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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2009, St. John's, NL – A record number of ArtsSmarts projects will take place in schools across Newfoundland and Labrador thanks to a $60,000 funding increase from the provincial government. Thirty-six projects have been awarded grants for the 2009-2010 school year – 10 more than last year.
ArtsSmarts provides funding to schools to bring professional artists into the classroom to help teachers and students integrate arts activities into non-arts subject areas. For example, this year, students, teachers and artists are exploring Newfoundland and Labrador culture through songwriting; animal lifecycles through sculpture; and mathematical patterns through hip hop dance.
The program is administered in this province by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC) and is funded through the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Cultural Connections Strategy - a unique partnership between the Department of Education and the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. Cultural Connections seeks to increase the presence of cultural content in the school curriculum and foster links between the arts and school communities.
ArtsSmarts encourages students to develop intellectual skills through active participation in the arts. It engages young people in artistic activity and nurtures creative thinking. It fosters an understanding and appreciation for the arts, inspiring the art supporters and practitioners of tomorrow.
“It gives us great satisfaction to be able to deliver this popular and rewarding program to even more schools throughout the province,” says Reg Winsor, executive director of the NLAC.
Since 1998, ArtsSmarts has awarded $1,116,335 to schools throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. This funding increase raises the ArtsSmarts annual budget to $150,000.
Media enquiries:
Janet McDonald
Communications Officer
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Tel: (709) 726-2212
Toll Free: 1(866) 726-2212 (NL only)
jmcdonald@nf.aibn.com
ArtsSmarts Projects 2009-2010
36 projects
$150,000 total awarded
ST. JOHN’S, MOUNT PEARL AND ENVIRONS
Beachy Cove Elementary
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
$5,500
October 30, 2009 to April 30, 2010
Love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books
Visual artist Anita Singh will work with 610 students in grades K-6 and 25 teachers. All students in the school will create their own handmade books. These books will demonstrate the children’s learning in a wide variety of areas of the curriculum including science, language arts, health, and social studies.
Bishop Feild School
St. John's
$4,500
October 15, 2009 to January 15, 2010
An Abridged History of Bishop Feild School
Theatre artists Katie Baggs, Jeff Baggs, and Karyn Dwyer will work with 40 grade 6 students and 2 teachers. This project coincides with the upcoming 165th anniversary of Bishop Feild School. Through the project, students will research the history of their school and identify key moments they wish to dramatize. These moments will then be written into scripts to form a play. Finally, students will present a full production of their play including costumes, sets, and props. The project will meet curriculum objectives in language arts and social studies in both French and English.
Cowan Heights Elementary
St. John's
$2,945
January 18 to February 9, 2010
Newfoundland Song Writing and Recording
Musician Ray Lake will work with 50 Grade 4 students and 3 teachers. As part of their social studies classes, students will write their own songs exploring traditional life in Newfoundland and Labrador. The class will select one song to be arranged and sung by the whole class and recorded onto a CD to share with parents and the public.
Frank Roberts Junior High
Conception Bay South
$4,806
November 16, 2009 to March 31, 2010
Traditional Dance: A Window to Our Past
Dancer Shawn Silver will work with 183 grade 8 students and 8 teachers to learn a traditional Irish Dance that will be performed at a Newfoundland Culture Night as part of the social studies curriculum. This night will showcase traditional Newfoundland food, music and dance as well as student-designed heritage projects.
Goulds Elementary
St. John's
$3,500
October 31, 2009 to May 1, 2010
Exploring Our Living Environment
Visual artists Susan Furneaux and Pat Ryan will work with 185 students in grades 2 and 5, and 9 teachers. Susan Furneaux will work with grade 2 to explore animal life cycles and classifications by creating two dimensional sculptures in felt. Pat Ryan will lead grade 5 students through an exploration of local weather and water cycles through the medium of watercolour. Both projects focus on science themes and develop an appreciation of animals, the environment, and the effect weather has on them.
