Ed
Smith Elementary
Syracuse City SD |
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 |
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 |
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
|
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
photos of this project. |
Jowonio
Pre-School
private |
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 |
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. Read
more about the
project. |
Millard
Fillmore Elementary
Moravia CSD
|
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
|
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 |
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
|
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
|
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 |
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 |
3rd
grade
rs
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 project.
|
West
Genesee High School
West Genesee CSD |
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
more about this
partnership. |
