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SCHOOL RESIDENCY & WORKSHOP ARTISTS
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BARBARA ANN BATEMAN DANCE residency/
workshop
509 Fearrington Post
Pittsboro, NC 27312
631-294-1346
bateman132004@yahoo.com
Barbara Ann Bateman, dancer, choreographer, costume designer and teacher, offers an historical perspective to our familiar American dances. Her residency, Social Dancing in the Decades explores the hows and whys of fashion, historical events and music shaping our styles of dance. (Barbara prefers 8th grade which connects her residency with U.S. curriculum in Social Studies, but her teaching is adaptable to any age group):
Week Residency:
Day 1 - 1920s-1940s -Charleston and Jitterbug
Day 2 – 1950s – 1960s - Twist plus
Day 3 – 1970s - Disco
Day 4 – 1980s – Bubble Gum Pop, Techno, Hip
hop
Day 5 – Complete composition, assign narrators
Culminating Activity: Students will perform a modest
dance composition including excerpts of styles learned during the week.
Fee: $1200-1500
VIDABETH BENSEN VISUAL ARTS/SCREEN PRINTING
residency/workshop
601 Fearrington Post
Pittsboro, NC 27312
919-542-6087
vidabeth@aol.com
Vidabeth Bensen will instruct students in the screen printing process as it relates to many aspects of NC curriculum, i.e., prints depicting scenes/designs relative to Social Studies, Language Arts and Art. Other possible applications are illustrations, bookcovers, posters, bookmarks, banners, etc., based on students’ original designs and production. Basic art elements (color, line, texture, space, drawing skills) will be addressed, and printing as a commercial process, its evolutions as a fine art, and related career and recreational opportunities will be covered. Grades 3-12.
Week Residency:
Day 1 - Demo/overview of screen-printing process, history,
students begin
Day 2 - Students prepare design for printing
Day 3 - Students prepare screen and stencil for printing
Day 4 - Production of final print
Day 5 - Wrap-up discussion and display of completed products
Culminating Activity: Exhibition or Fashion/Design Show
Fee: $1650/week plus materials
BEVERLY
BOTSFORD MUSIC residency/performance
Beverly Botsford, a cross-cultural percussionist and educator of more than 30 years, blends music, movement and spoken word in presentations, workshops and residencies. Embracing drumming traditions of Africa, Cuba, South America and her native NC, she uses rhythm to educate, build bridges, empower and inspire while exploring with students the musical possibilities from collected and homemade instruments. She can integrate her art into core curricular settings according to teachers' wishes and grade level appropriateness.
Week Residency could include:
• drumming and exploring the science of sound;
• making instruments to create a traveling sound station
• creating a language arts component (poem or story) to combine
with percussion
(Beverly will tailor the residency to the individual class setting and
needs)
Culminating Activity: A presentation of the students
'written work enhanced with percussion to be shared with other students,
teachers, family and friends.
TRACEY BROOME VISUAL ARTS residency
377 Booth Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-942-5819
traceybroome@mindspring.com
Tracey Broome, teacher and ceramicist, connects with the social studies curriculum by having students create ceramic face jugs depicting their positive attributes or beliefs. Students will learn coil construction, sculpture technique and glazing as well as symbolic expression. The history of the face jug relates to African culture as well as the NC pottery culture. Seagrove, NC and the economic impact of pottery on NC will also be explored. Tracey’s excellent imagination and ability can also connect to other parts of curriculum through additional pottery projects when teachers request. Grades 3-8
Week Residency:
Day 1 – History of face jug and its relation
to African tribes and Seagrove potters. Show photos; students sketch jugs.
Day 2 – Students learn coil construction, score
and slip techniques, sculpting methods; become familiar with clay making
pinch pots
Day 3 – Students begin coil construction of pots.
Day 4 – Students finish coils, add facial features
Day 5 –Apply underglazes, add names, discuss potteryprocess.
