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acadiana center for the arts · lafayette parish school system

arts in education 2011-2012

1 About Us2 Touring Arts 3 · In-School7 · Theater9 For Our Teachers 10 · Professional Development

Workshops18 · Arts Grants for Teachers19 Teaching Artist Program20 Student Arts Expo

ARTS INEDUCATION

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contact us Acadiana Center for the Arts101 West Vermilion St.Lafayette, LA 70501

337.233.7060 phone337.233.7062 fax

Bree Sargent, Education DirectorBree@AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org

Paige Krause, Education CoordinatorPaige@AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org

Renée RobertsEducation Special Projects ManagerRenee@AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org

Education Department Staff

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The arts can be a powerful teaching tool! The Arts in Education program provides tools for educators and arts experiences for students throughout the year. We, along with the Louisiana Department of Education and the Lafayette Parish School System, believe that “creative expression develops the skills of analysis, problem solving, cooperative involvement and disciplined behavior, all of which contribute to a successful school environment and prepare the individual to be a productive member of society.”

In this catalog we present a broad range of quality arts events and workshops, all of which are designed as interdisciplinary learning adventures that connect real-life experience to academic instruction.

Creativity Can Change a Child’s Life

About Us

The Kennedy CenterPartners in Education

The Acadiana Center for the Arts, the Lafayette Parish School System and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are members of the Kennedy Center Partners in Education Program. Selected because of demonstrated commitment to the involvement of education in and through the arts, the partnership team participates in collaborative efforts to make the arts integral to education.

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The Student Arts Expo is an annual event designed to increase public knowledge and appreciation of the arts by and for the youth of the community.

The Student Arts Expo is a joint effort of the Lafayette Parish School System, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Downtown Lafayette and Lafayette Consolidated Government. This is a great opportunity to show off and publicize the wonderful results that your students have achieved in the arts, whether in visual arts, music, theater, dance, poetry, fashion design or puppetry! The 2012 Expo will be held on May 12, 2012. Participation forms will be available online at AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org.

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With the Touring Arts program, you can introduce your students to professional performances in dance, theater, music, puppetry, storytelling and more! To book a performance, contact the Education Department of the AcA.

BOOKING A PERFORMANCE

· Performance are designed for specific student audiences and age groups.· Performances are usually 40 - 55 minutes in length. Consider assembly time in scheduling.· Maximum audience size per in-school performance is 250. If you have more than 250 students, consider booking a double (back-to-back) performance. · Schools outside of Lafayette Parish may have to pay an additional travel fee.· Performance dates, times and fees are subject to change, so please confirm availability. · Touring Arts performances that take place outside of a school (theater performances) do not include bus fees. It is your responsibility to get students to these shows.· Lafayette Parish public schools are allocated a set amount of funds for Touring Arts in-school performances. See your school’s Art Liaison to find out more. Deadline for booking, if using LPSS funds, is October 7, 2011.

We have many requests for these popular shows, so don’t delay!Call 337.233.7060 · Fax 337.233.7062

Email Paige@AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org

Bring students to see live performances or bring it to your school!

The Teaching Artist Program provides the opportunity for your students to experience a broad range of art forms and innovative arts activities in your classroom and school! Music, movement, creative writing, visual arts and folk arts are only a few of the available topics for you to consider. Each of the Session Options is designed and presented by a local professional Teaching Artist. The quality of our education programs is directly related to the high caliber and expertise of our Teaching Artists.

The arts can be integrated with all areas of curriculum and are proven to enhance student learning. Even when using the arts in limited ways, students are responsive and enthusiastic. Invite a Teaching Artist to your classroom and experience the arts as powerful teaching, learning and motivational tools.

The Teaching Artist Program is available to all Acadiana schools. Each of the Session Options listed below (Single Session, Short-Term Residency and Mini-Presentation) carries a cost of $100, plus supplies and transportation.

Single Session: A single session is 45 - 60 minutes in length. It is designed for one class (no combining classes). Single sessions must be scheduled in a set of three, on the same day, for three different classes, with the same Teaching Artist.Short-Term Residency: Consists of a set of three single, sequential sessions presented by one Teaching Artists and designed to be hosted by one teacher and their classes. Mini-Presentation: Consists of one demonstration or mini-performance by a Teaching Artist for an assembly of three classes.

