OKLAHOMA ALLIANCE

for

ARTS EDUCATION

Excellence Through Arts

OCTOBER

BOARD MEETING:

Tuesday, 10/14/2008, Territory Vineyards, HiWay 99 North, Stroud, OK

5:00-8:00 pm

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WORKSHOPS:

Telling our stories

In conjunction with the Kennedy Center

Exploring World Cultures through Music

Workshop leader Imani Gonzalez introduces students and teachers to the richness of the cultures of India, SeneGambia (a West African region), and Brazil through children’s songs, rhythms, and musical activities. Through these songs, students learn about the lifestyles and values of children in faraway countries and come to appreciate the similarities and differences between these cultures and their own 

More about her work…

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/parkwoodes/imanigonzalez.pdf:  A residency with a second grade team learning about Native American music 

http://blip.tv/file/914519/: Performing live with Winston Marsalis

     University of Tulsa-Oct 20-21, 2008

NOVEMBER

A Community Photo Documentary  (November 6, 2008)

Teresa Valero, Photography Professor from the University of Tulsa, will work with teachers and students to create a community photo documentary.  Each participant will photograph scenes from his or her neighborhood, then write poetry to further “tell the stories” behind the scenes.

More about Teresa’s work and involvement in the arts …

The Levant: Lebanon and Syria Through Western Eyes: http://arts.ok.gov/capitolart/png/ng07/valero.html

As chair of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust:  http://tulsapactrust.org

University of Tulsa-November 6, 2008

DECEMBER

sponsored by :VSA arts of Oklahoma, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, Oklahoma Alliance for Arts Education

JANUARY

2009

TELECONFERENCE

January 26, 2009-4:00 pm

WORKSHOPS:

Telling our stories

In conjunction with the Kennedy Center

Exploring the Surreal Work of Rene Magritte (Friday-January 23, 2008)

Professor of Art, Chuck Tomlins of the University  of Tulsa will conduct a workshop featuring Surrealist Rene’ Magritte. Participants will be asked to create their own surreal illusions and visual “humor.”  Two and three dimensional expressions will be explored, along with group collaborations in site oriented Installations.

Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Kennedy Center Annual Meeting: Feb/ 25 thru Mar-1, 2008, Washington, DC

FEBRUARY

BOARD MEETING

TUESDAY, 02/16/2009, Territory Vinyards, HiWay 99 North, Stroud, OK

5:30-8:00 pm

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WORKSHOPS:

Telling our stories

Sculpture as Visual Communication (Winter 2008)

Glen Henry and Patrick Riley will involve participants in communicating through the medium of sculpture.

      

MARCH

TELECONFERENCE

march 10-4:00 pm

BOARD MEETING:

Tuesday, 03/30/2009, Territory Vineyards, HiWay 99 North, Stroud, OK

5:30-8:00 pm

Sing to Freedom: Music of the Underground Railroad  (Spring 2009)

Kim and Reggie Harris will lead a participatory workshop where participants

examine an example of an arts-integrated unit, which focuses on a historical and musical

perspective of the Underground Railroad, the multiracial movement for freedom from slavery in

the 1800s. Through songs and stories, participants explore the flight of slaves to freedom, and

the courageous people of many races and creeds who worked together to help them.

The Living Newspaper  (Spring 2009)

Fran Ringold (Oklahoma Poet Laureate and Editor of Nimrod) will involve students in creating a “living newspaper.”  Steps in the process include: finding the line to self and other (contour drawings, memory as movement),  learning to listen (the interview), hunting and gathering the details…the story, and writing in persona. 

APRIL

State Superintendent Arts Awards of Excellence- Guthrie , OK

April 2009

MAY

JUNE

JULY:

AUGUST:

BOARD MEETING:

FALL RETREAT

Saturday, 08/22/2009, Territory Vineyards, HiWay 99 North, Stroud, OK

SEPTEMBER:

Mayor’s Breakfast-Oklahoma City, OK