FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
“Artists as Educators: Planning Effective Residencies for Students”
July 26th 27th and 28th
Application Deadline Is July 1, 2010
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL – June 10, 2010, The Orange County Arts Education Center is offering a hands-on seminar designed to develop the skills of teaching artists and arts educators in planning residencies for students. The Seminar will be presented on July 26th, 27th and 28th at Rollins College. Designed and developed by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the three-day Seminar, “Artists as Educators: Planning Effective Residencies for Students” includes presentations, activities, and discussions to help participants examine a process for planning effective arts-integrated residencies and apply that process to their own work. As a result of participating in this Seminar, teaching artists/arts educators will know the five components of an effective Residency Plan and a definition of arts integration, and will be able to apply the five-step process to develop a Residency Plan.
The program was developed by the Kennedy Center as an outgrowth of a series of professional development opportunities for teachers. In 1991, the Kennedy Center initiated the Partners in Education program, designed to create and encourage partnerships throughout the United States between arts organizations and their local school systems, with a special emphasis on the professional development of teachers.
Leading the Seminar will be July Thibault Klevins, a drama educator who has directed hundreds of plays and projects with people who range in age from seven to ninety-two. A former theater and language arts teacher in Arlington, Virginia, she continues to serve as a coach/mentor to teachers as they introduce drama strategies in their classroom. Ms. Klevins also served as Arlington’s Arts Education Specialist. A presenter at international and national conventions, she has created, directed, and performed readings at the U.S. Senate Office Building, the National Institutes of Health, and other venues, and created Swapping Stories©, a unique intergenerational/intercultural drama project.
The Seminar will cost $275 to attend and will include breakfast, lunch and all seminar materials. Only 15 teaching artists and/or arts educators will be selected for the seminar. The application deadline is July 1, 2010.
For more information please contact the Orange County Arts Education Center at www.ocaec.org or 407-540-9916 or scott.evans@ocaec.org.
PRESS CONTACT:
Scott Evans 407-540-9916
