Cynnie Gaasch

Art from Architecture

This residency is tailored to each school’s environment. Students will draw, cut and/or paint elements of their building and the surrounding neighborhood. Students will learn the terminology and tools of architecture through observations of the world around them.

Grades: 3-12

Quilting

Students incorporate age appropriate techniques in drawing, painting, cutting, stamping, photo transfer, and design to collaboratively construct a quilt in this three to six visit residency.  Curriculum based quilts focusing on history, phonics or earth science can be developed through the workshops.  Smaller self-portrait or city-portrait quilts can be made by individuals or in small groups.

Grades: K-12

Art Criticism

This unusual residency provides an introduction to the world of careers which support the arts. Gaasch crosses disciplines, and this residency will work for students majoring in any art form, general studies, or journalism. A daunting task, communicating with words about the arts builds confidence in beginning students and challenges even the most talented students. This residency works best when at least one performance or trip to an art gallery is incorporated. A longer term residencey allows students to produce a Journal of Art Criticism.

Grades: 7-12

Mural Project

Students will work with the artist to create a scene to paint for this temporary or permanent mural.  Painting in teams, students become the artists and watch their work unfold larger than life in this wonderfully public forum for creativity.  Murals can focus on neighborhoods, heroes or the environment. 

Grades: 3-12
Fee: Call office for details
Limit: 30 students per workshop

More programs by this artist: Visual Arts

Moving Miracles

Sculpting Your Inner Artist

Create your own success story through the essential ingredients of the fine arts of dance and music. Create the positive image you are proud to share with the world.  Students will study accomplished musicians, dancers & artists with disabilities and people of  inspiration throughout  history who have triumphed in the face of adversity.  Students will participate in a productive dialogue about living with a disability, juxtaposed with discussions on the every day challenges of adolescence.  Students are encouraged to develop responsibility to self, family, friends, and their future in their community.  Non-verbal repertoire is explored through a series of movement phrases supported by rhythm, music, poetry and drawing.  This ground breaking immersion for special needs students promises empowerment of the inner artist for each participant.

This workshop is also available as a multi-session residency with a final showcase. Planning is an essential component.

Grades: All ages
Artist: Sheila Dollas and company dancers
Limit: 8-10 atudents
Call office for details

More programs by this artist: Theater & Dance

The McClure Artist Guild

World Music Residencies & Workshops

McClure Artist Guild’s residencies offer students a hands-on, intensive experience of music and storytelling from any of their assembly presentations - tailored to your school!  The artists offer extensive experience in integrating the arts into existing school curricula through careful planning with teachers, administrators and community scholars.   Residencies culminate in a performance for the entire community.  The artists can also coordinate with all-county festivals and regular concerts, offering world music performance with students in these venues.  These residencies create a unique arts experience that strengthens cognitive and expressive skills and fosters increased respect for diverse people and cultures.  Residencies are open to all students, last from one to ten days, and can involve either one or two Guild artists.  The residencies are designed to fulfill the requirements of the NYS Standards for the Arts.

Here are some of the most popular residency topics:

• Galileo’s Universe
• The Rainforest
• The Erie Canal
• The Steel Drum Band
• Composing Music with Children
• Cosmic Gumbo Café
• The Science of Sound
• The Language of Music and Music of Language
• West African Drumming
• Recycling and the Great Garbage Concert

Artist: McClure Artist Guild
Fee: Call office for details
Grades: K-12
Limit: 30 students per workshop

More programs by this artist: Music & Family & Community

Maggie Parks

Murals -Working Together

All programs listed can be adopted for special needs populations.
Throughout history murals have been created to share community pride and cultural expression.  A mural tells stories about people, culture, history, tradition and community values.  Creating murals is an exceptional way for students to learn to work together as a group to create a community project.  In these workshops students will be given an introduction to the history of mural making with reference to community murals, mural artists, and materials.  Students will work together as a group to develop a mural that reflects their chosen themes, symbolism and community expression.  Workshops can be adapted to meet specific program needs.  Murals can be created on paper or a more permanent surface.

Grades: 3-12
Fee: Call office for details
Limit: 30 students

Every Story Tells a Thousand Pictures

Did you ever hear a story or a tale someone is sharing with you and a thousand pictures come to mind?  Sharing stories is a way to spark your own imagination.  In these workshops students will be encouraged to share their own tales real or imagined.  The instructor will encourage visual brainstorming to have students create one of a kind Story Books or boards using their own inspired stories.  Students will use collage, paint and various mixed media to create their own individual works.  Workshops can be designed to meet specific program needs.

Grades: 3-12
Minimum of 3 sessions
Fee: Call office for details
Limit: 30 students

Common Visions and Voices

In various cultures around the world individuals use unique materials, symbolism, and motifs to creatively express themselves.  Art can be visual storytelling crossing all cultural borders as a universal way to communicate.  In these workshops students will be given an intorduction to chosen cultures and their historical use of materials.  We will explore using Chinese watercolor, African fabric painting, Native American patterns and more.  Workshops can be designed to meet specific program needs.

Grades: 5-12
Minimum of 3 sessions
Fee: Call office for details
Limit: 30 students

Susan Peters

Poetry and Percussion

This highly interactive residency emphasizes the rhythmic aspect of poetry by combining poetry with drumming.  Poet and percussionist Susan Peters leads students through a series of activities that focus students’ attention on the form and structure of rhythm and rhyme in poetry.  Activities include using percussion instruments and hand-clapping to accompany group performances of poems as well as explorations of rhyming techniques that culminate in the creation of original poems.

Grades: 2-6

One World, Many Nations

Students gain a sense of American pride by learning patriotic songs, including the Star-Spangled Banner, within the historical context of each anthem’s creation.  Global tolerance is nurtured as students learn a Puerto Rican dance game, a chant from Ghana, an Oriental planting song, and other multi-cultural tidbits, including the Canadian national anthem. Percussion instruments, American swing music, and original poetry round out these sessions, particularly suited to outdoor venues.

Grades: 6-8

Rudimental Percussion

Students participating in these workshops learn some of the elements of parade drumming, popularized in the movie Drumline. Because it takes focus and discipline to be a     successful drumming ensemble, students learn control and commitment. Also included are exercises in poetry & percussion, with poems rich in lessons for life. A minimum of twelve workshops per class is recommended.

Grades: 5-12
Fee: Call office for details (plus drum rental fee)
Limit: 30 students per workshop

More programs by this artist: Literary Arts

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