Holy Trinity Elementary
Torbay
$4,759
September 9, 2009 to May 10, 2010
Torbay, Preserving our Heritage
Visual artists Isabella St. John, Bonnie Johnstone and Sheilagh O'Leary will work with 270 students in Kindergarten, grades 3 and 4, and 12 teachers. Kindergarten students will explore aspects of health and science by creating ceramic plates and food with Iabella St. John. Grade 3s will create a photo documentary of the final year of the current Holy Trinity Elementary building with Sheilagh O’Leary in their language arts and social studies classes. Grade 4s will explore local methods of farming through felting with Bonnie Johnstone.
Lakecrest Independent School
St. John's
$3,540
October 15 to December 15, 2009
Physical Skills Through Circus Arts
Wonderbolt Circus will work with 50 students in grades 7-9 and 4 teachers to explore physical education through circus skills including juggling, clown, unicycling, and acrobatics.
Larkhall Academy
St. John's
$5,500
September 20, 2009 to March 20, 2010
Motif-vation II - Patterns in the Manmade World
Artists Pam Pittman, Isabella St. John, Catherine Wright, Laurie Dempster, Julie Whelan, Bill Brennan, and Roger Maunder will work with 175 students in grades 2, 4 and 6, and 7 teachers. Motif-vation II is a study of mathematical patterns as they occur in the man-made world. One class of grade 2 students will create bas relief sculptures in clay; another will explore hip hop dancing; and a third printmaking. A class of grade 4 students will create patterns in stitch work and weaving, while another explores animation. One class of grade 6 students will explore the rhythms of African drumming, and the other will explore documentary filmmaking. All projects connect to the math curriculum and the structure of manmade patterns.
MacDonald Drive Junior High
St. John's
$4,440
October 15 to December 15, 2009
Past Meets Present: MacDonald Drive Junior High Brings Newfoundland History to Life
Theatre artist Chuck Herriott will work with 200 grade 8 students and 6 teachers to research, write, design set and costumes, produce, and perform an original play by the students exploring aspects of pre- and post-confederation Newfoundland. The project will be part of the junior high language arts program.
Macpherson Elementary School
St. John's
$4,000
October 1, 2009 to April 1, 2010
Preserving Our World
Storyteller Mary Fearon, theatre artist Chuck Herriott, and dancer Shawn Silver will work with 135 students in grades K-6 and 10 teachers. Kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 will explore storytelling through fairy tales, fables, children’s poetry, and nursery rhymes. They will then create their own stories which they will present to parents and other students. Grades 3 and 4 will explore theatre as they write and perform scenes from a novel they are studying. Grades 5 and 6 will explore Irish dance and its connection to dance in Newfoundland and Labrador. The project seeks to help make children more aware and accepting of the many diverse cultures and traditions that make up our world.
Mary Queen of Peace School
St. John's
$5,297
September 10 to December 10, 2009
Healthy and Active Living illustrated in Art
Visual artists Wanita Bates and Helen Gregory will work with 728 students in grades K-6 and 35 teachers. Students will paint the gym walls and entrance area with pictures promoting healthy and active living. This project meets health, physical education, language arts, and art outcomes.
Morris Academy
Mount Pearl
$1,200
January 5 to February 28, 2010
Journey of Life Continued
Dancer Catherine Wright will work with 63 grade 2 students and 3 teachers. Together they will embark on an historical journey of their school community through movement and dance. This project will connect to their social studies and language arts programs. The culminating activity will see students perform an interpretive movement and dance piece at an open house for former staff and alumni of the school.
St. Andrew's Elementary School
St. John's
$2,688
March 1 to April 15, 2010
Shutter Bugs
Dancer Lynn Panting and photographer Robert Young will work with 72 students in Kindergarten and grade 4, and 3 teachers. This is a collaborative project between Kindergarten students and their grade 4 reading buddies. As part of their science studies, Kindergartens will work with Lynn Panting to interpret the life cycle of a butterfly through movement. Grade 4s will explore light and photography with Robert Young, including techniques to take pinhole photographs. They will then photograph their Kindergarten reading buddies as they perform their butterfly dance. At the end of the project the Kindergartens will present their dance to parents, while the grade 4s show a slideshow of their photos. Each grade 4 student will also select one of their photos to be displayed in the school. This project connects to the language arts, science, technology, and art curricula.