Wrap-up discussion and display of completed products
Culminating Activity: Display of student jugs for parents
and other students to see. (Tracey will complete glazing and have jugs
fired.)
Fee: $1500/week for 4 classes; materials $110
MARTHA BURDETTE VISUAL ARTS residency
4500 Alder Ridge Court
Wilmington, NC 28412
910-620 5287
southmoonstudio@yahoo.com
Exceptional teacher, artist, and NC A+ Schools Teaching Fellow Martha
Burdette has students create books through traditional and contemporary
arts techniques, varied according to the students’ developmental
and grade levels. Students will address learning objectives from multiple
curricular areas. Simple books can be completed in one session though
complex books require two to five sessions. Books may involve sewn binding,
accordion binding, soft and hard Japanese binding, wrapped and tied scrapbooks,
paste paper and fabric-covered and/or portfolio books. Students will create
through drawing, writing poetry, journaling, scrap booking, or making
blank books for the classroom teacher to design additional learning activities
with them. Grades K-8
Week Residency:
Day 1 – Demonstration, planning, selection of materials
Day 2 – Students prepare covers using paste paper,
collage, or fabric.
Day 3 – Students begin folding, stitching, and
assembling signatures.
Day 4 – Students complete assembly of books, begin
writing/drawing.
Day 5 – Students complete and photograph books
for their portfolios.
Specific materials, water source and space required
Culminating Activity (on the Fourth Day): Informance
after 4th class and/or Family night: Students show/and read from their
books and/or teach family member and/or another student how to create
a book of their own.
Fee: $1500 for 5 days; Materials $150
ROBIN BROWN-PIPKINS MULTIMEDIA residency/workshop
106 W. Carr Street (#6)
Carrboro, NC 27510
919-928-2558
robinbp94@yahoo.com
www.divinedesignstudios.net
Robin Brown-Pipkins, experienced in video, graphic, web,
and fashion design, introduces students to multimedia , connecting art
and technology in fun, interesting and educational ways. Students will
benefit from planning, research, creative thinking, collaboration, and
learning about copyright law and multimedia terminology. Teachers are
invited to choose a piece of their curriculum with which Robin will integrate
this residency. Grades 6 - 8
Week Residency:
Day 1 Discussion/video on "Digital Divide"
and its effects on North Carolinians
Day 2 - Copyright Law; begin research on Digital Divide
(internet/library)
Day 3 - Complete research; develop story boards.
Day 4 - Plan and develop presentation (video, graphics,
audio)
Day 5 - Complete projects, share projects with class.
Culminating Activity: Students will present projects in auditorium
with proper audio visual aids, if possible.
Fee: $1500 plus materials
LINDA
COLLURA VISUAL ART
residency/workshop
446 Chatham Forest Drive
Pittsboro, NC 27312
(919) 545-1167
lcollura81@gmail.com
Visual artist Linda Collura will inspire students to create a custom, hand painted ceramic tile wall mural which can incorporate science , math, social studies, geography and writing in the process. Subjects for the tiles derive from core curricular material chosen by the classroom teacher. Linda will collaborate with the classroom teacher to design appropriate lessons. The wall can become a permanent display for the school, if desired. Grades 3-8
Week Residency:
Day 1 - Explain physical and production differences between
apainted and ceramic murals; examples shown
Day 2 – Students make individual drawing of different
aspects of larger mural;
Day 3 – Project art work onto large craft paper,
using opaque projector, to desired size.; students trace and color before
working with tiles and under glazes.
Day 4 - Using tiles as templates, students lay them on
finished drawing, tracing each.
Day 5 – Lay out tiles; trace over drawings onto
tiles, final under glaze painting.
Culminating Activity: Tiles will be permanently adhered to a
wall designated for the artwork so that students and visitors may view.
Perhaps it could be unveiled at a school function for parents and press.
