| Arcadia
HS
Greece CSD
Monroe County |
Artistic
Rhetoric & Media Literacy:
Creating and Critiquing Moving
Images
Terrence Ross & Alexis Seeley,
filmmakers
Grade 12 |
| The
partnership expands the media
literacy course curriculum, which
focuses on print and still visual
images, to examine, analyze and
interpret the messages inherent
in moving visual images. This
10-day partnership includes a
full day of professional development
for the project team, student
instruction relating to the language
of moving visual images and its
effect on human response, and
basic instruction in video filming
techniques. The project culminates
in students writing, staging,
videotaping and editing their
own video messages. |
Bilingual
Early Childhood Center No. 36
Buffalo Public Schools
Erie County |
Leap
and Learn - MUSE in the Schools
M.U.S.E.
Grades K - 1, special ed
|
| MUSE
uses the resources of this completely
bilingual school partnering with
bilingual teaching artists to
model dance/music techniques and
create new materials for classroom
teachers in English and Spanish
instruction after the project
is over. Students create a dancing
language by representing different
graphemes and phonemes through
dance and music. Reflective practice
analyzes data and progress and
makes recommendations for future
work. |
Brooklyn
School for Collaborative
Studies, PS 24
School District Region 8
Kings County |
Teaching
Spanish as a Living Language
BAX Brooklyn Arts Exchange
Grades 6 - 8 |
| Movement/Theater
teaching artist Jose Joaquin Garcia
works with Spanish language teachers
and Junior High students to enhance
students’ ability to learn
and retain Spanish by integrating
the kinesthetic experience of
movement and theater into the
curriculum. This 12-week partnership
culminates in a series of performances
combining Spanish language with
theater, movement, and music to
celebrate and educate about the
rich Latin culture in the school.
|
Daytop
Preparatory School
private
Dutchess County
|
Othello
The CENTER for Performing Arts
at Rhinebeck
Grades 9 - 12
|
|
Daytop
Preparatory School, a non-public
secondary school providing educational
and therapeutic programming
for adolescents, expands The
Shakespeare Project, a three-year
partnership. Daytop students
read and analyze Othello. Teachers
guide the students as they rewrite
portions of the original script
into street vernacular, enabling
students to improve their skills
as writers and demonstrate their
grasp of the intricacies of
the language and Shakespeare’s
broad thematic ideas. Visiting
artist and theatrical coach
Nancy Sans works with students
on acting skills and techniques.
As their scripts are auditioned,
rehearsed and produced in preparation
for a fully-staged community
performance, students learn
the rudiments of stage production
in the professional theater
space at the Rhinebeck Center
with theater professionals.
During this 5-month project,
the students meet regularly
for group sessions to discuss
the impact of this work on them
individually. |
| Greenbush
Academy
Questar III BOCES
Rensselaer County |
Integrating
Creative Arts & Technology
in the Special Education Curriculum
eba,Inc. , dance
ungraded ages 9 -21
|
| “Integrating
Creative Arts and Technology in
the Special Education Curriculum”
brings dance, theater, and video
technology to all 30 students
in the school. Students learn
the vocabulary of dance and theater,
and also the vocabulary of character
development. Through the creation
of dances and improvisatory skits
they learn self-acceptance, social
skills, anger management, and
creative expression. Videos of
the performances will be made
by students so students can view
their own progress. Students improve
their skills in following directions,
volunteering, asking for help,
accepting criticism, giving compliments,
and working with others. |
K
141 @ IS 2
District 75
Kings County |
World
Theatre Project
Theatre For a New Audience
Grades 6 - 8 |
|
In
the “World Theater Project,”
students see a professional
Off-Broadway production of Shakespeare’s
Pericles, Prince of Tyre. They
work with a theater teaching
artist on active, practical
exercises focusing on the understanding,
speaking, and performing of
Shakespeare’s language,
and then apply what they have
learned to expository and creative
writing. The exercises help
them develop social and collaborative
skills as well as an appreciation
of Shakespeare’s language
and themes. Teachers guide students
through activities that make
connections between the play
and the students’ ELA
and Social Studies curricula.
The culminating event is a public
performance of sections of the
play that have been adapted
and fully staged by students. |
Kelley
Intemediate School
Newark
CSD
Wayne County
Grade 5
|
“Coming
to America”
Young Audiences
of Rochester, Arthur Brown
English Language Arts, Social
Studies
Theatre Arts |
| The
project provides a multi-layered
experience that allows opportunities
for students to use critical thinking
skills as they create, perform,
and respond to improvisational
theatre and make decisions leading
them to a greater understanding
of the difficulty of the immigrant’s
life and decision-making processes.
