A Towering Success!!! Let Art Freedom Ring ©

PAEP and the National Liberty Museum are thrilled at the reception that the Let Art Freedom Ring Liberty Bell program has received. Congratulations to the students, teachers, and artists at Beeber Middle School, Hunter Elementary School, Kenderton School, Lingelbach Elementary School, and Sharswood Elementary School. Check out the attachment to see the bells and follow the link below to read about it in the Inquirer yesterday and don’t forget to vote for your favorite bell at www.letartfreedomring.org

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Life...and the Pursuit of Happiness Beeber Middle School Artist: Deb Williams		Dreaming is Believing Hunter Elementary School Artist: Diane Pieri	Liberty is our Responsibility Kenderton School Artist: CosaCosa art at large	Piece by Piece We Become One Lingelbach Elementary School Artist: Lisa Volta	Bob: Birth of a Bell Sharswood Elementary School Artist: Steven Seese

Let Art Freedom Ring © is a program of the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP) and the National Liberty Museum. To make art an essential part of every child’s education, PAEP provides resources and support to artists, teachers, schools, cultural and community organizations. The National Liberty Museum is dedicated to preserving freedom and democracy by fostering good character and understanding for all people through education. These bells will be on display at both the National Constitution Center and the National Liberty Museum for the July Welcome America Celebration and throughout the summer.

This program engaged students from participating schools in:

• A study of Philadelphia’s role in shaping our democracy
• Work with professional artists
• A city-wide art competition creating a “Let Art Freedom Ring” Liberty Bell.

Program Details:

• Students studied the concept of democracy, civic responsibility and art making techniques with a professional artist mentor.
• Students worked with an artist mentor for 12 sessions to create a 6 foot, 3-dimensional interpretation of the Liberty Bell.

Program Goals:

• Let Art Freedom Ring demonstrated the importance of the arts as a foundation for building future generations of leaders and creative thinkers.
• Building a Liberty Bell collaboratively promoted cooperation and tolerance among students.
• Students gained self-esteem and pride in community by participating in a learning experience focused on literacy, civics, and Philadelphia’s role in building our nation.

PAEP is proud to be a recipient of the Philadelphia Culture Fund Youth Empowerment Grant. This grant will provide funds to develop an arts and literacy program in Philadelphia neighborhood libraries for students and their parents.

                           
PAEP welcomes the Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture as a partner.  
               

Polygon Blooms, a PAEP and PCA TAP Project, Congratulates Grover Washington Jr Middle School Students, Teacher Jerry Jackson, and Artist Ben Volta on being selected as part of Philadelphia's Art in the Open. School installation of Polygon Blooms completed for graduation. Congratulations to the 8th graders.

Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership, The University of the Arts, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Launch Nation’s First Teaching Artist Certification Program

PHILADELPHIA (May 3, 2010) – Recognizing artists as a vital component in Pre K – 12 educational reform, The University of the Arts and the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP), in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, has designed an unprecedented program that is inclusive of all the arts: visual, performaing, literary, media, and crafts. This research-based certificate program builds the knowledge and capacity of artists to work alongside teachers and arts specialists in PreK-12 classrooms and community settings to create and implement best practices residency programs that support learning in and through the arts.

Click here for the 2010-2011 brochure. Click here for the 2010-2011 application.

Teaching Artists Information

Click here for information on clearances needed for residency work in schools

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Collaboration Continues Arts Bridges: Building Literacy through an Integrated Arts Collaborative Model

The School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership now in the fourth year of collaboration in the SDP's 4-Year US Department of Education Arts in Education Model Dissemination Grant.

For more information about year 3 click here.

Arts Bridges: Building Literacy Through an Integrated Arts Collaborative Model
is made possible by a grant of federal funds to The School District of Philadelphia by the
United States Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, under the
Arts in Education Model Development & Dissemination Grant Program