Fee: $950 plus materials ($130-440)
LOLA
DAVIS-JONES MOVEMENT/DANCE and/or DRAMA
residency
315 Soundview Drive
Kill Devil Hills, NC 2794
252-441-9944
loladj@juno.com
Lola Davis-Jones, an experienced K-12 certified drama/dance
teacher, integrates these art forms with NCSCOS materials. Her residencies
can be theme-oriented or curriculum specific, and include problem-solving,
improv, pantomime, movement activities choreography, characterization,
brainstorming, research, and writing, according to the students' needs
and teacher's request. Grades Pre-K-8.
Sample Residency: Reach for the
Sky: Based on the Wright Brother's experiences leading up to their
first flight
Activities: Theater Improv games and use of 5Ws
Read and discuss historical scenes.
Create timeline, map, and explore distances. Learn new vocabulary.
Write relevant scenes. Apply elements of dance to written scenes.
Students create appropriate movement for written scenes - partner/group
work. -according to beginning, middle and end sequence.
Culminating Activity: Informance or Performance for another class,
assembly, etc.
Fee: $700-1500
EBZB PRODUCTIONS (David zum Brunnen/SerenaEbhardt) DRAMA
residency/performance
for schools and communities
1121 Hortons Pond Road
Apex, NC 27523
919-387-4616
ebzb@earthlink.net
www.Ebzb.org
EbzB's residencies, taught by David zum Brunnen and Serena
Ebhardt, use theatre techniques in classroom activities to teach
NCSCOS material and demonstrate how interactive theatre tools can be used
efficiently, with minimal cost, and maximum benefit for the students.
Grades 6-12
Performing Academics "Wow, You're a Grade
Actor!" A residency offering simple actor's techniques for classroom
use to enhance learning in NCSCOS curricular areas.
Building Character While Creating Character: Participants create
a character applicable to specific curricular areas: i.e., history, language
arts, character education, science, information skills, world cultures,
etc.
Culminating Activity: Final activity designed for classroom use
by teacher and/or students as outgrowth of residency work.
Fee: $1200 residency; $200 workshop
TOMMY EDWARDS MUSIC workshop/performance
PO Box 364
Pittsboro, NC 27312
919-642-0051
tedwards@centernet.net
A two-time word champion Bluegrass guitarist, Tommy Edwards
plays guitar with flat-pick and/or finger style. He sings both traditional
folk/Bluegrass songs as well as original numbers. He enjoys discussing
the history of the music he performs and how it relates to Southern history.
Offers all-North Carolina show. Grades K-12.
JAKI
SHELTON GREEN POETRY/CREATIVE WRITING residency
226 South Eleventh Street
Mebane, NC 27302
919-304-5893
wildwoman46@hotmail.com
Jaki Shelton Green, well-known poet, dynamic speaker, and experienced teacher, offers a residency that would create a fun, non-threatening, non-judgmental environment to foster a strong, affirmative appreciation of creativity and writing. Jaki works to improve students' competencies in expressive, informational, argumentative, critical, and literary writing, according to the age group. Students use language to express their perspectives, learn critique and evaluation skills through team interactions, and understand the relationship between world events and the creation of art. Grades 2-8
Week Poetry Residency would include:
• overview of key elements necessary in writing
• review what students already know about poetic terms/techniques
• learn the role of creativity in the writing process
• create and share original poems in a workshop setting
• learn good editing and revision techniques
• learn effective, constructive peer appraisal
• learn techniques used by professional writers
• read the works of writers and poets, including her own writing
• learn how to present effective oral presentations
Culminating Activity: Students will publish anthology
of their creative writing for an end-of-residency celebration (reception/presentation
of anthology, poetry reading)
Fee: $1500-2000
SIGRID HICE VISUAL ART residency
1430 Lillian Lane
Hickory, NC 28602
828) 294-1561
sirita@nc.net
Book artist and writer Sigrid Hice combines her talents in a residency integrating visual arts and creative writing by having students first construct a handmade artist book. Students will design paste papers for covers, fold a text block, and assemble them into a book. Then Sigrid will challenge students with creative writing exercises which result in original short stories or poems to be transposed into their books and illustrated with drawings and collage. Grades 3-12
Week Residency:
Day 1 – Introduce artists books, assist students
in designing their own paste papers
Day 2 – Begin book construction, brainstorm writing
topics
Day 3 – Introduce topic-related artwork (poem,
painting, music); continue book construction; practice writing activities
and craft first draft of poem/story
Day 4 – Complete book construction; more writing
activities; rewrite draft, plan book lay-out
Day 5 – Transpose writing into books; illustrate;
share books with class
Culminating Activity: Students hold a reading and books
are on display,
shared with audience.
