Old School/New School Art, June 2016 Elementary teachers explored both old and new forms of art making in SUU’s 2016 summer artsFUSION workshop titled, Old School/ New School Art. On the first day teachers learned how to use detail to tell a story with simple illustrations, experimented with hand drawn letter forms, used spray paint to explore the idea of graffiti, from cave painting to the present, and made paper cut out illustrations to demonstrate science concepts. On the second day they added technology to each projects. They digitized their hand drawn letterforms and illustrations using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. They added QR codes to their spray painted projects, and they used their paper cut outs to create stop motion videos. PARTICIPANTS: 15 TEACHERS, 1 PRINCIPAL, 5 ART SPECIALISTS
artsFUSION Art and Music Camp The theme for this year’s artsFUSION Art and Music Camp was Community. The songs and projects were planned by professional art educators Debra Davis and Melanie Baker. These teachers partnered with SUU preservice teachers Emily Piep and Kara Syrett to teach two sessions of camp to 120 children. Together they made glass mosaics depicting the landscapes of their homes, they created symbols to represent aspects of their communities and made their own spray painted drums. They sang songs about Utah, Native Americans, community roles and responsibiliites, and about about working together for the greater good. On the final day of camp the children held an art show and performed for their parents, families, and friends in SUU’s Great Hall. PARTICIPANTS: 2 TEACHERS, 3 SUU STUDENTS, 120 CHILDREN
STEAM Festival In February SUU, the Iron County School District and the Orchestra of Southern Utah hosted Southern Utah’s first STEAM festival. Hundreds of children, families, and elementary teachers attended the two day festival. SUU students in ELED 4000 participated in festival by teaching the Paper Circuits project to over 500 children.
Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program This year we were privileged to provide support to fourteen BTSALP teachers in six school districts. We offered formal and informal professional learning opportunities through the artsFUSION workshops, state arts conferences, participating in professional learning communities and one on one coaching. Participating counties: Iron, Beaver, Wayne, Garfield, Piute, Sevier
ArtsBridge – Teaching Artists Training Program This program enables university education students to participate in a Teaching Artist Practicum class whereby SUU students are immersed in the community to provide instruction for local schools in disciplines including general and digital arts, dance, drama, and music. The program supports collaboration between SUU and the Iron County School District. SUU students admitted to the program must commit twenty-five contact teaching hours with their assigned Iron County class, and they are required to meet weekly with their ArtsBridge advisor. The ultimate objective is for the SUU students to complete a final exhibit or performance in conjunction with their class. Three SUU performing arts students students served in the ArtsBridge Program. Together they tallied over 120 hours planning and teaching integrated dance and theatre lessons.
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