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Arts Council
Kentucky Arts Council awards 15 artist residency grants to schools
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded $21,600 in Teacher Initiated Program grants for short-term artist residencies scheduled to take place in the fall of 2011. These grants give professional artists an opportunity to demonstrate their art forms and provide students and teachers repeated hands-on experiences in the making of art. Artists also collaborate with teachers to design and implement innovative programs that provide the tools to continue incorporating art across the curriculum after the residency is completed.
Residencies vary widely, depending on the planning of the teacher and the artist or artists hired for the residency. This group of residencies includes mural projects, explorations of cultural traditions, creative writing and bookmaking.
"The Kentucky Arts Council strongly supports arts in education," says Lori Meadows, executive director of the Kentucky Arts Council. "The Teacher Initiated Program has enhanced the learning experience for students in schools across the Commonwealth for many years. We are fortunate to be able to continue this valuable arts education program."
The grant amounts are based on the length of the residencies, which can be for one to four weeks. The grant awards are $540, $1,080, $1,620 and $2,160, respectively. Altogether, 40 weeks of residencies have been funded through this semi-annual round of Teacher Initiated Program grants. The schools select artists from the Kentucky Arts Council's Arts Education Roster, which is available at http://artistdirectory.ky.gov/aer.
The next application deadline is Oct. 15, 2011, for residencies occurring in the spring of 2012. For more information about the Teacher Initiated Program, contact Chris Cathers at 502-564-3757, ext. 488, or christopher.cathers@ky.gov.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, creates opportunities for Kentuckians to value, participate in and benefit from the arts. Kentucky Arts Council funding is provided by the Kentucky General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Grant recipients, teachers and artists are listed below by county.
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Butler County
North Butler Elementary School
Project: Connecting Literature and Art
Teacher: Kassie Decker
Artist: Jessie Ray Sims
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$1,080 |
Clay County
Clay County Middle School
Project: Rhythms of Appalachia
Teacher: Marsha Garrison
Artists: Darla Jackson and Mitch Barrett
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$1,080 |
Clay County Middle School
Project: Weaving a Story
Teacher: Marsha Garrison
Artists: Dianne Simpson and Judy Sizemore
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$1,620 |
Estill County
Estill County Schools
Project: Songs and Poems
Contact: Cindy Hensley
Artists: Mitch Barrett and Judy Sizemore
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$1,080 |
Estill County Schools
Project: Music and Storytelling
Contact: Cindy Hensley
Artists: Jennifer Rose and Octavia Sexton
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$1,080 |
Estill Springs Elementary School
Project: Exploring Inner Landscapes
Contact: Jessica Mullins
Artists: Alfredo Escobar and Judy Sizemore
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$1,080 |
South Irvine P-K Center
Project: The Cherokee Bear
Teacher: Katie Parker
Artists: Darla Jackson and Judy Sizemore
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$1,080 |
Hart County
Munfordville Elementary School
Project: The Battle for the Bridge
Teacher: Jennifer Sims
Artists: Kathi Ellis and Jesse Ray Sims
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$2,160 |
Munfordville Elementary School
Project: The Arts through our Eyes
Teacher: Jennifer Sims
Artist: Jesse Ray Sims
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$2,160 |
Jefferson County
Hawthorne Elementary School
Project: Let’s Dance Latin!
Teacher: Lorraine Cross
Artist: Angela Bartley
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$2,160 |
Peace Academy
Project: Peace Dulcimer Project
Teacher: Jana Glass
Artist: Jim McGee
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$1,080 |
Johnson County
Our Lady of the Mountains School
Project: From Africa to Appalachia: Textile Traditions
Contact: Miriam Silman
Artist: Patricia Sturtzel
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$540 |
Knox County
Dewitt Elementary School
Project: Mountain people: arts, crafts, a way of life
Teacher: Teresa Carnes
Artists: Mitch Barrett, Darla Jackson, Judy Sizemore and Dianne Simpson
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$2,160 |
Laurel County
East Bernstadt School
Project: Culture through Arts
Teacher: Bonnie Johnson
Artists: Yolantha Harrison-Pace, Darla Jackson and Judy Sizemore
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$2,160 |
Madison County
Model Lab School
Project: Native American Cultural Arts
Teacher: Denise Discepoli
Artists: Darla Jackson and Susan Mullins
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$1,080 |
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