Any Given Child Update
Winter 2017
8th Graders Experience LIVEArts @ Hancher 2016
All 8th graders travelled to experience a world-class performance at newly opened Hancher. Funded through the ICCSD Foundation and the Big Yellow School Bus Grant, students experienced Step Afrika!, one of the top ten African American dance companies in the country. Presenting The Migration: Reflections of Jacob Lawrence, students saw history depicted on the stage, as the work was based on Lawrence’s iconic series of paintings charting the African American movement from south to north in the early 1900’s. Discussions about the Great Migration before the field trip helped students gain a historical perspective, and schools were given a Lawrence print to examine. Step Afrika! also incorporated interactive lessons of the tradition of stepping. One student reflected, “I really liked how the dancers performed in front of the artwork we looked at in class. When we looked at the painting of the skyscrapers in class, it pretty much just looked like any other building but when they danced in front of it, it really brought the painting to life and it made more sense.”
2nd Graders Move with Local Dance Teachers
UI Museum of Art's African Show and Tell
During 7th grade Global Studies unit on Africa, district 7th graders enjoyed the University of Iowa's Museum of Arts' presentation of African items. Various pieces representing history, culture, and tradition were observed and passed around. Student were engaged with trying to understand the significance of each piece brought by UIMA docents. This program is provided at no cost through the UIMA.
Kennedy Center Visit to Iowa City
Community Arts Team Board of Directors
- Deb Dunkhase, Iowa Children's Museum
- Susan Brennan, Iowa City Community School District Foundation
- Pam Ehly, Iowa City Community School District
- Leslie Finer, University of Iowa-Arts Share
- Micah Ariel James, Hancher
- John Kenyon, Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature, Vice-Chair
- Amy Kortemeyer, Iowa City Community School District
- Kate Moreland, Iowa City Area Development Group, Chair
- Diane Schumacher, Iowa City Community School District
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