Virtual Arts Events for May 2021
Arts Integration Opportunities for all Teachers in Utah
Arts Are Essential to Student Learning
At Ogden School District, we believe that the arts are an essential part of a student's education. Throughout the year, we strive to create opportunities for all students in every grade to experience at least one professional-level art event. With current COVID restrictions, most of these events will not be available this year. However, the arts community in Utah has stepped up and created a treasure trove of virtual events available to all teachers and students in Utah. Feel free to use any of these events to teach social-emotional learning or to integrate art in any way. If you would like ideas about using these events in your classroom, talk with your art teachers or contact me at murdockd@ogdensd.org. This document will be updated monthly.
In this Issue
- Ogden School District Festival of Arts
- Arts Learning Opportunities
- Spring and Summer Workshops
- Other Opertunities
In our District!
Ogden School District Festival of Arts
Click HERE to go or click the poster below!
Arts Learning Opportunities
March of WomenThis concert is intended for 5th-grade students but is available to all grade levels. Join us for a 35-minute digital concert in which we explore women’s suffrage and various women’s contributions to the world of classical music. This concert features music by composers who are women and is guaranteed to introduce you to wonderful music that you’ve never heard. It also features the incredible women of the Utah Symphony in its narration. You can also schedule a virtual Q&A meeting with a Utah Symphony musician. | USO- Mood Music for the Pandemic This concert explores music's ability to express the wide array of emotions that we all have experienced during this global pandemic. It should be available by late October and will be on our website all school year. Teachers may access it at any time and can incorporate it into their classroom schedules as they see fit. | Utah Opera- All About OperaUtah Opera’s 5 resident artists teach your classroom about music and drama skills in this intro to opera and classical singing. The 35-minute program highlights musical numbers recorded in the Capitol Theatre and the shops of the Utah Opera Production Studios. Two editions are available: one with music selected for grades K-3 and the other for grades 4-6. |
March of Women
This concert is intended for 5th-grade students but is available to all grade levels.
Join us for a 35-minute digital concert in which we explore women’s suffrage and various women’s contributions to the world of classical music. This concert features music by composers who are women and is guaranteed to introduce you to wonderful music that you’ve never heard. It also features the incredible women of the Utah Symphony in its narration.
You can also schedule a virtual Q&A meeting with a Utah Symphony musician.
USO- Mood Music for the Pandemic
Utah Opera- All About Opera
Utah Opera’s 5 resident artists teach your classroom about music and drama skills in this intro to opera and classical singing.
The 35-minute program highlights musical numbers recorded in the Capitol Theatre and the shops of the Utah Opera Production Studios. Two editions are available: one with music selected for grades K-3 and the other for grades 4-6.
Ballet West in-theater presentations and Ballet West for Children
Ballet West will be presenting Aladdin, their “Ballet West for Children:
Lecture Demonstration for Students and Teachers”, along with their
online Getting the Pointe workshops to access in your own spaces. We
can offer these programs with the assistance of the Utah State Board
of Education’s POPS program in conjunction with funding and
assistance through CARES Act funding via the Utah Education and
Telehealth Network/Reimagine Teaching.
These offerings are offered free of charge and are reserved for
Teachers and their students exclusively and NOT the general public.
To expedite your ability to gain the passwords, please copy and
answer the questions below and send to pchristie@balletwest.org
ArtRageous Online- West Valley Arts
West Valley Arts is Pleased to promote new arts integration curriculum for grades 7-12!
Teachers who apply one of the lesson plans in the classroom before the end of this school year and complete a short survey will receive a $50 gift card. Limited quantity available, please register with susan.klinker@wvc-ut.gov.
Each unit presents a local “thought leader” from our community, who is a passionate expert on a topic. They are artists, scientists, educators, and engineers – who have creative ideas worth sharing. The short video clips are paired with a 7-12th grade curriculum, lesson plans, and arts integration activities linked to core curriculum standards. The growing bank of ARTrageous Online! topics will include eight complete units, on Canvas, by Fall 2021.
Check it out here: https://www.wvcarts.org/artonline.html
RIRIE-WOODBURY OPPORTUNITIES FOR K-12 & TEACHERS
23 minutes of watching time
Accompanied by Teacher Guide which includes Pre and Post viewing lessons and activities
Visit our website to get to the film screen and receive a password by filling out the Request Access form (1- 3 minute to complete)
Direct link to this special program
Utah All-State Art Show- Virtual at the Springfield Museum
Forty-nine years ago, the Utah All-State High School Art Show was established to honor the best high school artists in the state for their creativity, talent, and dedication. This exhibition is the result of an ongoing collaboration between the Springville Museum of Art, high school teachers and students, and various private partners.
