ArtsEdConnect Grant Examples
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​â¶Ä‹â€‹PREVIOUS GRANT EXAMPLES
Arts Experiences Grants
- San Jose Museum of Art's Sowing Creativity in-class art-making program led by professional artists.
- Researching, writing, and producing an original play about the life and legacy of Blanca Alvarado as a capstone production at the Mexican Heritage Plaza.
- Attending live theater performances such as Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the Nutcracker or performances at Childrens' Musical Theater.
- Visit to The Tech Interactive to see first-hand how technology can be used in conjunction with art.
- Inquiry-based tour of a contemporary art gallery at Palo Alto Art Center followed by a 45-minute hands-on art lesson.
- Visits or all-day field trips to the Discovery Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Montalvo Arts Center, and Cantor Arts Center to explore different art forms.
- Drumming residency with local musician Jimmy Biala and the opportunity to learn Cuban drumming.
- Listening to the San Jose Taiko playing their Japanese drums, learning about the history and principles of taiko, and playing the taiko with the help of an instructor.
- Working with a composer who guest conducted the composed piece on a brand new work that has never been played before.
- Learning about cinematography and how to write a script film and edit videos; then applying the knowledge to reimagine events that led up to the Revolutionary War if it were to happen in modern day. ​
Material & Supplies Grants (Must be connected to an Arts Experiences Grant)
- T-shirts as swags for the students from the Act of Random Kindness club and materials for a flower arrangement open to the entire school, to promote kindness in work with a teaching artist.​
- Materials and supplies to put together the Spring Musical, Moana Jr. in work with an arts organization.
- Ceramic pottery supplies from coil pots to slab boxes to free-choice functional pottery in work with a teaching artist.
- Underglaze and pottery tools to teach students about the sgraffito process of decoration in ceramics.
- 18 x 24 hardboards to place on the easels for painting projects.
- Materials and supplies that allowed the students to integrate the arts with science by building and painting bird houses and erupting volcanoes.
- Arts supplies to create a mural based on what students learned in the science class about Monterey Bay's plants and animals that make up the kelp forest environment, water cycle, local habitats, and how the carbon cycle impacts climate change.
- Arts supplies to create artwork and projects that reflect students' learning and creativity around ancient civilizations they learned about in the Social Science class with a teaching artist.
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