Fee: $1200; materials $100.
'JEF' LAMBDIN MIME/DRAMA
residency/workshop/performance
PO Box 3331
Lumberton, NC 28359
910-738-8179
woole@mindspring.com
Mime is communication and the goal of communication is to convey thoughts,
feelings and ideas clearly and effectively. Jef, a NCAC
Teaching Artist, covers mime techniques, body language, improvisation,
mime composition, physical exercises, ensemble techniques and some circus
techniques. His classes are adaptable to students of all ages, regardless
of abilities and challenges. For teachers, he integrates mime into curriculum,
analyzes nonverbal communication and stresses collaborating creatively.
His classes are tailored to fit each curricular situation and relate to
NCSCOS objectives. Grades K-12
Week Residency:
Day 1 – Describe/demonstrate mime; warm-ups, movement
exploration: adjectives/adverbs, stillness, mime technique
Day 2 – Warm-ups, use body to be objects, object
duets, alphabet people (younger)
Day 3 –Leading body parts, connections/ pull/ropes,
where am I?, circle map, location scene, physical elements: wind, rain,
earth strata; move like people, create scenes
Day 4 –People/critters, flat surfaces, duets, circle
map brainstorming "place”, scenes using those ideas; small group
work
Day 5 – Review, create everyday objects from curriculum,
flow map to show place and add sequencing of events, planets/ solar system,
What am I doing?
Culminating activity: Informance: share in assembly -each class
(of 4) demonstrates different activity done during week, i.e., creatures,
forces of nature, objects, places, etc
Fee: Workshop $400 – daily (up to 4 classes); week
residency - $700-1500
(4 classes max /day for 5 days)
SHEILA KERRIGAN MIME/DRAMA/COLLABORATION
residency
2310 Stansbury Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-929-1624
kerrigan@mindspring.com
Veteran teacher, director and artist Sheila Kerrigan
uses mime and drama games to foster communication skills like listening
and body language awareness, cooperation skills like leading and following,
creative thinking skills like running with your first idea, and collaboration
skills like trying everyone’s ideas. Sheila will work with each
teacher to design a residency that will help students become happy, creative
collaborators as well as master a particular part of their curriculum.
Sheila is experienced working with youth-at-risk and reluctant writers,
often including writing in her residencies. She is well-versed on NCSCOS,
offering staff development on integrating drama into curriculum.
Grades 3-12
Week Residency:
"Communicate! Cooperate! Mime!” –A mime residency
that includes learning communication and cooperation skills – grades
3-6.
"Create Curricular Performance” – A residency co-designed
with teachers to teach curricular content through and with drama, culminating
with an informance - grades 4-8.
"Create Original Performance” - a residency that empowers
students to choose what they want to perform, and then create and present
that performance - grades 9-12.
Culminating activity: Informance or sharing time last
day of residency: each class demonstrates something from the week’s
experience.
Fee: $400 – daily: week residency – $700-1500
(4 classes per day max, 5 days)
LOUISE
KESSEL STORYTELLING residency
Louise Kessel, storyteller par excellence,
offers residencies for all age groups. Her colorful use of storytelling,
integrated with a unit of curriculum, brings people, places and events
to life. Grades K-12.