St. Mary's Elementary School
St. John's
$5,500
October 1, 2009 to May 1, 2010
Weaving The Fabrics of Our Lives
This project involves 175 students in grades K-6 and 13 teachers. It integrates music, dance and visual art into various subjects of the school curriculum. Musician Darryl Power will work with each class to compose a song based on three chords. Students will then perform in a concert with parents from the school. The dance group East Rock Crew will explore hip hop and break dancing with all children in the school as part of their physical education program. Each class will also complete a visual art or theatre project: Kindergarten will explore weaving mats with Pearl Fifield; grade 1 will create handmade books with Tara Bryan; Grade 2 will explore scenes of Elizabethan drama and movement with Krista Hann and Catherine Wright; Grade 3 will create a quilt on Newfoundland culture with Sara Minty; grade 4 will create silk paintings of habitats with Catherine Wright; grade 5 will create felt pieces exploring weather with Susan Furneaux; and grade 6 will create masks exploring international cultures with Catherine Wright.
St. Teresa's School/Ecole Ste- Therese
St. John's
$5,500
October 1, 2009 to May 1, 2010
Exploring our Cultural Heritage
Visual artists Pat Ryan, Margaret Best, Vickie Walsh, and dancer Shawn Silver will work with 360 students in grades 1-5 and 15 teachers. In grade 1 science, Pat Ryan will work with students to explore the life cycle of butterflies in pastel and water colour. In grade 2 language arts, Margaret Best will work with students to create sketches and watercolours as part of their study of Robert Munch’s book Lighthouses. In grade 3 health, music and social studies, students will explore Irish Country Dancing with Shawn Silver. In grade 4 social studies, students will create hooked rugs with Vickie Walsh. And in grade 5 social studies Pat Ryan will work with students to create watercolours of traditional Newfoundland structures like flakes, rooms and salt box houses.
Topsail Elementary School
Conception Bay South
$5,500
April 1 to June 1, 2010
Living Things
Visual artist Pat Ryan will work with 465 students in Kindergarten to grade 4 and 22 teachers. Using watercolours and pastels, students will work with Ms. Ryan to create representations of living things as part of their language arts, science, and social studies classes. Projects will include: fish in Kindergarten; the butterfly life cycle in grade 1; a robin’s lifecycle in grade 2; plants in grade 3; and endangered animals in their habitats in grade 4.
Virginia Park School
St. John's
$4,610
October 1, 2009 to May 1, 2010
Living, Dancing Newfoundland Culture
Louise Moyes, Carol Black, Susan Furneaux, and Di Dabinett will work with 100 students in grades 4-6 and 6 teachers. Grade 4 students will work with visual artist Di Dabinett to explore seascapes and the parts of the ocean in a large mural. Grade 5 students will work with dancer Louise Moyes and visual artist-writer Carol Black to create a performance of movement and their own writings as they explore a scene from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and a traditional Innu tale. After studying cultural images from around the world, grade 6 will create a quilted wall hanging that expresses their ideas about Newfoundland and Labrador’s and Canada’s multicultural mosaic.
AVALON
Acreman Elementary
Green's Harbour
$4,126
October 10, 2009 to April 30, 2010
Exploring Our World…Reducing our Carbon Footprint
Visual artist Kelly McEntegart will work with 84 students in grades K-6 and 7 teachers. Each grade will explore creative ways to study the species most effected by global warming. Through drawing, painting and clay sculpture, Kindergarten students will explore local plants and animals and how they depend on each other. Grade 1 students will create a rhyming number book focusing on animals at risk. Grade 2 will create drawings and watercolour paintings of species at risk in their native habitat. Grade 3 will create 3D clay sculptures of animals at risk and display them in dioramas of their habitats. Grade 4 will use batik and fabric painting to create unique t-shirts of species at risk. Grades 5 and 6 will explore biodiversity by creating acrylic paintings of a variety of habitats and species that are endangered. When finished, the students will discuss the messages behind their creations and explore changes they can make in their own lifestyles to reduce their carbon footprint.
