Arts Integration Institute Returns
to NC Museum of History June 15-19

 

 
The United Arts Council’s Arts Integration Institute is being held June 15 – 19, 2009, at the North Carolina Museum of History. During this week-long immersion in the arts through workshops and hands-on development of classroom tools, participants are reminded that (1) there are more effective ways to learn, think and retain information than rote memorization and (2) teaching that involves all the senses and that integrates the arts creates a rich educational environment for students. The Institute will give teachers a hands-on opportunity to learn techniques that will invigorate classrooms and to work with some of the finest teaching artists in North Carolina and throughout the United States.
 
Forty-four participants representing nine schools in Wake, Durham and Greene Counties, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are attending. They are divided into teams of four, with seven teams in the Immersion (beginning) level and four teams in the Advanced level. Teams typically consist of a combination of non-arts classroom teachers, arts teachers, lead administrative staff and parents.
 
Workshops will be led by local and national teaching artists: Scott Ainslie (Music), Kimberli Boyd (Dance), Martha Connerton (Dance), Hobey Ford (Drama), Mimi Herman (Creative Writing), Bryant Holsenbeck (Visual Art), Leni Newell (Visual Art), Dylan Pritchett (Storytelling) and Faye Stanley (Music). Other workshops will focus on integrating the arts with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study; these will be led by representatives from Wake County Public Schools and Meredith College. North Carolina Museum of History staff will lead workshops on making your own exhibits and learning kits.
 
The Arts Integration Institute is sponsored by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. Co-hosted by the North Carolina Museum of History, this project received support from the North Carolina Arts Council with funding from the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

 
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