Fine Arts & Creativity Education

Inside this Issue: Volume I, Issue 6 February 2013 Celebrating the Arts 1

Kudos 1 Just in Time PD 2 How are you celebrating the arts?

Tech Tips 2 Youth Art Month (YAM) and If your community is planning in Our Schools Month (MIOSM) special events and activities to Arts Update 2 are highlighted through state-wide highlight these observances, please Creativity 2 annual observances in March. share through the Kudos site for Education Each observance helps direct our future newsletter consideration. community’s attention to the Check some of the ideas shared on Disciplinary 2 value of music and art as a com- page 3 to celebrate the Literacy prehensive part of every child’s education. arts in your school community. -Julie Dance Survey 2

Concert & Art 3 ―Kudos‖ Etiquette Congratulations to the participants of the 13th annual MIOSM 3 New London Show Choir Invitational held in February. YAM 3 Results

Arts Integration 4 HS of the Arts Vocal The Woodworth MS Con- Ryan Menninga, 10th From the Field 4 Jazz Ensemble performed at cert Choir of Fond du Lac Grade student at Memo- Visioneers 5 Choral Directors performed at the Wisconsin rial High School in Madi- State Convention. The ensem- Choral Directors State Con- son, wrote a Trombone State 6 Solo for the WSMA solo ble presented "Latin Portraits" vention in Milwaukee in contest last school year. Superintendent - an exposé of Afro-Latin jazz. January. The choir is under DPI Sites 6 The group is under the direction the direction of Margaret of Raymond Roberts. Bohn. Events 6

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The Jaquar Jazz Band Julie A. Palkowski, Ph.D. Fine Arts and Creativity and Big Mouth and the Education Consultant The Lincoln Middle School The West Bend High Power Tool Horns per- Email Address - Women’s Choir of Kenosha per- Schools Concert Choir per- [email protected] formed together for a formed at the Wisconsin Choral Office Phone Number - formed at the Wisconsin fundraiser for the 608-261-7494 Directors State Convention in Choral Directors State Con- Office Address - January. Choir Director, Rita Ashwaubenon High vention in Milwaukee in 125 South Webster St. Gentile, was recognized as this School Music Depart- P.O. Box 7841 January. The choir is under Madison, WI 53707-7841 year's recipient of the Young ment. The bands are Website - Chorale Director’s Award. Article the direction of Karen under the direction of http://cal.dpi.wi.gov/ Wysocky. cal_finearts-creativity Marc Jimos. Article Congratulations to the groups and individuals for their artistic accomplishments. P a g e 2 Just in Time – Professional Development

The Ancient Roots of Modern Theater - Gr. Can Frogs Dance? - Gr. 7; Lesson integrat- 8-12; Interactive site utilizing critical ing dance and science. thinking and reflection in theater. Video 28 min.; Resources Other video and inter- active education sites include: Annenberg Learner Arts Edge Multimedia From the Top Teaching Channel Wisconsin Media Lab Found Sound - Gr. 5-8; 9-12 - Lesson for Art: Capturing Nature- Gr. 3-5; 5 min. small groups to compose a ―found percus- video. Students apply their observation sion‖ piece. Video 12 min.; Lesson skills to create scenes from nature.

Tech Tips Arts Standards Creativity Education Check these sites for technology use The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards Here are a few online resources for your use. in the classroom. has released the conceptual framework for the Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity areas of dance, music, theatre, visual arts, and Education Teacher testimoni- media arts. A description of the team’s work is DPI Creativity Education website als of Technology available online at NCCAS. use in classroom Framework Release— video Online Tutorials - Conceptual Framework paper Tutorials for- Framework Matrix PowerPoint, Word, and Excel to name Professional Development - a few. Shin Tanaka- Paper Toys: Grades 6-12; The UnCommon Core: Japanese artist, graffiti writer, paper toy Teacher Tackle Box Educating the Whole Child in the 21st creator, designer creates one of a kind toys Links to sites for Century (Mar. 15 – Chicago Art Institute) out of paper. (3 minutes) arts areas. Disciplinary Literacy Sites

Here are activities If your district is interested in Dance Survey exploring the arts hosting a multi-district discipli- through literacy nary literacy arts session with tools - reading, writing, listening, Julie Palkowski, email or call: K-12 dance teachers are thinking critically, communicat- [email protected] encouraged to complete a ing, and performing. Check the 608-261-7494 survey to identify dance buttons for more examples. Thousand Words Project; DL Article– WAEA paper programming. NDEO’s Gr. 6-12. This website util- goal is to identify K-12 US Art & Theatre izes an art collection and schools with dance. For Design videos of artists & writers to more information, click on demonstrate the relationship this link: K12 Data Collec- Dance Music between writing and artistic tion Form process. Video 2 min.

