Model
Partnerships
What
does an arts-in-education partnership
look like? What happens
in the classroom? Click on
the title for more information
on any of these successful
partnerships.
CNY LCB (art$TART)
Funded Programs:
"Bird
World" Students
explore the nature of birds through
direct observation, the role of birds
in literature, and the place birds
have in the human psyche as evidenced
by legend and folklore by practicing
scientific observation and data recording,
and creating bird masks to use in
stagings of student-written bird
legends. (2008)
"Weaving
Connections" As part of
the year-long focus on Africa at
Montesori School of Syracuse, students
explore textiles as a practical
necessity, a method of recording
history, and a cultural link in
Africa. They
produce a piece that becomes a
woven record of their participation.
(2008)
“Analysis
of Self Through Literature
and Art”
ELA
and Art come together at Madison Central
to introduce students to the communicative
languages shared between the visual
arts and the written word.(2008)
"Connect
on Home" Carthage
Middle School students work with
a professional recording engineer
to bring their musical performances
to family members in the military.
(2008)
"Evolution
of Sound" Franklin Magnet Schools
5th graders learn the
scientific principles of sound, energy,
vibration and basic electronics,
and the human element of emotional
responses to music and the artistic
choices behind creating pieces of
music, through a series of hands-on
experiments using simple materials
and instruments. (2008 - Arts
in Mind Pilot School)
"The
Sound of the Drums" Danforth Middle School students
rehearse and perform with African
drummer/dancer Biboti Ouikahilo,
making connections to a culture that
is related to, but different from,
their own. (2008 - Arts
in Mind Pilot
School)
"Nature's
Cycles in Clay" Jowonio
pre-schoolers' innate interest in
nature and their enjoyment in manipulating
clay combine as they explore aspects
of the natural world. Their ceramic
work is installed in the school lobby.
(2008)
"Making
Dulcet Sounds" Oswego Middle School
students build Appalachian dulcimers
in technology class, then learn to
play them with Dan Duggan. They perform
at school and in the community, and
record the performance. (2008)
"Sew,
Why Not?" Through
collaborative creation of a traditional
fabric quilt, Chittenango 7th graders
learn about westward expansion
of the United States, and how
migration of people leaves a "cultural
trail," disseminates
ideas, and causes people to work
together. (2007)
"Chaos" Millard
Fillmore Elementary students create
music reflecting the natural sounds
caused by weather events, use the
art of Jackson Pollack and various
weather imaging to inspire a collaborative
mural, and create theatre pieces
based on their science and art explorations,
using the power of art to represent,
interpret, and internalize concepts
of weather. (2007)
"Understanding
Life on the Underground Railroad" Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary
students use improvisation,
characterization, music, quilt
design and dramatic play to
develop an original short play portraying
what life was like for the people
who journeyed to freedom on the Underground
Railroad. (2007)
"The
Art of Weaving in Native American
Cultures" Starting on
small table looms and graduating
to a floor loom, students incorporate
traditional Navajo methods and
patterns along with their own choices
to weave a rug for permanent display
as part of Montessori's year-long
focus on the Americas. (2007)
"I
Am a Landscape" Salem-Hyde
Elementary students learn to use
photography as a tool to facilitate
individual artistic expression so
personal opinions can be explored
without a right answer. (2007)
"Interactive
Sessions in Baroque Culture" Nottingham
HS students
appreciate what life and politics
were like in the 17th and 18th
centuries, and how the Baroque
era is relevant to the present,
through creating, performing,
and participating in music,
poetry and theatre. (2007)
"New
York's Native Flora & Fauna
- Bringing the Outside In" Students
research plants and animals
found in New York State
and then create paintings of
their animals/plants.
Their original artwork is incorporated
into a wall mural in Allen Road Elementary's
library. (2007)
Creating
Community Through the Arts: Poetry,
visual arts and music are integrated
via commonalities of imagery, rhythm,
pattern, form, and texture. Students
translate poetic elements into a
ceramic wall mural that represents
Morgan Road Elementary's community
and its commitment to Character Education.
