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Resource Guide with You Resource 2018-19 Guide Affiliated with the nationalYoung Audiences Arts for Learning network LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, Welcome Back! We are so pleased to share the 2018-2019 Resource Guide with you. In it you will find samples of arts programs that will bring your classroom lessons to life, meet high academic content standards, and inspire your students to learn. All our programs foster curiosity and encourage children to think creatively and develop a love for learning, contributing to an environment that is fun and motivating! Our staff and professional teaching artists are committed to partnering with you to help you meet your goals in the core subjects and the arts. For the last 65 years, the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning (formerly Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio) has served Continuing this year, CAL teaching artists will be presenting programming in our nearly 7 million students in 18 counties through arts education, home location on Magnolia Drive in University Circle with STEAM Saturdays, and has reached even more through our advocacy efforts, professional development, and community programs. Last year Maker Space activities, and afterschool art clubs. New this year will be even more alone, we engaged students in more than 6,000 programs. arts opportunities for children and families on East 105th Street! Beginning in late October, there will be exciting arts workshops and performances designed to expand It is our mission to ignite student learning, creativity, and success arts learning for youth in our community. Be sure to sign up on our website for our through the arts. newsletter to get the latest information about these exciting opportunities. We effectively create innovative learning experiences—closing Think creatively as you browse through our Resource Guide and website. We are learning gaps, teaching creative thinking and problem solving, and helping students succeed in school, in their first jobs, and committed to helping you provide the best educational opportunities for young beyond. We work with more than 100 professional teaching people to ignite student learning, creativity, and success through the arts! artists—experts in their fields—to tie to curricular connections and socio-emotional themes, helping children in grades Pre-K-12 Here’s to an inspiring year! learn through and with the arts. Marsha Dobrzynski Executive Director 2018-19 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COUNCIL CAL COLLECTIVE STAFF Dustin Dow, Chair Bob Perkins, Chair Kelsey Richardson, Chair Marsha Dobrzynski, Executive Director Drew Odum, Vice Chair Allyse Corbin, Engagement Co-Chair Javae Brown, Resident Teaching Artist Christine Snyder, Chair, Development Anne Ginn Annette Sutherland Michelle Nguyen, Engagement Co-Chair Taylor Herber, Programs Associate Dan Lindsay, Chair, Marketing Walter Ginn Thomas C. Stevens Aditi Garg, Fundraising Chair Matt Hrubey, Director of Grants Jonathan A. Watts, Treasurer Barbara Gordon Stan Weiner Emily Knight, Events Chair Carly Kallicragas, Education Manager Sonya Virant, Secretary David Herbruck Suzanne Westlake Janet Katzin, Development Associate Jane Horvitz Doug Bailey Yazmin Maldonado Patti Keener, Director of Finance Michael Bowen Jennifer Klie Carrie Rosko Michael Horvitz Magnolia Deuell Julia Miller Katie McCullough, Marketing Manager G. Paul Cox David Percy Jeanne Shatten Deborah Ratner Samantha Eastman Chrysah Pederson Emma Parker, Artistic Manager Sara Edwards Michelle Perez Sean Wenger Barbara Robinson Melissa Gutschmidt David Rodriguez Caitlin Reilly, Community Outreach Manager Stacy Johnson Marques Richeson Katherine Solender Lawrence Hudson Jake Scholl David Schiopota, Director of Programs Kate Kraus Karey Werner Megan Thompson, Special Projects Manager Deanna Langer Teng Yang Ryan Upp, Resident Teaching Artist Jennifer Lastic Amy Vavra, Director of Individual and Corporate Giving What is arts integration? Arts integration is an approach to teaching that integrates arts. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts integration research has proven increases in: the fine and performing arts into core subjects as primary Arts defines arts integration as “an approach to » ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT pathways to learning. Arts integration blends both the arts teaching in which students construct and demonstrate » SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT discipline and a traditional subject as part of learning. understanding through an art form. Students engage The goal of arts integration is to increase knowledge of a in a creative process which connects an art form and » COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT general subject area while concurrently fostering a greater another subject and meets evolving objectives.” for children of all