March ushers in a New York Community Trust grant, an upcoming Artist Panel and a spotlight on a long-time teaching artist
ArtsConnection Wins a New York Community Trust Grant to Support More Students with Trauma-Informed Arts Learning
Continuing its strong history of support for the arts education sector, the New York Community Trust has awarded ArtsConnection one of eight grants to develop and adapt programs for students’ remote learning. ArtsConnection’s initiative, Learning and Healing Through the Arts, will connect students, their families, teachers and school communities with each other and with opportunities to be creative and to build a sense of optimism to support healing from trauma.
Giving students opportunities for creating and expressing themselves while continuing to distance learn, programming will reach 800 students and their teachers in 8 elementary and middle schools in some of the areas hardest hit by Covid-19. Building on years of programming expertise and the robust online arts curriculum we developed over the last year, our program model encompasses residencies of 20 sessions and on-going professional development, split between the spring and fall semesters of 2021, allowing the work and learning to continue sequentially.
A unique component of the program is ongoing online professional development, bringing together classroom teachers and administrators across all school communities. Experts in trauma care will join our teaching artists and program staff to lead workshops in increasing wellness and socio-emotional learning. Live-streaming family events will also invite students and their extended families, across schools, to participate in art-making workshops and to see professional performances that include an interactive audience component, building community within and across schools. Both the professional development sessions and family events will support shared experiences to alleviate trauma. This network will also help to sustain Learning and Healing Through the Arts programming, as school communities increasingly recognize the essential role the arts can play in this endeavor.
Artist Spotlight:
Amparo Chigui Santiago
Photo Courtesy of Todd Jones
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