Lafayette Parish public schools are eligible for a limited number of sessions at no direct cost to their school. Ask the Arts Liaison at your school for eligibility.

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Bash the Trash

Bash the Trash is an orchestral performance unlike anything you have ever heard or seen before! Wait a minute. You have seen it before, in your recycle bins! Yes this entire musical performance is composed of all kinds of things, often called “trash,” that have had another life and are now gathered together in perfect harmony. BTT is a combination of science and music introducing the basics of sound, vibrations and instrumental design. But it doesn’t stop there. Their message is also about science and the environment and is backed by current scientific reports and research presented in a tangible method that is a living example of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” Thrill to the sounds of cardboard tubes, hubcaps, straws and much more than imaginable.

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The Arts Grants for Teachers program is funded by the Lafayette Parish School System and coordinated by Acadiana Center for the Arts. The purpose of this grant program is to encourage teachers to design and develop artistically creative and innovative projects involving the visual and performing arts. These projects can:

· develop an understanding and appreciation of the arts · complement other arts-related activities already implemented in the schools · provide direct student involvement in the arts · develop permanent arts resources · integrate the arts into other academic disciplines · provide support for teachers to become more proficient in the arts

The deadline for Round I is December 9, 2011, and for Round II is

May 4, 2012.

Applications are reviewed on a competitive basis with two grant rounds per year. Download an application at www.AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org or call the AcA at 337.233.7060.To schedule a grant workshop in your school, contactPaige@AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org

An individual educator can request up to $500. Shared grant submitted by two or more teachers can request up to $1000.Arts Expo Special Projects Grants are grant awards that will go to projects that culminate in a performance or exhibit during the Student Arts Expo. To qualify for these grants, there must be a minimum of three participating teachers and classes. You may request up to $1500.

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Accordion Blowout-

The vibrant sound of the accordion has a firm place at the core of Louisiana’s unique musical expression. This show will feature four virtuoso accordionists, all of different traditions, but all united by musical strength and generosity of spirit. Kristi Guillory and Bonsoir Catin will deliver hard-driving Cajun music. Elias Lammam will bring his incredible Arabic sounds and technical mastery. Corey Ledet, who has been called the heir apparent to Clifton Chenier, will hit hard with his full-on Zydeco. And last but not least, Eva Ybarra, a firey and passionate performer and the first woman to play Conjunto in Texas, will treat us to powerful cumbias, polkas, and more. This performance is presented in collaboration with Louisiana Crossroads.

October 12–13, 2011Most appropriate for grades K–5$400 single performance$575 double performance

October 21, 2011Most appropriate for grades 9–12

$600 single performance

Cajun, Zydeco, Lebanese and Conjunto

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Poetry Alive!

Seven Nights to Read

Poetry Alive’s high-energy shows are presented by a team of two professional performers. The actors have memorized hundreds of poems – from the classics to the popular to the contemporary. A typical show includes 20-25 poems tailored to fit the ages and interests of the audience and are found in popular textbooks and anthologies. Poetry Alive!’s performance techniques are fresh and focused on connecting students to text. In short, they bring poetry to life!

Educator and composer, Stuart Stotts joins us with his musical and storytelling performance in celebration of reading. We all know that the more young children are read to, the greater their interest in mastering reading. It enhances the development of their spoken language skills, their ability to express themselves verbally and introduces them to new vocabulary. Stories, anecdotes and songs are chosen that support the development of these skills and also help to open new worlds of information and experiences. What better way to celebrate this basic skill and encourage reading then through an educational performance filled with laughter and audience participation?

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November 7–11, 2011Most appropriate for grades K–5

$300 single performance$450 double performance

December 5–9, 2011Most appropriate for grades K–5$350 single performance$500 double performance

presented by Stuart Stotts

ShoeFly is old time song and dance. Rooted in the traditions of early country music, bluegrass and honky-tonk, ShoeFly is a lean and mean offshoot of the group Rhythm in Shoes. ShoeFly fills the stage with high-energy sight and sound and provides a clear example of the results of dedication, teamwork, precision, and passionate career choices. This performance is presented in collaboration with the Black Pot Festival.

