2023-2024 Enrollment

34 weeks of exploring Music. Dance. Theatre. Art. Outdoor Education, STEM, Creativity. Collaboration.   

Using a student centered approach young artists will be introduced to a variety of artistic techniques, tools/materials and artists through art experimentation. Students will create original works of art while also recognizing the impact of art in our daily lives and in society. Students will learn problem solving, collaboration, and critical thinking while developing self-confidence and having fun. 

All students will:

-Create works of visual art that demonstrate increasing levels of mastery in skills and art techniques.

-Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure

-Allow imagination and curiosity to guide inquiry and research

-Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.

-See oneself as a creator of visual art

Semester 1 August 28-December 11

K-2 Semester 1 Visual Arts-Elements* of Art/Art as Self-Expression

*Elements could include: color theory, shape, texture, perspective, pattern, contrast, composition

3-5 Semester 1 Visual Arts- Elements of Art and Design/ Movements** in Art

**Movements could include: Expressionism, Surrealism, Modern Art, Pop Art

Semester 2 January 8-June 10

K-2 Semester 2 Visual Arts-Elements of Art/Movements in Art **

3-5 Semester 2 Visual Arts- Elements of Art/Art as Self-Expression

*Classes meet on Mondays from 9am-4pm

2023-2024 Program- The Traveler’s Heart Experience: A yearlong experiential learning experience where student artists use the visual, language, and performing arts to design, write, direct, and produce collaborative performances demonstrating their unique creative journey as life-long travelers.  

All student and instructional artists will learn to use the visual, language, and performing arts to co-create The Traveler’s Heart Experience. They will be encouraged to take chances, make messes, be curious, inspire others, communicate, share ideas, ask for help, and more to create expressive stories they want to tell and see. They will learn to use a wide range of expressive mediums, they will develop critical thinking skills, collaboration, and how to share their art with their community. Instructional artists serve student artists by exposing them to a wide range of technical skills, creative mediums, and trouble-shooting sounding boards allowing each student the opportunity to create their artistic style. 

The heart of each traveler will take its own unique form and serve as the common thread as it will become a 3D representation of each student’s growth and development over the school year.

Semester 1 will encourage exploration, character/story development, and project and life skill development, collaboration, and thinking skills. The guiding questions challenge each student to discover their creative voice: “What do I want to say? How do I want to say it? Who/What do I need to be successful? At the conclusion of the 1st semester students will curate their Traveler’s Heart Process Point Art Exhibition featuring creative work and skills they choose to share.  

Week 1-3

Creative Arts   Exploration, Creative Play, Innovation, and Communication

Making with   Materials, Messes, Mistakes, and Marvels

Creative   Connections, Collaboration, Controversy, and the Critical Critics 

Week 4-6

2D and 3D Art   and Design. Wired for Connection. Stuck by Glue

Connecting   with Style, Purpose, and Curiosity

Developing My   Traveler’s Heart: Authenticity, Vulnerability, Adversity, and Resiliency

Week 7-9

The Traveler’s   soundtrack. The beats from my drum. 

The   Traveler’s creative movement. Art in expressive motion 

Costume   design, style, time, and environmental preparedness

Week 10-12

The art of   life navigation, finding our heading, carving a traveler’s path

When   Traveler’s collide: Crossing paths, trainwrecks, missed meetings and road   trips

Setting the   Stage. Creating weather, natural disasters, and toxic waste

Week 13-15

Community   Outing: Creative Influence, Inspiration, and Observation

Co-creating and brainstorming student directed stories 

Collaborative Story and Character development

Week 16-18

The Creative Business, Marketing, and Curating for Artist

Attention to Details, Style, and Expression

Traveler’s  Heart Process Point Art Exhibition – Student Artist Curated Art Exhibition

Semester 2 student artists will take center stage as artistic representations of themselves, in a world created from their collective imagination, performing their own creative stories as travelers. 

Week 1-3

Performing Arts Exploration, Creative Play, Improv, and Communication Styles

Theatre Games, Adventure Stories, 

Performing Creative Connections, Collaboration, Controversy, and the Critical Critics 

Week 4-6

Setting the stage and creating context

All about time, keeping time, making time, telling time, wasting time, and losing time.   

Developing Travelers:   Authenticity, Vulnerability, Adversity, Growth, Resistance, and Resiliency

Week 7-9

The art of sound and silence. Making sound and moving sound. Producing and projecting   sound.

Listening beyond words, speaking with our body. 

Costume  design, style, time, and dressing for the weather

Week 10-12

Traveling with others, Exaggerated Movement, Be still

Performing safely: Stage safe props, Costume Function, and Meaningful Movement 

Process Checkpoint: What is working, What is not working, What is missing from the   story? 

Week 13-15

Community Outing: Creative Influence, Inspiration, and Observation

Co-creating and brainstorming student   directed stories 

Process Checkpoint: What is working, What is not working, What is missing from the   story?

Week 16-18

Full Dress   Rehearsal 

Full Dress   Rehearsal

Student Artist production of “The Traveler’s Heart”