
Kenyan stories and history that
Ms.Johnson teaches the students.
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Tully
High School
Tully CSD
Onondaga County
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Grade
12 and Eli Thomas, visual artist
Art in the Classroom
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| 12th
graders interact with Eli Thomas,
a Native American artist living
in their midst who represents
a very different culture from
their own. They explore the use
of symbolism in Thomas's work
. Using information from the stories
Eli shares and painting techniques
he teaches, students create their
own drawings and then paintings
with symbolic images that pertain
to their own artistic vision.
This exercise leads the students
to a deeper understanding and
connection to the Native American
cultural view. |
Tully
Elementary
Tully CSD
Onondaga County
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5th
grade and Ginger Dunlap-Dietz,
ceramicist
Mosaic Project
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| Tully
Elementary fifth graders design
and create a wall mural which
integrates the values associated
with a positive sense of community
and aesthetic appreciation.
Through the design, construction
and installation processes, students
explore and experience skills
necessary for positive citizenship,
cooperation, leadership, planning,
responsibility, community service,
decision-making and problem solving.
By involving students, the resident
artist, faculty, staff and community
volunteers, the project will
result in a better understanding
of what comprises a community
and the process through which
a positive sense of community is established. |
West
Genesee High School
West Genesee CSD
Onondaga County
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Grades
9 - 12 and Paul Pearce, photographer
Imaging Identity/Imaging Ourselves
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Students
learn advanced techniques
in the studio and darkroom
at the Community Darkroom at
Syracuse
University. They create images
that visually represent adolescent
identity issues from around
the world and within their
own community. They explore
in depth their own identities
as they relate to gender,
culture, community, peer groups
and family through work with
the artist to shoot, process
and print black and white
film. Students also have the
opportunity to meet and dialogue
with photographer Martin Weber,
whose photographic study of
portraiture is on exhibition
at Lightwork during their
project. |