(2006)
Struggles:
19th- and 20th-century African-American
literature and poetry are integrated
with the history of African-Americans
during Abolition, Reconstruction,
the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil
Rights Movement at Cicero-North Syracuse
HS.(2006)
ArtStoneWorks: K-6 students at the New School are introduced
to Native American art, culture,
and history through Seneca-Cayuga
sculptor Tom Huff's instruction
in soapstone carving.
(2006)
The
Layering Project: Nottingham
HS students explore the meshing
of text and image and its connection
to the play Intimate Apparel with
fiber artist Ann Clarke and Syracuse
Stage. (2006)
The
Art of Community: Van Duyn Elementary
and Open Hand Theatre explore
cultures from around the world through
the study of mask and puppet theater.
(2006)
Interactive
Sessions on Baroque Culture: Nottingham
HS students explore explore the
connection between Baroque
symbols of power and those of our
own time, making
connections to social norms
and political realities through
theatre, music, and dance. (2006)
Creating
Opportunities to Honor Veterans:
West Genesee HS students with local
glass artist and veteran Jerome R.
Durr create a stained glass window
for the Syracuse Veterans Administration
Medical Center. (2005)
Japanese
Culture and Art: Montessori
students learn about
the Japanese arts of origami, calligraphy,
flower arranging, garden design,
aesthetic food presentation, and
meditation as part of the year’s
continental focus on Asia. (2005)
Character
Builds Community: McGraw Elementary
students study literature, puppetry,
dance, music, masks, and mime with
storyteller and puppeteer Regi Carpenter
to create written pieces and stage
puppet performances. (2005)
Local
Landscapes: Jordan-Elbridge
Middle School students work with
ceramic mosaic artist Ginger
Dunlap-Dietz to design and construct
a clay mural. (2004-05)
Let Freedom
Ring: Oswego HS 9th grade students
and approximately 35 senior level
music theory and art students with
poet Georgia Popoff (2003)
Superfudge
Through the Students’ Eyes:
Marathon CSD, Appleby Elementary 2nd
grade students in with dramatic artist
John Tomasello (2003)
Syracuse
University Early Education and Child
Care Center art$TART partnership: with
musician David Etse Nyadedzar (power
point virtual, 2.4mb) (2003)
Mosaic &
Character Education: Liverpool
CSD, Nate Perry Elementary 5th grade
students & Ginger Dunlap-Dietz,
ceramic artist (2002)
Onondaga
Hill Middle School: with ceramic
artist Ginger Dunlap Dietz (2002)
Performance
& Multi-Age Learning: 1000
Islands School District, Guardino
Elementary 3rd & 4th graders with
Sondra and John Bromka of Bells and
Motley Olden Music and Storytelling
(2002)
Reflecting
through the Arts: Jowonio Pre-K
& Barbara Furlong, ceramist
(2001)
Multidisciplinary
Strategies: Liverpool CSD
Morgan Rd. Elementary 3rd grade &
Juan Cruz visual artist, Lauren Unbekant
actress, CNY Institute for Aesthetic
Education. (2001)
Community
Building with Large Groups:
Syracuse SCD, Franklin Arts Magnet
& Aduke Watts Branch, visual artist/dollmaker
(2001)
Professional
Artists & Student Expressions:
Syracuse SCD, Henninger HS &
Everson Museum photographs,
Mark Alice Durant photographer
(2001)
School
Arts Partnership (SAP)
Funded Programs:
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on the title for more information
on any of these successful
partnerships.
“Service
Learning: Curriculum Links
to Community Service”
An
interdisciplinary project connects
curriculum to the social issues
of hunger and homelessness in
the community through the creation
of a mosaic mural. (2007-08)
"Through
Our Eyes: Digital Photography
for Middle School Girls" uses
digital photography and personal
narrative as a tool for self-examination
and reflection. Students study
and practice photography, discuss
female self-images, and create
original monologues, culminating
in a gallery showing and scenes
from the monologues at the school’s
Spring Arts Fair. (2007-08)
"Digital
Story Workshop and Writing Extensions" Pre-K
- grade 1 students create
imaginative videos based on their
play, enhancing language
skills. They
reflect on the meaning of their
stories, create costumes and
props, and draw and write books
that complement these stories. (2007-08)
"Underage
Cabaret" 9 - 11th grade
students write, rehearse, and perform
dramatic productions that link
literary and personal life issues at
a neighborhood professional theater
using original material developed
in their ELA classes. (2007-08)
"Making
Books Sing at PS 39" Students
read Monica Gunning's A Shelter
in our Car, and use theater
activities to explore the characters. Then,
each class uses a different book
as a basis for drama games and
creative play that build literacy
skills. (2006-07)
"Reading
and Writing under the Ancient Night
Skies" Using
mythological stories about the
constellations and empirical data
about the stars, students explore
both expository and creative writing
processes. Original theatre productions
are part of a day-long community
celebration. (2006-07)
"Chinese
Children's Folk Song/Dance/Art
in Language Class" Students
reinforce their Chinese language
development through singing,
re-telling, and acting out Chinese
folk songs, playing Chinese games,
discussing (in Chinese) their
folksong-based Chinese brush
paintings, and performing Chinese
dances. This helps facilitate
communication between generations
and the transmission of culture. (2006-07)
"Playing
Around" After researching
historical and contemporary games,
students create games that are
inspired by ancient civilizations.
