Arts Education

Photos from Harwelden Institute Summer Session 2010

By maintaining a roster of more than 100 professional artists in the visual, performing and literary arts, and networking with educators, the Council seeks ways to bring both the arts and the humanities to schools and help maintain these types of programs in the schools. Current programs include:

Artists-in-the-Schools: (AIS) K-12 teachers from seven area school districts request artists to conduct interactive workshops in their classroom. AIS connects professional artists in music, theatre, dance, storytelling, visual arts, creative writing, and cultural studies with classroom students. AIS is made available to the Greater Tulsa Area school systems and all teachers are invited to request this program for their classrooms.                                    
Click here to view the start of school contact letter
Click here to view the artist proposal form
Click here to download the resource request form
Click here to download the current AIS Directory


Harwelden Institute: is modeled after the Lincoln Center Institute for Aesthetic Education in New York City and is one of only 19 programs in the world. It instructs classroom teachers on ways to integrate the arts into their core classroom curriculum. Through hands-on workshops, professional artists encourage teachers to create and experience art in new ways. The Institute consists of a summer session for teachers and a school year experience for their students. The teachers and the artists together create lesson plans focused on a piece of artwork.
Click here to download the Harwelden Institute Proposal Form
 

Math & Music: An innovative program for children in grades K-5 where colorful characters systematically teach children the basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions using music as the gateway.

Visual Arts Center: The Visual Arts Center is planned for the Brady Arts District. The facility will have classrooms, studios, and galleries. Students and artists will have access to professional instruction and state-of-the-art equipment. Workshops, lectures and exhibitions will be presented by local and visiting artists. Space will be available for community functions. There will also be a gallery shop to sell the work of local artists.

 
New! Resources for Educators

Arts Education Research Resources: 
An Annotated Bibliography
(Updated October 2010)

courtesy of TPS Arts Education Advisory Board- Research Committee

This bibliography includes selected reports and research studies on arts education in the schools. They are all works published since 1999 and focus on works that are resources for developing and implementing arts education programs. It is a selected list that covers a range of arts education issues that relate broadly to all art disciplines with important resources concerning best practices, advocacy, and policy issues and essential information about research findings. The first part of the bibliography lists published studies and reports, many available on line, and includes a short list of related reading.  The second section is a list of national organizations that provide additional resources.