JUDY HOGAN WRITING
residency
PO Box 254
7598 Moncure-Pittsboro Rd.
Moncure, NC 27559
919-545-2873
judyhogan@mindspring.com
Veteran teacher Judy Hogan works with students and teachers
to provide new models and ideas to stimulate writing through poetry. Models
from well-known poets and the students capture the young writers’
imaginations and increase their desire to write, their ease with words
and their ability to communicate. Students will think, imagine, name their
feelings and tell others how they see the world through poetry. Teachers
will assist in creating a booklet of poems. Grades 3-12
Week Residency:
Day 1 - Persona Poems - imagining/writing from point
of view of a specific object and musical instrument
Day 2 - Persona Poems - imagining/ writing about the
natural world, and historical/mythical figure
Day 3 - Letter Poems - written to one you love/hate,
a wish, asking forgiveness, "What I want you to know…"
Day 4 - Poems about poetry and poets, elegies, backhanded
compliments
Day 5 - Poems about colors/alphabet, eye-closed visions,
mythmaking
Culminating activity: A booklet of poems and/or assembly with
students reading their poems
Fee: $50 per class hour, maximum four per day.
MARJORIE HUDSON WRITING
residency
727 Morris Road
Pittsboro, NC 27312
919-542-5029
marjorie.hudson@att.net
Marjorie Hudson, founder and director of the George Moses
Horton Curriculum Project, offers a residency which brings to life the
courageous deeds of Chatham County's historic Poet Laureate, G.M. Horton,
the first African American to publish a book in the South and the only
person in American history who tried to gain freedom from slavery through
the art form of poetry. In connecting history and present, students will
become aware of local history and one man's ability to make a difference
as well as the historic use of language through poetry, and the civil
rights struggle. Especially relevant to 5th and 8th grades' curriculum.
Grades 3-8
Week Residency:
Day 1 - Present background; poetry recitation
Day 1 - Generate research questions from materials
Day 3 - Conductor research, field trip, class interviews
Day 4 - Discuss impact of local history on our lives
today
Day 5 - Generate a local history celebration; write poems
together
Culminating Activity: Local history celebration
Fee: varies Materials: 10 sheets of paper per student
ANNA SMITH MILLING DANCE
residency/workshop
7864 Spungold Street
Raleigh, NC 27617
919.601.5470
amilling@gmail.com
Anna Smith Milling, dance educator, dancer and visual artist, addresses NCSCOS goals for both dance and the core curriculum selection of the teacher she works with, according to that grade level. She has used dance to help teach math, language arts, social studies, science and visual arts. Certain skills included are coherence, logical progression, decision-making, problem-solving, elaboration. Grades K-12
Week Residency:
Day 1- Introduction, warm up; create movement related
to core subject matter
Day 2- Warm up, review yesterday's lesson; begin new
activity based on core subject (dance: time, space)
Day 3 Ð Warm up, core subject Ð review yesterday's lesson,
add another layer through new activity (dance: movement manipulation:
jump, travel, low, high)
Day 4 Ð Warm up, core subject , review, new activity
(dance: quality of movement and performance/audience skills)
Day 5 Ð Warm up, review and rehearse for informance,
reflection, feedback.
Culminating Activity: An "informance" that would allow
students to share their work with other students, family, friends.
Fee: $100 per teaching hour; less for pre-K-3rd grade
BRAIMA MOIWAI MUSIC/STORYTELLING residency
"African Games and Stories" residency
- grades K-6
Braima Moiwai, superb drummer and delightful storyteller
from Sierra Leone, connects the traditions of West Africa with those of
the S.C. Sea Island culture. Students learn games, stories, history, call
and response, and explore African instruments.
"African Village Life Experience" residency - grades
7-12
By creating an African village in your classroom, Braima Moiwai guides
students through folk tales and riddles, conflict resolution the traditional
Sierra Leone way, village history and communications through the language
of drums.
These, and other residencies, connect to the LA, Music and Social Studies
curricula.
