Category: In the Classroom
Merging media art and history, one photo at a time
What do you get when you combine a media arts program with a history class? One pretty unique, integrated residency! Working alongside history teacher Erick Taft, teaching artist Samantha Hill …
Sea Creatures Thrive in Back of the Yards
This post features teaching artist Maia Morgan’s 2nd grade class at Sherman School of Excellence. During this literary/theater residency, students read ocean poetry and wrote their own “Ocean Lullaby”, below. …
Stevenson School – from the student perspective!
We post thousands of pictures featuring students creating art, but it’s a special treat when we can show you photos actually taken BY students. Below, digital photography by Alejandra, a …
One teaching artist, one HUGE residency!
Karen Light and her students at Woodson Charter School have had a busy, rewarding year; starting last August and ending in June, Karen worked with approximately four hundred 6th through …
Musings of a Dance Teaching Artist
Remember Kim Schomburg? We recently posted this about the awesome spectrum of her dance residencies in Chicago schools, which cover everything from hip hop to ballet. She shared with us …
Imagining Main Street in South Chicago: Check out student interviews!
Hailee Moore contributed to this story. “I learned that everybody can help improve [this community] in their own way.” –Nicholas, 16, Imagine Main Street student Two weeks ago, intern Carrie …
Literary and visual arts: a dynamic duo at Glen Flora Elementary
What’s better than a poetry book? A poetry book with pictures, of course! Fourth and fifth graders at Glen Flora Elementary showed off their skills in the written AND visual …
The Transformation of Summer School
Summer school is changing its image from a rigorous exercise in catch-up for under performing students to an enriching experience for kids at every level of success. This great article …
Caldwell & Buckingham don’t just THINK they can dance – they know it!
Two residencies, two genres of dance, one teaching artist: Kim Schomburg has been busy the past several months teaching students at Caldwell Elementary School and Buckingham Special Education Center how …
Moves & Grooves at Whittier – check out music/dance video!
It’s no secret that rhythmic talent abounds at one of our awesome community schools, Whittier Elementary on the Lower West Side, and this video definitely proves it! Students there got …