Partners for Arts Education

Cicero-North Syracuse HS Cicero North Syracuse CSD	11th graders Onondaga Historical Association Vanessa Johnson, storyteller; Quraysh Ali Lansana, poet
"Struggles" is an interdisciplinary project which pairs Regents Honors students taking 11th grade English with average and below average Regents students taking 11th grade United States History & Government. The project integrates 19th- and 20th-century African-American literature and poetry with the history of African-Americans through four phases in 19th- and 20th-century United States history: Abolition, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement. Students work in collaborative groups to produce reflection logs and original poems as they work with two visiting artists to gain knowledge, awareness, and empathy for the struggles of African-Americans. Read more about the project, or read student poems.
Hamilton CS Hamilton CDS	12th graders Glenn McClure, musician
In "Galileo's Universe," Math 12/Pre-Calculus students recreate several of Galileo's experiments, using measurements and calculations like his. Exploring connections between numbers, ratios, variables, etc. and musical sound to convey mathematical ideas through music, they work with composer Glenn McClure to convert calculations into a musical composition. They present the music to the community in a concert in May. Read more about this project.
McGraw Elementary McGraw CSD	3rd graders Nancy Preston
Using fairy tales, puppetry, dance, music, masks and mime, students in "Genre Matters" explore how genre influences the way we look at and think about the messages we receive from literature. Students see a professional puppet production, then choose one fairy tale from several they have read to adapt into an original puppet production. They construct puppets, sets, and costumes, and perform the play in school and at a local gallery.
Morgan Road ES Liverpool CSD	5th and 6th graders Oswego County BOCES Arts-In-Ed Service Ginger Dunlap-Dietz, ceramicist
"Creating Community Through the Arts" builds on poetry created in a residency with Rachel Guido DeVries prior to this project. It integrates poetry, visual arts and music via commonalities of imagery, rhythm, pattern, form, and texture. Artist Ginger Dunlap-Dietz partners with 5th- grade, 6th-grade, Art, and Music teachers to help students translate poetic elements into a ceramic wall mural that will represent the school community and its commitment to Character Education. Read more about this project.
Nottingham HS Syracuse City SD	10th graders NYS Early Music Association (NYS Baroque) Peter Hedrick, musician; Peggy Murray, dancer; Lauren Cowdery, costumer
In the hands of Baroque monarchs and their governments, the arts became symbols of power and vehicles for propaganda. Students explore the connection between those symbols and those of our own time in "Interactive Sessions on Baroque Culture." As part of the English curriculum, students read 17th- and 18th-century plays, then get on stage, making connections to the social norms and political realities of the time. Nottingham band students rehearse period pieces with NYS Baroque musicians, and core students attend a concert. See more about this project.
Nottingham HS Syracuse City SD	10-12th graders Syracuse Stage Ann Clarke, fiber artist; Lauren Unbekant, theater artist
In "The Layering Project," students in Advanced Art and English will explore the meshing of text and image and its connection to Syracuse Stage's production of Intimate Apparel. After reading the script, students kinesthetically analyze scenes, focusing on the cultural context of the work. They do improvisations exploring culture, status and metaphor, and create written performance pieces. They then work with the fiber artist to create visual interpretations of their texts. Art work will be installed in the Syracuse Stage lobby during the play's run. This project is the beginning of an ongoing partnership; each year students will be introduced to a play which poses a challenge through a multi-arts approach. This project is a model for the Creative Arts Academy at Nottingham HS. See more about this project.
The New School private	K-6th graders Tom Huff, sculptor
"ArtStoneWorks" introduces K-6 students to Native American art, culture, and history through Seneca-Cayuga sculptor Tom Huff's instruction in soapstone carving and presentation of his own work, other Native artists' 3-dimensional pieces, slides and artifacts, and personal narrative on Native American cultures. Students choose an animal, and develop a visual and writing portfolio including photos, drawings, myth stories, and their carvings. They explore the use and power of symbols and art to make cultural ideas tangible and to transmit culture. See more about this project.