ShoeFlyOctober 31, 2011Most appropriate for grades 5–8$400 single performance$575 double performance

This workshop is an interesting blend of learning about our community and responding to this experience through visual art and creative writing activities. Box City is about an introduction to the historical, social and civic factors that our city and its buildings manifest. Participants will be exposed to the processes that have shaped our built-environment, and the lessons to be discovered about what is a community and how it works.

March 15, 20124:00–7:00 p.m.

Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 4–12

Box City: Building an Understanding of Community through Art and Writing

presented by Karen Bordelon and Hector LaSala

The workshop begins with a brief historical walking tour of downtown, Lafayette guided by UL Architecture Professor Hector LaSala. The primary emphasis of the experience is the story behind the buildings. Inspired by the tour, every participant creates a simple building type from a list of “essential” and “nonessential” buildings and chooses a location for it on a prepared map of an imaginary community.

Educator Karen Bordelon then introduces a writing activity that guides participants to create fictitious biographies of the structure’s past and present inhabitants. One at a time the stories are shared with the group with each storyteller being encouraged to add elements of the previous story to their own. Thus, a kind of town history is constructed. The last segment is dedicated to reflecting how to adapt the workshop to each participant’s grade level, subject, space and time limitations, etc.

Be a part of a collaborative theater process that frames the universal emotions of joy, despair, fear and anger using the works of William Shakespeare. During this workshop, participants will learn techniques that both physically and vocally activate the text and characters from the Bard’s classic stories. Please come dressed to move.

Justin Zsebe serves as the Artistic Producer and a founder of the company L’Enfant Terrible where he recently directed four pieces for the Fun Family Festival of Tragedy (Hamlet Prince of Puddles, Titus the Clownicus, King O’Leary and Macbeth and the Monster). Last year he wrote and directed Unbearably Lo*ely (A Tennessee Williams Mash-Up) with the Acting Up Co. in Lafayette and continues a teaching relationship in Louisiana with the Acadiana Center of the Arts by sharing a storytelling technique he’s developing called framework. This fall he will be directing Bill Cain’s awarding winning play 9 Circles and has been commissioned to develop a new cabaret of David Bowie’s Hunky Dory for L.A.’s King King Club. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Justin moved to Los Angeles from New Orleans to earn a MFA from UCLA’s School of Theater Film and Television and has lived here ever since. In between directing and acting he enjoys the company of friends and the solitude of the motorcycle. Past work has been done at The Shanghai Experimental Theater, Theater X, The Geffen Playhouse, The Pacific Resident Theater, The Actor’s Gang and the Little Theater of New Orleans.

February 28, 20124:00–7:00 p.m.Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 5–12

Storytelling & Shakespeare: Find Your Framepresented by Justin Zsebe

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The Art of Improvisationpresented by Rhythmic Tapestries February 6–10, 2012Most appropriate for grades 3–8$350 single performance$500 double performance

Nanette Ledet and Julian Garcia with Young Audiences have joined forces to present a fascinating rhythmic journey that explores the music of West Africa, Brazil, Caribbean, and Native American cultures. These two award-winning artists will perform their unique blend of musical influences in a “structured improvisation.” The audience will be invited to participate through call and response songs, body percussion, and ultimately, improvise their own rhythms in a culminating “drum circle.”

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Stepping is a form of percussive dance in which the participant’s entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of spoken word, footsteps, and hand claps. The Northside High School Drill SQUAD takes the audience on an educational and captivating journey while tracing “stepping” back to its African origins. Audience members will learn how stepping has evolved over the years in the United States through the broad range of African- American cultural and musical influences. You’ll see why the NHS Drill SQUAD is not only the #1 high school step team in the state of Louisiana, but also the current Walt Disney World National High School Step Team Champion!

Northside High Drill SQUADJanuary 12 & 27 | February 3 & 17, 2012

Most appropriate for grades 6-12$175 single performance

$265 double performance

January 9–13, 2012Most appropriate for grades K–5$350 single performance$500 double performance

Hobey Ford returns to the natural world of animals to explore the wonders, trials and sometimes unspeakable beauty of those who move across the planet in search of food, shelter and often a better way of life. Hobey immerses us in the original story of a young Mexican girl, Beatriz, whose name means “traveler,” and her own family’s migration to the US. Along the way, audiences experience Beatriz’s journey juxtaposed with the stories of wild animals that migrate: Monarch butterflies, polar bears, the Godwit bird (a Pacific Rim sandpiper) and the giant sperm whale. Known for his extremely realistic puppets, Ford takes the audience along on the travels of these incredible creatures.