Roncalli Central High School
Avondale
$4,745
October 15, 2009 to April 15, 2010
Something Old and Something New
Visual artist Wanita Bates will work with 83 students in grades 7 and 8, and 5 teachers. Students will design and create a piece of artwork using photography of local places, people and objects embellished with painting, text, embroidery, or recycled and found items from the area. This exploration will allow students to visually tell the story of the place they live, who they are, and their place in the world as part of their social studies, language arts, and technology communications courses.
St. Anne's Academy
Dunville
$5,500
October 1, 2009 to April 1, 2010
Fitness Through Fancy Footwork
Dancer Shawn Silver will work with 199 students in grades K-9 and 15 teachers. This project will promote traditional culture, focus on healthy and active approaches to art and culture, and help broaden the perception of traditional dance and music for the students. The project will connect to the social studies and physical education programs.
Stella Maris Academy
Trepassey
$1,727
November 16-20, 2009
Sea Breezes
Visual artist Oh Young Luther will work with 35 students in grades K-7 and 5 teachers. They will create pastel drawings based on Newfoundland wildlife, and paintings of traditional salt box houses on rocks. The projects will link to the language arts, science and social studies curricula.
Tricon Elementary
Bay de Verde
$4,754
October 5 to December 11, 2009
Exploring our Cultures…On Deck and Below
Visual artist Kelly McEntegart will work with 105 students in grades K-6 and 10 teachers. Students will be actively involved in learning about their culture, traditions, and habitats and species of the Atlantic Ocean. Kindergarten students will create clay sculptures of sea creatures. Grade 1 will create clay sculptures of puffins that will be used to create a rhyming number book. Grade 2 will explore the biodiversity of the ocean by creating silk paintings of ocean habitats. Grade 3 will create acrylic paintings of seascapes and objects from traditional Newfoundland and Labrador life. Grade 4 will study the social dynamics of a traditional outport, then use found and recycled objects to create a three-dimensional model of an outport community. Grades 5 and 6 will create a mural exploring the inter-relationship between the biodiversity of ocean life and the people who live near it and depend on it for their survival. The mural will incorporate acrylic painting with techniques of decoupage and clay relief sculptures.
EASTERN
Fortune Bay Academy
St. Bernard’s
$2,771
October 26, 2009 to February 28, 2010
Wonderful Adventures with Eric Carle
Artist Harvey Klok will work with 20 Kindergarten and grade 1 students and 3 teachers. Together they will explore the unique style of Eric Carle who creates brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. Students will develop and act out scenes based on the books studied. The scenes will be photographed to create a slide show. In their art classes, students will also create class books that reflect the Eric Carle’s style. The project links to language arts, art and technology curricula.
Holy Name of Mary Academy
Lawn
$2,224
January 11-21, 2010
Hooked on History
Rug hooker Linda Low will work with 20 grade 8 and 9 students and 4 teachers. Students will learn the art of hooking mats as a means of representing the history of their community. The project will explore the curriculum areas of social studies and language arts.
Matthew Elementary School
Bonavista
$5,500
November 1, 2009 to May 1, 2010
Imagine It, Believe It, Create It-ART!
Visual artists Rosalind Ford and Jason Holley will work with 350 students in grades K-8 and 18 teachers. This school-wide project will have each grade level complete an artist-led activity with multiple curricular connections. The completed projects will then be prepared for display at an annual art show and will later be displayed in the school. Kindergarten will create clay sculptures of sea creatures. Grade 1 will create natural habitats in felt. Grade 2 will create felt butterflies. Grade 3 will make their own paper and use it to create sea creatures from prepared molds. Grade 4 will use fabric collage to create a book that tells a traditional Inuit story. Grade 5 will create their own felt from sheep wool, then dye and shape it to create a storyboard showcasing a significant event in local history. Grade 6 will create painted silk panels that explore African cultures. Grade 7 will create plaster masks painted to figuratively represent emotions. Grade 8 will create clay panels that form a story mosaic based on the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
Sacred Heart Academy
Marystown
$5,000
October 1, 2009 to April 1, 2010
Dancer-in-Residence Program: Irish Traditional Dance
Dancer Shawn Silver will work with 52 grade 4 students and 5 teachers. Students will move from the basic elements of dance to choreographing a routine. This project will address curriculum outcomes in social studies, physical education and music.