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Concert and Art Exhibit Etiquette

We are coming upon a busy time of year. There are art exhibitions, festivals, concerts, and competitions, just to name a few opportunities for our young people. Here are some helpful websites that provide hints and strategies to help prepare our young artists, musicians, and audience members for these amazing artistic adventures. Stage Fright Management Concert Etiquette Gallery Etiquette Audience Member Instructional Video —video (4 min.)

Music in Our Schools Month

Check some of the ideas to celebrate music in your school.

Capitol Concerts – WMEA The Concert- NAfME resource What states did for MIOSM in 2011 Webinar MIOSM examples Daily Music Fact (available each day in March, NAfME Face book site.)

Public Service Announcements (PSA) for Music In Our Schools 60 second PSAs are available for use from music celebrities such as Harry Connick Jr., Boys II Men, Martina McBride, and Keith Lockhart to name a few. Wanna Play Music – Music advocacy site Just Play 2013; Video 1 minute PSA

Youth Art Month

Check some of the ideas to celebrate art in your school. Youth Art Month 2012 on the Play List – 6 minute video. A teacher and her students share their perspective on the value of art education.

WAEA- YAM information Wisconsin Youth Art Month Celebration WAEA website YAM State ideas YAM Exhibit Closing Ceremony – State Capitol Rotunda March 1, 2013, at 12pm

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Arts Integration offers offered examples of their Field,‖ however survey re- many possibilities in work with arts integra- spondent information was exploring the relation- tion. Classroom exam- anonymous. ships between the arts ples spanned from lan- and other content guage arts to social The examples highlight mul- areas. Through the DPI studies, with some ex- tiple ways arts integration Arts Integration Arts survey 135 out of amples in other content enhances and deepens stu- definition from 237 participants high- areas. A few respondent dent skills and knowledge. Kennedy Center lighted Arts Integration examples are shared Please continue to share as a top area of profes- within ―From the Field‖ your ideas through the site ―Arts Integration sional interest, tied with below. Normally contact ―From the Field‖ for future is an approach to technology use in the names and emails are newsletters. teaching in which arts. Respondents provided in ―From the students con- struct and dem- onstrate under- standing through an art form. Stu- From the Field

dents engage in a creative process Lesson Idea – Integrate Lesson Idea – Students Lesson Idea – which connects math tools to identify pro- investigate Day of Study a Georgia an art form and portions of large scale the Dead celebra- O'Keefe painting. another subject sculptures. tion within cultures The painting is the artist's area and meets Content areas – and create clay conception of what music evolving objec- visual arts, math skulls. might look like. tives in both.‖ Content areas – Content areas – visual Lesson Idea – Compose social studies, visual arts arts, music Arts Integration music to literary works and Resources poems. Study the biogra- Lesson Idea – Lesson Idea – Students Revealing Character – phy of the writers. Students identify learn background and sing Art and language arts Content areas – reactions for: folk songs from example. Annenberg music, literature, soldering of various cultures. series. 28 min. video language arts metal and glazes for ce- Content areas – and resources. ramics works. Social studies, music Content areas – chemis- try, visual arts Lesson Idea – Students Lesson Idea – Create create a plan for a wheel- weavings based on Native Lesson Idea – Explore chair accessible building. American traditions. historical con- Content areas – Content areas Making Connections – text of songs. Architecture, visual – Social studies, Arts areas, social Content areas visual arts arts, math studies and language – music, history arts. Annenberg series. 28 min. video with resources. Arts Integration survey examples were submitted in September 2012 by Wisconsin arts educators survey respondents.