Migration presented by Hobey Ford

Nanette Ledet has performed internationally for the past 25 years as a multi-disciplinary artist. She has also created several original arts-integrated curriculums and worked as an arts educator for almost two decades. Her choreography has been seen on television (Disney Channel and MTV), numerous musical theater productions, film, conventions, and concert theater stages. She received an Artist’s Fellowship for Choreography in 2004 from the Louisiana Division of the Arts. Locally, she works with Young Audiences of La., Cultural Crossroads, Very Specials Arts La., New Orleans Ballet Association, and in private dance studios. She created her current company concept, “Rhythmic Tapestries,” in 2000, after her return to New Orleans from Hawaii. Currently, she continues to create and present new works for performance and education, through the process of collaboration and improvisation. The latest collaboration includes creating new choreography for several of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, to be performed with live accompaniment on the piano by Albinas Prizgintas, music director at Trinity Church in New Orleans.

Music and dance are integral elements of daily life in many indigenous cultures. Many contributions and connections to our regional culture have been created by West Africans after their enforced migration that transpired during and after the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Improvised rhythms, songs and dances are included in daily rituals, religious ceremonies, festivals, and other special occasions. This workshop, led by teaching artist Nanette Ledet, will offer the opportunity for participants to experience these rhythms and movements through improvisation and collaboration techniques. Using the clave` as a point of departure, Nanette will share her experiences with encouraging students to create their own rhythms, songs and dances. This process can include connections to English language arts, social studies, history, math, and many social skills. While primarily aimed towards elementary grade levels, Nanette can give extensions that will show her applications to any and all age groups. She will also culminate the session with a “drum circle,” which will include the techniques demonstrated during the workshop.

February 9, 20124:00 – 7:00 p.m.Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 2–8

The Art of Improvisation: Creating Connections to Classroom Curriculum through Music and Movementpresented by Nanette Ledet

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A Tribute to Louisiana’s Little WalterMarch 9, 2012

Most appropriate for grades 9–12$600 single performance

Not everyone knows that the man who invented amplified Blues harmonica, and created the vocabulary that every player of his instrument has used as a foundation ever since, was a French speaking Creole musician from Marksville, Louisiana. Little Walter Jacobs (pronounced in the French manner – Jya-KOH – in Walter’s family) revolutionized his instrument and changed the musical landscape forever - his recordings with Muddy Waters and as a solo Top 10 R&B artist in the 1950s are the definitive statements in one of America’s most important musical forms. During this tribute we will celebrate a Southwest Louisiana hero with music and stories from those who knew him and those who are continuing his legacy today. This performance is presented in collaboration with Louisiana Crossroads.

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Educators Nettie McDaniel and Brenda Petro guide participants through a series of techniques that pave the way for students to be successful writers in the classroom and beyond. By using the AcA gallery spaces and selected artworks within the galleries the workshop can initially focus on “developing a sense of place.” It also provides an opportunity to learn how to enhance encounters with works of art as sources of inspiration for student writing. The presenters will engage educators in many other useful techniques for developing meaningful writing experiences such as; icebreakers for getting writing started, multi-sensory activities, out-in-out patterns, visual writing prompts and the Oh! So! Fun! Mini Writing Marathon. After the writing experiences, application to different grade levels and subject areas will be discussed and resources for future use explored.

February 2, 20124:00–7:00 p.m.Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 4–12

Art Works in Writingpresented by Nettie McDaniel and Brenda Petro

Nettie McDaniel is a National Board Certified Teacher and a Teacher Consultant with the Acadiana Writing Project. Some of the writing workshops she has presented include: Writing across the Curriculum at the National Writing Project Conference in Pittsburgh, Writing a Character (What’s in a Wallet) at the Rural Sites Writing Project Conference in Sante Fe, and Using your Inside Voices at the Writing Literacy Conference in Natchitoches. Currently, Nettie teaches students in grades five through eight at Paul Breaux Middle School.