Each student researches and takes
on an immigrant identity through
writing letters, planning the
voyage, simulating the trip in
steerage in a sensory “environment
room,” and going through
an Ellis Island-type processing.
Writing projects in different
formats along the way lead students
through reflection on their experiences.
Students develop an understanding
that Americans have diverse backgrounds,
group identities, and beliefs.
Read
more about this project. |
Morris
High School
Region 2
Bronx County |
The
Oresteia - Epic's Journeys Series
Epic Theatre Center
Grades 11 - 12 |
| The
Oresteia is used to explore the
complex relationship between societal
and individual understanding of
justice and vengeance and the
connections between political
and social engagement and students’
personal spheres. Students are
shown a fully staged version of
the play minus the choruses. Through
a residency with a theater TA,
students create new “choruses,”
integrate them into the original
play, and learn to perform them.
The students become part of a
public production including Epic’s
core actors and 70 – 100
students that addresses community
concerns. Key areas of learning
include development and expression
of a singular point of view, development
as a democratic citizen, and building
ensemble. |
| Mt.
Morris Middle School
Mt. Morris CSD
Livingston County |
What
Does Architecture Sound Like?
Glenn McClure, composer
Grades 7 - 8
|
| Students
explore the mathematical, cultural,
scientific, and linguistic elements
of five contrasting architectural
examples with core teachers, arts
specialists, a computer animator,
and a composer. They then take
those elements and create tone
poems, or musical “pictures,”
that describe the buildings with
sound. The project improves students’
literacy, visual literacy and
artistic skills, and expands their
understanding of civic responsibility.
Find
out more about this project.
|
Nottingham
High School
Syracuse CSD
Onondaga County |
Narrative
and Documentary Video in the HS
Classroom
Everson Museum of Art
Grades 11 - 12 |
| Film
students view art videos at the
Everson and discuss contemporary
video and film techniques with
the TA, developing visual inquiry
skills and the ability to analyze
and interpret mass media. They
create a video about a local community
concern, learning through direct
social interaction and storytelling,
acquiring video production and
post-production skills, and gaining
a deeper understanding of local
issues and their relationship
to them. They give back to the
community by sharing their work
in a public screening of their
project and participating in the
Everson’s community day
celebration. |
| PS
170x
Region 1 CSD 9
Bronx County |
Marquis
Studios
STARS - Students, Teachers,
Artists Reach the Standards
Grades K - 2
|
| As
part of an ongoing whole-school
partnership between PS 170x and
Marquis Studios to give students
a comprehensive foundation in
the arts, the project seeks to
decrease tardiness and increase
parental involvement by offering
“Art in the AM,” a
series of exciting arts activities
as part of each day’s first
period. Classroom teachers co-teach
with TA’s during six 16-week
artist residencies that provide
two distinct arts experiences
a year for all students, who receive
a take-home “Art Kit”
with art supplies. Eight workshops
for parents engage them in the
arts and show them how important
the arts are to a well-developed
child’s education. Classroom
teachers receive special training
from TA’s. The off-site
component includes free trips
to theaters, museums, and other
cultural institutions. Students
and families grow to expect the
arts as part of the students’
daily academic experience, contributing
to their mastery of literacy,
math, science, and problem-solving
skills, as well as inspiring self-confidence
and love of learning. |
|
Queens
School for Career Development
District 75 Jamaica
Queens County |
Seeing
the Big Picture
InCollaboration,Inc./Readers Theatre
Workshop
(non-graded) 10 - 11 |
| A
major challenge facing the students
is how to examine, reflect on
and assess the work they do. “Seeing
the Big Picture” connects
Visual Arts teachers with ELA
teachers, using film and digital
photography. Students and parents
learn to use cameras and take
photographs. Students receive
disposable B&S cameras to
create a personal narrative/photo
album, including their pictures
and the writing that evolves from
their discussions. Students are
then better able to plan, examine,
and reflect on the work they do,
and to link the skills of picture
taking with those of writing.
This project is part of a multi-year
ongoing collaboration to create
an integrated arts curriculum. |
| Renaissance
Charter School
Dist. 84 Queens
Queens County |
Music
Brings History Alive!
TADA!
Grades 2 - 5
|
| Teachers
and TA’s develop a school-wide,
reproducible approach to the History
Alive! curriculum. Students highlight
significant ideas, social and
cultural values, beliefs and traditions
from NY and Latin American history
by producing musical theater vignettes
and related songs that illustrate
the connections and interactions
of people and events across time
and from a variety of perspectives.