The project expands a peer mentoring
project and develops learning
resources created by the students.
(2006-07)
"Developing
Citizen Artists at PS/IS 111" After
seeing a fully staged version of Antigone,
students create new citizen-choruses,
integrate them into the play, and
perform them alongside professional
actors. As students adapt the plays
to their own lives, they explore
how their personal ethics and choices
might have civic consquences. (2006-07)
"Knowledge
Alive! The Struggle for Freedom
against Tyranny" Students at
Maplewood Intermediate learn about
the history of slavery in their
community through storytelling,
dramatic role play, creative writing
and drawing. (2006-07)
"Women
of the Past Moving Forward" The
Westport partnership connects students
with their sense of home and pride
of place in a rural community by
interpreting the life of a local,
nationally significant woman through
a different art forms, relating
her life experiences to their own.
(2006-07)
"Salvadori
On-Site" at JHS
131 Albert Einstein Science and
Technology Academy helped students
gain mastery of math and visual
arts concepts through projects
that involve 2-D architectural
drawing and 3-D model building. (2005-06)
“Shakespeare
Onstage and In the Classroom” at
Lakeland High School helped
students discover Shakespeare's
plays as three-dimensional dramatic
texts to be performed. Guided
by a teaching artist, they explore
the plays' language and stories
through voice, movement, and
acting.
(2005-06)
"Write
a Play!" at the Renaissance
Charter School motivated
students to reach inside
and write authentically.
All goals in writing, creativity,
and higher-order thinking
are met through incorporating
social studies themes into
a creative work of drama.
(2005-06)
“Spanish
as a Living Language” at
PS 24 included playmaking as
a way to draw English-speaking
students together with Spanish-proficient
ones to accomplish work together
in Spanish. They focused on
the standards for drama and
movement via exercises, plays,
improvisation and performance. (2005-06)
"Antigone
and The Oresteia" at
Martin Luther King Jr. High School
of Arts and Technology challenges
students to actively participate
in the public forum – first
by connecting to the big ideas
of these classic Greek plays,
then by expressing and articulating
their opinions. (2005-06)
"Becoming
a Classroom Community" at
Glen Head Elementary uses dance
and poetry to explore friendship,
conflict, trust and community.
(2005-06)
"Connections" at
Questar III uses the work of Calder
and Miro to explore science, math,
and social interaction, addressing
issues of interconnection and the
concept of community with special
education students by creating
mobiles, murals, and mandalas.
(2005-06)
"The
Art of Sailing" The South
Street Seaport Museum gives students
at the NYC Museum School hands-on
experience with navigation, cartography,
physics, architecture, design,
and visual arts on board historical
sailing vessels in New York Harbor.
(2004-05)
“Theatre
of Government” at The
Heritage School looks critically
at the constitution and its relevance
to our everyday lives. Students
create an original play based
upon historical and current issues
relating to the constitution
(2004-05)
"The
Art of Liberty" at P.S.
99Q Kew Gardens engaged students
and teachers in producing five
large murals and four adjacent
smaller murals throughout PS
99 reflecting events and aspects
of US History. (2004-05)
Mt.
Morris Middle School's "Strong
as Steel" uses a steel
drum ensemble to integrate the
Arts into core curricula in Social
Studies, Math, Science and English.
(2003-4) |
