RESIDENCIES

YAC’s Artist Residency Program is the result of a creative partnership between educators, artists and YAC staff. We designed a sequential learning experience in the arts that supports your school curriculum and social development objectives. The residency program offers students an opportunity for in-depth learning in, about and through the arts with talented and experienced artist educators. Students exercise critical thinking skills through the language of the arts and explore curricular concepts through multiple learning pathways. The arts empower students! Through sequential learning and opportunities for successful exploration in the arts, students develop, refine and select ideas and see them take shape. They expand their tools for learning and for communicating their knowledge and ideas.

RESIDENCY COMPONENTS

A. PLANNING TIME: Artists include up to 2 hours of planning with a school team. We suggest your team consist of: classroom teacher(s), administrator, arts discipline teacher(s), other support staff as needed, and parent(s). We require that someone from the school staff (perhaps in partnership with a parent) act as the residency coordinator.

B. PERFORMANCE OF DEMONSTRATION: Through performance or demonstration by the artist, children have the opportunity to see the artist’s own work, his/her passion for the work and understand what is possible.

C. EXPLORATION IN THE ARTS: Students will receive repeated classroom instruction over an extended period of time.

D. CULMINATION: An important aspect of the learning process is time to reflect on the experience and articulate the process through the language of the arts. Residencies may result in a final student presentation, literary piece or art exhibit. Residencies may culminate in an “informance” or less formal share of activities and process, or achieve closure through more intimate classroom sharing experiences.

E. EVALUATION: School participants and artist will have an opportunity to “debrief” after the residency to exchange constructive feedback.

SAMPLE RESIDENCIES

Culture of India-Racha Agrawal, Dance and Visual Art of India

Adam Battelstein-Dance a Story

Arenski Trio-Classical Music

Blue Jupiter-Vocal Music Residency

Eshu Bumpus-Story Development

Colin Coots-Visual Art

CT Opera-Make An Opera

Brian Gillie-Dance Dance Dance

Ginga Brasileira-Dances of Brazil

Sarah Haskell-Weaving

Art Spot-Visual Art Projects

Eileen Dulen Jennings-Mutli-Disciplinary

Mike Kachuba-Songwriting

Tom Lee-Story Development through Visualization

Claudia Matthison-Colonial America

Mikata-High School Radio Show and Mad Hot Salsa

Judith Mortensen-Masks, Collages and Movement

Motoko-Story Development

Anne Pasquale-Living History

Poko Puppets-Puppet Making and Manipulation

Susan Rosano-Banner and Oil Drum Art

Sankofa Kuumba-African Drumming and Dance

Sirius Coyote-Postcards from Latin America and Instrument Making

Ernie Sites-Cowboy Poetry

Cyd Slotoroff-Creating Community

Dennis Waring-Instrument Making

Candace Wolf-Story Development