This year was unique; the pandemic and social distancing protocols presented a challenge to our traditional exhibition process which led to our first-ever digital submission and online jurying system. A panel of twelve professional artists and arts administrators carefully reviewed each of the 892 entries in order to create this exhibition. The show has a final selection of 325 works, representing 104 Utah high schools, which collectively highlight the talent, creativity, and promise of the upcoming generation of artists.
View the exhibition in person during Museum open hours or visit the online gallery linked below.
NEHMA NEARPOD ART OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS K-12
Spring and Summer PD Opportunities
Songworks in Action
June 21-25th
Playful Teaching, Vibrant Learning!
That motto sounds encouraging and supportive, doesn’t it? That’s because it is! Children feel the vibrancy of immersing themselves in learning as they play, read, study and compose on a foundation of musicality. Evolving since the 1980’s leaders of SongWorks Educators Association have crafted the pedagogy of the SongWorks approach to teaching and learning. Having attended SongWorks summer courses, educators report welcomed transformations for them and their students as all relax into the SongWorks experience. We invite you to join us and to experience SongWorks in Action for you and your students.
The SongWorks Educators Association (incorporated in 1992) is an international network of educators whose activities are built on the premise that students should be at the center of and actively involved in their musical studies. This means that musical learning often takes place in the form of singing games that include fun physical movement and social engagement, providing the groundwork for serious progressive study and skill development. Teachers at every level of the educational field from early childhood through university—classroom and independent music teachers alike—contribute and gain insight through this network of educators.
Register Below!
Tanner Dance Summer Week-long Professional Development Workshop
Monday, June 21st, 9pm to Friday, June 25th, 4pm
Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts & Education Complex, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Salt Lake City, UT
Find out more at:
https://tannerdance.utah.edu/programs/professional-development-training/
Re-Connect. Re-Kindle... Re-Ignite!!
We are thrilled to announce the dates of our annual Teacher Workshop. We are yet to make our decision about the details - hopefully, we can dance in the same room - we will make sure to keep sharing the updates about how it will be organized in a safe, healthy dance environment. Meanwhile, put it in your calendar so that you won't miss this exciting week of learning, connecting, and sharing!
Ririe-Woodbury's Teacher Workshop is designed for teachers who are working in the university, professional, and/or secondary school settings. Shared experiences in technique, improvisation, choreography, and body conditioning will provide participants the opportunity for artistic growth and rejuvenation. The participants will address the Utah State Core Curriculum requirements, trends in the field, and issues of dance training and dance making to increase and elevate the skills and practices of teaching in the field.
Find out more at:
https://ririewoodbury.com/education-outreach/teachers/teacher
Other Opertunities
Cooper Hewitt- Smithsonian Design Museum Cooper Hewitt offers free, dynamic educational programs for K–12 school groups. Our immersive learning experience is designed to align with city, state, and national learning standards. Drawing upon the museum’s exhibitions, design educators facilitate thoughtful discussions and activities focused on the process of design thinking. We empower students to view the world optimistically through the lens of design and to improve it by honing their design thinking abilities. | UMFA K-12 School and Teacher ProgramsUMFA school programs bring hands-on arts integration to educators and schools across the state of Utah. This school year we are excited to launch new digital resources, virtual museum tours, and distance learning opportunities for classes statewide to connect art and creativity to schools and learning everywhere. We also offer a wide array of educator resources to enhance classroom experiences. | SpyHop: Remote and In Control: Spy Hop Live in Your ClassroomDue to COVID-19 limitations, Spy Hop POPS Intensives for fall 2020 are offered in two formats: Video tutorials known as The Spy Hop Art Shop and Zoom-led Intensive Workshops. Spy Hop Art Shop is an extension of Spy Hop’s POPS curriculum and the video tutorials are available to everyone at any time! Alternatively, teachers or community members may schedule online Zoom & Video Tutorial Intensive Workshop sessions for groups of students up to 10 in any of the listed subject matter. |
Cooper Hewitt- Smithsonian Design Museum
UMFA K-12 School and Teacher Programs
UMFA school programs bring hands-on arts integration to educators and schools across the state of Utah. This school year we are excited to launch new digital resources, virtual museum tours, and distance learning opportunities for classes statewide to connect art and creativity to schools and learning everywhere. We also offer a wide array of educator resources to enhance classroom experiences.
SpyHop: Remote and In Control: Spy Hop Live in Your Classroom
Due to COVID-19 limitations, Spy Hop POPS Intensives for fall 2020 are offered in two formats: Video tutorials known as The Spy Hop Art Shop and Zoom-led Intensive Workshops. Spy Hop Art Shop is an extension of Spy Hop’s POPS curriculum and the video tutorials are available to everyone at any time! Alternatively, teachers or community members may schedule online Zoom & Video Tutorial Intensive Workshop sessions for groups of students up to 10 in any of the listed subject matter.