Culminating Activity: Presentation to other classes and family
of learning and exploration from the week's experience.
Fee: $1200-1500
OPEN DREAM ENSEMBLE THEATRE
residency/performance
PO Box 30613
Winston-Salem, NC 27130
(336) 782-7837
Rebecca@OpenDreamEnsemble.com
Open Dream Ensemble, composed of professionals in dance, drama, design and production, film and music at NC School of the Arts, present single-session to week-long residencies tailored specifically to classroom needs. Their show "Max and the Indexicon" is a magical adventure bringing alive the worlds of science, math, poetry, music and literature. Grades 3-8
TONY PEACOCK WRITING
residency
Tony Peacock, writer and popular educator,
designs writing residencies to suit the needs of the individual grade
level and teacher. Grades 2-12
CHARLES PETTEE MUSIC
residency/workshop
15 Abbey Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-967-1381
cpettee@bellsouth.net
www.charlespettee.com
Charles Pettee, multi talented performer
and teacher, creates residencies, for grades K-12, based on music and
the history surrounding it. The instruments he plays include MANDOLIN,
GUITAR, BANJO, HARMONICA . The variety of music he plays includes: FOLK,
BLUEGRASS, ORIGINAL, CELTIC, TRADITIONAL AMERICAN
Charles is involved in several performance groups: CHARLES PETTEE "HEAR
THE SOUND" EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS K-12; THE SHADY GROVE BAND; CHARLES
PETTEE & FOLKPSALM; CHUCK AND THE WAGGIN'EARS
Culminating Activity: Presentation of the week's music
and history explorations
JOAN SOMMERS VISUAL ARTS residency/workshop
1067 Fearrington Post
Pittsboro, NC 27312
919-545-2397
Having lived in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe for
30 years, Joan Sommers brings a lifelong involvement
with Asian art and culture as well as knowledge, experience and technique
to her teaching. Her residency relates to NCSCOS. Students will be challenged
to create with ink, brush, ink stone and stickand explore Chinese culture
through visuals: first marks, dictograph, writing ideograms, calligraphy.
Grades 9-12
Week Residency: CHINA Awareness
Day 1 - introduction to Chinese cultural history; demonstrate
ink grinding; bamboo demo
Day 2 – More visuals, continue bamboo work; introduce
plum flower using oblique brush
Day 3 - Calligraphy begun; five colors of Black; rough
and delicate textures
Day 4 –Paint each work again; begin orchid leaf
(brush turning); begin chrysanthemum
Day 5- Review paintings; students wet-mount their best
work on rice paper, followed by critique and discussion.
Other residencies/workshops: Asian-style Ink Painting,
Chinese-Japanese Painting
Culminating Activity: Exhibition of students’ work
Fee: $800
FAYE STANLEY MUSIC/STORYTELLING
residency/workshop/performance
3109 Five Forks Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-968-1168
clappingdog@nc.rr.com
www.clappingdog.com
Educator, performer and folk arts collector, Faye Stanley's
powerful voice and engaging style guide participants through traditional
folk tales, singing games and songs from the world. She draws connections
between world arts and classroom curriculum, and designs residencies (and
staff development) around cultural themes or specific curricular units
including math, science, etc. She employs a multiple-intelligence approach
to develop individual competency and enrich NCSCOS objectives. In addition,
at their production/recording studio, Faye and her husband create instructional
material (CDs+) implementing arts integration strategies. Grades PreK-12.
Previous residencies include:
Cultures and Their Symbols
Story Telling and Literacy
African Drumming and Math
Plant and Animal Life Cycles
Character Education in Story and Song
Playing with Patterns
Environmental Study in Story and Music
Specific Regional Studies
World Holidays and Celebrations
All About Me
Culminating Activity: Informance, based on residency theme, for
other students, teachers, parents
Fees: Residency - $1250-2000/week Materials: minimal
expense, if any
STRING CELEBRATION (Ken Lankford /Beth Corzine)
MUSIC workshop/performance
519 Patrick Street
Eden NC 27288
336-402-1828
ken@stringcelebration.com
www.stringcelebration.com
Ken Lankford and Beth Corzine’s
specialty is curriculum-aligned musical programs for schools and libraries.