Vocal training and articulation
work improves the speaking skills
of students, almost half of whom
do not speak English at home.
Connections with the community
are built through the participation
of parents and community activists
and political leaders. |
Ridge
Mills Elementary School
Rome CSD
Oneida County |
Music
for a New Century: Composing with
Computers
Bart Dentino & Kevin Huber
Grade 5 |
| TA’s
Bart Dentino and Kevin Huber lead
students through the process of
creating a song that reflects
their knowledge of the Revolutionary
War. Students study Revolutionary-era
music and explore the historical
context through these primary
documents, then use their knowledge
to generate individual writing
in both prose and song lyrics.
They also create a “newspaper”
from their writing and pictures.
The TA’s provide a model
for the development of the musical
work and MIDI and recording technology
and guide the students through
the writing and recording process.
Students share their knowledge
at a performance for students
and families. |
Titusville
Intermediate School
Arlington CSD
Dutchess
County
|
Threads
of Civilization: West Africa
Hands On History Inc.
Grades 4 - 5 |
| “Threads
of Civilization: West Africa”
teaches the concepts of Culture,
Empathy, Interdependence and Identity
through hands-on learning in authentic
African textile techniques. Culture,
geography, music, oral literature,
and art are woven into the curriculum.
5th grade students create color
patterns relating to word patterns
of pertinent vocabulary, then
create woven kente cloth based
on those patterns. 4th grade students
create symbols based on a story
connected to the project themes,
then create stamps to print the
symbols onto adinkra cloth. Besides
developing textile skills, these
processes develop students’
abilities to identify, discuss,
and appreciate cross-cultural
differences and enhance their
understanding of the role art
plays in culture. |
Trumansburg
High School
Trumansburg CSD
Tompkins County |
Hangar/TST
Playwriting Residencies
Hangar Theatre
Grades 10 - 12 |
| Working
with professional playwrights,
students learn to transform core-curricular
content into an original theater
work, enhancing their skills in
creative writing, writing mechanics,
critical thinking, interdisciplinary
applications, and teambuilding
along with their understanding
of the curricular material. The
completed scripts are presented
in a staged reading by drama students
for students and the community.
|
Watkins
Glen Elementary/MS
Watkins Glen SD
Schuyler County |
The
Arts: the Voice Inside of Me
Young Audiences of Rochester
Grades pre-K - 5, 7 |
“The
Arts: The Voice Inside of Me
Project” involved kindergarteners,
second, third, fifth, and seventh
graders as part of the overall
district-wide arts in education
program.
Storyteller Candace Wolf helps
kindergarten students to create
masks and props, role-play stories,
predict and illustrate story
endings, create illustrated
story books, and create instruments
on which they play accompanying
music for a selection of folktales
from around the world.
Seventh graders create both
oral and written stories and
perform them for the kindergarteners
to explore storytelling as cultural
transmission.
With musician Glenn McClure
in “The Voice of Music
from Around the United States,”
second graders sing songs, discuss
them, and gather information
about different regions of the
U.S. as background to write
part of a play. They write new
verses to traditional songs
and compose new songs, and then
perform them in the play, which
includes a power point slide
show developed by the students,
for an audience of parents and
students.
In “The Voice of the Rainforest”
each class of third graders
creates an instrumental/vocal
piece representing a layer of
the rainforest addressing the
question, “Why is the
rainforest worth saving?”
with musician Ted Canning. They
also create and present a project
convincing second graders to
bring in pennies to save rainforest
acreage.
Fifth graders in “Steel
Drum: The Voice of Rebellion
and Freedom,” use steel
drum music as a way to understand
the social and political history
of the Caribbean. The project
integrates social studies, language
arts, science, and music, as
students create and play instruments
and explore the history, geography,
and culture of Latin America.
This
program has subsequently advanced
to an award-winning Empire
State Partnership project.
|
| West
Street School
Geneva CSD
Ontario County |
Celebrating
Latin America
Cadence Whitter, dance/Tom Sieling,
musician/Charles Temple, storytelling
Grade 5 |
| “Celebrating
Latin America” helps the
5th grade students to understand
how the folklore, music, dance,
and visual arts are influenced
by the geography, politics, and
culture of the various regions
of Latin America. Working with
TA’s, Hobart-William Smith
faculty members, community volunteers,
and the school’s visual
arts and music teachers, students
learn rhythms, compose songs,
learn folk dances, weave and create
artworks relating to the geographical
regions of Latin America. Students
will share what they have learned
at a program for other classes
and parents. |
