ArtsCore Newsletter
Volume: 2 Issue: 3
March 2017
ArtsCore, a partnership between the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, thePaine Art Center and Gardens,
and regional public school districts, seeks to support pre-service and early career teachers in their efforts to
teach in and through the arts by developing and implementing programming designed to enhance their
competence and confidence to do so.
On Campus
Upcoming Events:
March 3, 2017
April 24, 2017
Arts Integration Symposium
Placed-Based Education: A Visual
Field Trip Across North America
David Sobel,
internationally known
educator and writer
Read more...
Colony at the Paine
February Colony
Creating a Visual Language
About Place
ArtsCore
Colony
participants
collaborated with their teams in
creating a visual language about
place.
Andrew Redington MFA,
Assistant Professor of Art at UW
Oshkosh, directed the members that by usingobjects to create repeating
patterns that relate to a specific area or idea, you are creating a translated
language.
Focusing on the theme of nature, items were collected from the grounds of
the Paine, then arranged in patterns creating a text. The final patterns were
assembled to construct one language.
Parts became a sign, symbol or letter, the exposedends read as text,
sentences, and language.
The text producedreferenced a language of thePaine Art Center and
Gardens.
Check out the photo gallery.
Craig Blietz, Wisconsin Artist, also shared his inspiration for creating his
masterful paintings called "Closer to the Forest" which is currently on
exhibit at the Paine Art Center. Participants then had an opportunity to visit
the exhibit in the mansion.
What ArtsCore Colony Participants are saying
Things that are going well in your learning environment as a result of implementing more arts
integration…
"I've learned so many new strategies from myArtsCore experience about how to implement the Arts with my
fifth gradespecial education students. Much of my work is prescribed in terms ofspecialized instruction in math
and reading. But there are times when Ihave a bit more flexibility to reach my students in unique ways to
discovertheir true abilities and understanding of curricular concepts. Integrated Artsactivities allow students of
all ability levels to demonstrate their knowledgeand understanding in their own unique way...to find their
"voice" intheir classrooms. The pride in their accomplishments leads to a greaterwillingness to try additional
work without stigma or comparisons.
I am currently working with a studentwith autism with limited verbal
expression. He came to me this fallwithout any interest in writing and with a limited willingness to speak. He
began with writing simple sentences which often didn't have words thataccurately reflected his intended
message. We started looking at photosand paintings, using words to express what we were seeing. I
modeled, andhe echoed. Soon I started a sentence "I see....." and hefinished "I see dog." Later, he was
independently saying"I see brown dog." We focused on the verbs we saw in artwork,using movement to
identify the correct use of the words. Suddenly I was hearing"Brown dog jumps on couch." This student was
writing down histhoughts throughout the process and began demonstrating more of a willingnessto speak
with me to express his needs and observations. He figuratively andliterally has found his voice in many areas
of learning as a result of the artsintegrated writing experiences. What an amazing journey we've had!
- Terri Rehorst, Special Education teacher
Summit View Elementary, Waukesha
Teacher In Residence
TIR Experience
Thefirst month of Josh Schmidt’s TIR experience
with Chilton ArtsCore hascertainly been eventful and not
typical. Josh is working with two cooperating teachers this
semester – Aaron Juhlfor 3-4 grade general music and
Joy Paffenroth for middle school and highschool choir.
This gives Josh a busyschedule that is full of variety.
Eachmorning, he starts in the elementary for 3rd and
4thgrades. In the short time he’s beenhere, he’s already
teaching lessons in those music classes as wellas
collaborating with 3rd and 4th grade classroomteachers on
arts integrated projects. Currently, he and Aaron are
working with the 3rd grade onactivities related to “Mufaro’s
Beautiful Daughters” that will culminate withthe entire
grade going to see a production of it at the Fox Cities PAC.
The elementary school (grades 2-4) is also inthe process of
putting on a production of “Suessical Kids”. Josh has
become a member ofthe production team by helping with
rehearsals after school.
Josh is a wonderful addition to our school and
ourmusic program. He’s really done a greatjob of jumping
in, getting to know the students and being an asset to
ourstaff! We look forward to our continuedcollaboration this
semester.
Joy Paffenroth, Middle &High School Choir teacher
Chilton Schools
....Josh Schmidt
TIR for Music Education at Chilton Schools
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh | ArtsCore| 920-424-4628 |
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