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
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
New Haven Symphony Orchestra-Music and Meditation
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
Young Audiences Arts for Learning Connecticut: Our mission is to integrate the arts into the lives of children in educational and community settings. Our vision for Connecticut is that all children realize their potential through the arts; that the arts are valued for their ability to improve our schools and communities; that, by participation in the arts, children come to understand and value themselves, their neighbors, and the world cultures they share.
We are an Affiliate of VSA an international nonprofit organization that is creating a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts.
We offer educational classroom workshops, school cultural programs, school arts programs, assembly programs, arts integration programs, artist in residence programs – bringing theater, music, drama, puppetry, visual arts, storytelling, drawing, painting, history and cultural arts to the classroom.