They are Teaching Artists, offering a variety of programs: Read for
Your Life!, Carolina Culture, Multicultural Musical
Mix, The String Show (intro to instruments), Sounds
of Science. Their Musikgarten and Kindermusik techniques have been
especially effective for developmentally disabled children (and adults).
Grades PK- 5
Read for Your Life!
A musical literacy block inspires students by using musical storytelling,
poetry, props and sound effects. It teaches mini-lessons on inference,
character, authors’ purpose, constructing a story as well as rhyme
and rhythm, and developing ones original ideas.
Carolina Culture brings alive
NC History and culture through songs, historical events and NC figures,
from musicians and composers to famous flyers and pirates!.
Sounds of Science explores
the curriculum by using original songs to teach about gravity, animal
habitats, sound and vibration, weather, rock-water cycles, solar system.
Multicultural Musical Mix offers songs from
many cultures with lessons on traditions, customs and languages. Includes
Mexico, Scotland, German, Japan, plus our native American and African.
(In addition: Learning the Lap Dulcimer, Writing a School
Song, Spotlighting a County or Country of Interest –
students sing move and learn)
Length of program: 45-60 minutes each.
Fee: $550 for 1 performance (K-5); 2 performances (K-2,
3-5) $325 each; Optional school workshop $100
APRIL C. TURNER DANCE/MOVEMENT/LITERARY
ARTS residency/workshop
PO Box 561062
Charlotte, NC 28256
980-254-3573
LAAP2000@aol.com
www.LifeAsArtProductions.com
Prolific playwright, passionate dancer, and a favorite among presenters from Calif. to N.C., April Turner uses the arts to expose young people to new ideas and inspire them to maximize their potential. Her residency reinforces writing fundamentals and is a fun, interactive way to examine history/social studies content. Students also learn, through movement, storytelling, drama and movement exercises that demonstrate effective communication, how to tell a clear story. Various forms of writing (playwriting, poetry, short story) are introduced as well - a good way to prepare students for the state writing test and empower reluctant ones to write. Grades 3-8
Week Residency:
Day 1 – Why Write exercises
Day 2 – Use Your Resources
Day 3 – Creating Communities (with every story)
Day 4 -- Victory in Details
Day 5 – Rehearsing for Change/How to Keep it Going
Culminating Activity: Students will offer their stories as developed
in dramatic scenes, poetry, dance and narrative to an audience of amazed
parents, teachers and peers.
Fee: $1250 plus housing
DARYL FARRINGTON WALKER DRAMA
workshop/staff development
102 Rocky Knolls Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-967-3716
dfwalker99@hotmail.com
Daryl Farrington Walker, experienced drama
educator, integrates drama with core curriculum through workshops and
staff development in NC schools, in accord with the NC Standard Course
of Study, to reach students with different learning styles. A NC A+ Schools’
Teaching Fellow since 1995, she also teaches Adult ESL. Recent sessions
integrating drama include Writing Skills, Greek Mythology,
Medieval Muslim Influence on Modernity, ESL, NC
Agriculture & Industry, Sea Tales and Pirates, Ante-Bellum
History, Solar System, Basic Math, Latin America,
Stress-Free Assembly. She offers one-day workshops for students
and staff development from 1-hour to two days ie, obesity, environment,
teachers’ choice.
Fee: $75 per hour with students; Staff development varies according
to length.
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For more information, please contact the artist or Daryl Farrington Walker,
ChathamARTS Arts-in-Education , at dfwalker99@hotmail.com.
If you know of any artists who would like to
be on this list, please ask them to contact Daryl.
If you are a teacher who would like to have an artist integrate
into your curriculum, please contact Daryl.