ages. understanding and appreciation of the fine and performing TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 PRE-K 8 GRADES K-2 10 GRADES 3-5 12 GRADES 6-8 14 HIGH SCHOOL 16 PERFORMANCES 17 MURALS 18 OUT-OF-SCHOOL 19 ARTWORKS 20 STEAM SATURDAYS 21 NEA BIG READ 22 FAMILY ENGAGEMENT 23 EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 24 GRANT & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 25 PRICING GUIDE 26 MEET THE ARTISTS 4 O.H. Perry Elementary, 5 Pre-K students. The arts provide young learners a meaningful and engaging way to develop social, emotional, and motor skills while simultaneously fostering their physical and cognitive growth. Children build fluency, practice visualization, and develop reasoning skills when expressing their artistic vision. Early childhood programs are designed to nurture students’ imaginations and enrich early learning environments with creativity through developmentally PRE-K appropriate themes and activities. SAMPLE PROGRAMS Below is a small selection of programs offered at the Pre-K level. Visit arts-inspiredlearning.org for a full list of early childhood and PRE-K program titles and curricular connections. Don’t see the program you are looking for? Call our Education Team at 216.561.5005 to build a custom program. NEW! CALSPROUTS RECUERDO SER SIMPATICO: REMEMBER TO BE NICE! Artist: Various Art Form: Dance, Music, Digital Media Artist: Kulture Kids Art Form: Theater Grades: Pre-K Grades: Pre-K CALSprouts is the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning’s newest preschool multi-arts program. During Do your students forget to be nice to each other? In this Central American tale, a mean this important development stage children are investigative learners as they curiously navigate turtle learns the value of friendship. Students participate in Spanish language and song their world. Exploration of their ability to create, communicate and collaborate with others and learn about the animals, geography, and people of Costa Rica. through a variety of media occurs in every facet of their lives. CALSprouts captures this curiosity to spur children’s growth through artistic and academic experiences. Working closely with preschool EVERBLOOM educators, CALSprouts has been created to connect learning through the arts to kindergarten Artist: Kristen Cliffel Art Form: Visual Art readiness skills with a series of lessons and assessments that target the Ohio Department of Grades: Pre-K Education’s preschool assessment outcomes. In addition to our existing Dancing Sprouts program, CAL staff will pilot two new CALSprouts programs this year: Digital Sprouts and Musical Sprouts. Create a sculpture that is always in bloom! Using ceramic pots, wood and many enticing All CALSprouts programming includes web-based digital resources to engage teachers and embellishments, students get a hands-on experience building a small, mixed-media families in their children’s growth and education. sculpture. As a class, they discuss and analyze ratios, color, and shape while assembling a three-dimensional celebration of life and growth. FIT FUN FROLIC Artist: MorrisonDance Art Form: Dance MUSIC AND MOVEMENT Grades: Pre-K Artist: Cleveland Classical Art Form: Music Guitar Society Young children love to explore their bodies’ movements; toddlers and preschoolers love to bounce Grades: Pre-K and wiggle. Take advantage of their natural energy and direct it into a lifelong love of physical activity. Moving along to popular children’s songs, students refine gross motor skill development, Students learn to listen to rhythmic and tonal aspects of music and react as a group brain growth and experiment through physical activity. with predetermined physical gestures which are specifically indicative of either the time signature of the music, or a musical motive or mood. They are also encouraged to find their NEW! MOVE AND GROOVE own physical expression of motives and moods/emotions within various musical pieces. Artist: Alicia Hrubey Art Form: Music Grades: Pre-K DANCE MAN Artist: Tom Evert Art Form: Dance Join Miss Alicia in singing, playing instruments, and dancing while exploring numbers, colors, Grades: Pre-K Dancing Sprouts, the first of the CALSprouts programs for very young learners, is a creative movement- animals, body parts, sensory experiences and more! Lessons are structured around the Ohio Department of Education Pre-Kindergarten learning standards and can be tailored to meet the Explore the world of dance! Tom Evert performs a compelling assortment of short dances based program that engages students in physical, cognitive, and social emotional learning. Through fun, individual curricular needs of your classroom. Led by a Board Certified Music Therapist, lessons are that demonstrate dance as a form of expression. All children are invited to participate and interactive music and movement, children explore their world in a new way. Teachers
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