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From the Field

Title– Winter Arts Festival Shared by Bob Smith of the New London School District Description– This festival features student work and art demonstra- tions. A ―Bottomless Bowl‖ dinner and sale of the student created bowls Here are tips are part of the events. The High School music department, forensics team, and Middle School Jazz Band performs at the festival. and lesson ideas from Wis- consin Arts Title– Song Interpretation Project Click for— Lesson; Rubric Teachers. Feel Shared by Lisa Winchel of Tomah School District free to email Description- The lesson plan encompasses music, art, and reflective writing. The project each person if benefits the student to create individualized artwork conceptualized from the feeling or you have addi- words of a song. The learner builds skills in creative thinking and composition. Two student art examples with an excerpt of their reflection are provided below. tional questions Song– Pray (music by Justin Song– Little Lady (music by Ed about the ideas. Beiber) Sheeran) If you would like Excerpts from artist– ―One of my Excerpts from artist- ―My heart aches favorite verses is ―I close my eyes for the young girl the song is to share a strat- and I pray for the broken-hearted, I about….the hand symbolizes control pray for the life not started, I pray egy for future over our lives… Art is something I love for the things not breathing… this with all my heart and it was super cool newsletters, project symbolizes a broken heart to merge two different forms of ex- being given to the Lord or whatever please go online pressions: drawing and music. ― and complete religious god they have.‖ ― the ―From the Field‖ idea form. Title– Google+ Events & Digital Photography Shared by Vincent Kuepper of Westosha School District Description- We are using social media to engage students with content, resources and Title- Teaching each other. An event is a common place to post specific topic content & images to a shared Anatowind Curriculum album. We engage in conversation & critique using the comments & +1 features. Check out Shared by Tom Burt an example: Course posts ; Events page of Medford School District Description— Anatowind is a regis- tered wind strategy and is accepted in the academic community. It uses tested meth- ods that help stu- dents perform better. The strobe is used to The Visioneer Design Challenge is a statewide program in the design arts define tone. that fosters creativity, community involvement, civic and environmental re- Founder- sponsibility, empathy, meaningful cross curricular learning and collaboration, Joe Simmons inter- heightened visual awareness, esthetic organization and judgment. Global views environmental challenges are the theme for this year’s program. Students work to solve a long-term th Part 1; Part 2 challenge in one of eleven areas of design. Learn more about the UW Milwaukee event on April 26 , where students work with designers in the field. For more information about Visioneers, check the sites below. Visioneer Design Challenge Brochure Visioneer WAEA Site Wisconsin page ; Creativity Challenge – Video

Fine Arts & Creativity Education Contact Information

Julie A. Palkowski, Ph.D.

Fine Arts and Creativity Education Consultant

Email Address - [email protected] Follow Us Office Phone Number -

608-261-7494 Arts Education in Wisconsin Office Address -

125 South Webster St. Creativity Education and Research P.O. Box 7841

Madison, WI 53707-7841 Inclusive Arts Education Website -

http://cal.dpi.wi.gov/cal_finearts-creativity Music Education and Research

State Superintendent News Events

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction updates are pro- Events highlighting arts and creativity are mentioned below. vided online. Highlights recently posted include: DPI Arts Education Sessions DPI Site - latest news and links Madison Area - February 21, 2013, 4-5:30pm Agenda 2017: Every Child a Graduate, College and Career Ready RSVP by February 14, 2013, by 4pm. DPI ConnectEd arts articles- LaCrosse Area– March 8, 2013, 8-11am Music and Art Highlighted in March Disciplinary Literacy Arts Session — Details TBA Musical Visits Motivate Students in Howard-Suamico Winter Arts Festival - New London, Feb. 23-24; 1-4 pm Arts Summit; Arts & Humanities Month WPT airs State Honors Concerts on February 24 (Milw.) at 3 pm and February 25 (other areas of WI) at 8 pm YAM Exhibit Closing Ceremony - State Capitol, Madison March 1, 2013, at 12pm DPI Fine Arts Sites SunWise Poster Contest – Deadline April 1, 2013 WMEA Capitol Concerts - State Capitol, Madison The DPI sites below continue to be shaped. Please share your March 5 - April 12, 2013 suggestions of content that would be most helpful to your work Launch Pad April/May Events supporting arts and creativity in the classroom. UW-Stevens Point Dance - Danstage 2013 Creativity April 12-14 & 17-20 at 7:30 pm; April 14 at 2 pm Fine Arts and Creativity Education Grammy’s Music Educator Award – Nominations accepted Fine Arts Pedagogy by April15, 2013. Professional Arts Organizations Visioneers Challenge - April 26, 2013, at UW-Milwaukee Issue Papers/Resources WMEA Listening Project State Festival, Waunakee, Teacher Licensure - fine arts May 11, 2013 Wisconsin Academic Standards poster VSA Wisconsin Call for Art Art and Design Music VSA Wisconsin Events Dance Theatre VSA Playwright Discovery Contest

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