St. Mark's School
King's Cove
$5,000
January 18 to February 27, 2010
Planet Art
Visual artists Rosalind Ford and Jason Holley will work with 60 students in grades K-6 and 6 teachers to explore the physical and cultural aspects of our planet. Kindergarten will create clay sculptures of local wildlife. Grade 1 will explore wind patterns by making silk windsocks coloured with local natural dyes. Grade 3 will design and create their own models of a yurt. Grade 4 will create a quilted picture book of their own based on the book Meiko and the Fifth Treasure. Grade 5 will use felt to create various skyscapes demonstrating a variety of cloud patterns. Grade 6 will create clay sculptures of their own mythological creatures, and then write a story about how the creature came into being or how it became extinct.
CENTRAL
New World Island Academy
Summerford
$5,000
January 25-29, 2010
'Havin' a Time': Planning and Performance of a Traditional Concert
Folk artists Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne will guide 72 students in grades 5 and 6 and 6 teachers through the planning and presentation of a concert featuring student-created songs, storytelling, and dance. The project will meet curriculum goals in language arts and social studies.
Sandstone Elementary
Ladle Cove
$2,000
November 16-20, 2009
Music and Dance at Sandstone Elementary
Musician Eric West and dancer Gail Tapper will work with 21 students in grades K-6 and 3 teachers. As part of their language arts and social studies classes, students will learn to play musical instruments, write and sing songs, as well as learn a local traditional dance. At the end of the week they will present their new skills to the public with a recital and dance presentation.
WESTERN
Canon Richards High School
Flowers Cove
$4,000
October 26 to November 6, 2009
Community Storytelling Through Drama
Musician Daniel Payne will work with 100 students in grades 7-12 and 10 teachers to tell community stories through drama and a short film project. The projects will connect to English, social studies, technology, and theatre arts courses.
Cloud River Academy
Roddickton
$3,200
March 15-19, 2010
Celebrating Our Culture
Musicians Fergus O'Byrne and Jim Payne will work with 130 students in grades K-9 and 12 teachers. Students will explore local storytelling, songwriting and traditional dance as part of their social studies, music and language arts courses.
Sacred Heart All Grade
Conche
$3,000
March 1-5, 2010
Celebrating Our Culture
Musicians Fergus O'Byrne and Jim Payne will work with 20 students in grades K-12 and 3 teachers to explore local storytelling, songwriting, and traditional dancing as part of their social studies, music and language arts studies.
St. Anthony Elementary
St. Anthony
$4,400
March 8-12, 2010
A Celebration of Newfoundland and Labrador: A Cultural Experience
Under the guidance of musicians Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne, 260 students in grades K-7 and 22 teachers will integrate social studies, music, and language arts with storytelling, song writing, and traditional dancing.
Truman Eddison Memorial
Gunner's Cove
$4,000
April 12-16, 2010
Celebrating our Culture
Musicians Fergus O'Byrne and Jim Payne will work with 47 grade K-6 students and 7 teachers. They will explore the culture of the tip of the Northern Peninsula through traditional stories, songs, and dance of the area. The project will connect to the language arts and social studies curricula and culminate in a student concert for the local community.
LABRADOR
St. Mary's All-Grade
Mary's Harbour
$5,500
April 1- May 1, 2010
Sharing Our Culture Through Song, Dance and Storytelling
Musicians Fergus O’Byrne and Jim Payne will work with 88 students in grades K-6 and 9 teachers. Together they will explore the cultural traditions of their communities through activities that focus on songwriting, storytelling and traditional dancing. The project will meet language arts, social studies and music curricular outcomes.
St. Paul's Elementary
L'Anse au Loup
$3,768
March 22-26, 2010
Praising Our History
Theatre artist Ruth Lawrence will work with 43 students in grades K-6 and 6 teachers. Students will research the varied history of the Labrador Straits, and then write and perform a play with music that will showcase what they have learned about their community and the people who lived there in the past. The project will meet language arts and social studies curricular outcomes.
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