Brenda Petro is an enrichment teacher at Paul Breaux Middle School. She designs curriculum to enrich her student’s experiences in the core subject areas and the arts. She taught art with the PACE program, integrating visual arts with the elementary school curriculum and was the education director at the Children’s Museum of Acadiana developing educational programs and exhibits.

February 9, 10, 16, 17, 2012Most appropriate for grades 2–5$200 single performance$300 double performance

Enjoy a lesson in Louisiana History through the magic of dance. L.J. Alleman Middle School dance students will present the evolution of dance and its direct relation to Louisiana culture. It will take you from its regal beginning in the royal court to the toe-tapping two-step in Cajun Country. Dance styles to be explored include French European ballet, Spanish flamenco dance, modern, Cajun and hip-hop. Get ready to dance Who Dat Nation!

Danse de la Louisiane presented by L.J. Alleman Dancers

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The Mask Messenger

October 25–26, 20119:00 & 11:30 a.m. showsAcA’s James D. Moncus TheaterMost appropriate for grades 5–12Tickets are $5 each

The Mask Messenger is a series of vignettes ranging from comic to bizarre to poignant. Body language, psychological insight, and humor are the driving forces that captivate audiences. The show illuminates and expands the concept of the mask, exploring its relationship to human psychology, business, fashion, art, dance, and theatre.The set consists of an impressive collection of masks, created by Mr. Faust and the company, exhibited center stage. After a brief and informative mock-lecture about the myriad uses of masks in cultures throughout the world, the performer begins to demonstrate the power of transformation by removing the masks from the wall, and assuming the emotional state expressed in each face. A variety of characters spring to life, including some who speak dialogue, wearing Commedia Dell’Arte style half-masks. Full masks are worn on top or back of the head, creating distortions that baffle the eye and tickle the funny bone. Study guide included!

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presented by Faustwork Mask Theater

Visual images, like language, carry meaning, and the ability to read images is a useful skill in an increasingly visual world. In this workshop, teachers examine ways to develop student thinking and writing skills using a four-part art criticism process and/or a guided pre-writing approach. Participants learn ways to encourage thinking and motivate student writing using careful observation of a visual artwork as the starting point. Sharing ideas and ways to connect artwork to curriculum themes is part of the workshop.

Sandra Phaup is the writing teacher with the da Vinci Project at Barcroft Elementary School, and Coordinator of Fine Arts for the Gifted, Arlington Public Schools, Virginia. She has taught English and/or art for more than 20 years at the elementary, high school, and college levels in the United States and England. Writing and art are both avocation and vocation for her. She has exhibited artwork and presented topics at national and state conferences related to student learning in writing, economics, and visual and performing arts.

Dance is a wonderful language, useful for thinking, learning, and self-expression. In this workshop, participants learn ways to explore dance elements with students and gain proficiency in leading easy, enjoyable dance activities that connect to science, math, social studies, and language arts. Participants also learn how movement engages students and inspires learning.

Eric Johnson is the dance specialist for twelve Seattle public and private schools and a leader of professional development workshops for educators nationally and internationally. Since 1985, he has traveled to sites from Florida to Alaska sharing strategies with teachers for lesson planning, assessment, classroom management, and integration of movement and dance into the classroom. Mr. Johnson teaches educators annually in Japan under the auspices of Japan Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and is an artist/mentor for individual classroom teachers for Arts Impact of Tacoma, Washington, one of 19 projects honored nationally by funding from the U.S. Department of Education. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

January 19, 2012 4:00–7:00 p.m.Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades K–5

January 26, 20124:00–7:00 p.m.

L. Leo Judice Elementary SchoolFor teachers of grades K-5

Using Visual Art to EncourageThinking and Writing

Learning and Dancing Throughout the Curriculum

presented by Sandra Phaup

presented by Eric Johnson

ZooZoo

February 1, 20129:00 & 11:30 a.m. shows

Angelle Hall, UL Lafayette campusMost appropriate for grades K–5

Tickets are $5 each

Imago Theatre is an internationally acclaimed company known for its acrobatics, comedy and illusions. Their latest show for children and families, ZooZoo is penguins playing musical chairs, a cat trapped in a giant paper bag, hippos with insomnia, anteaters as waiters, and a madcap revue of illusion, comedy and fun that has inspired audiences nationwide. ZooZoo is comprised of a series of short works lasting in length from four to seven minutes. Each work plays on the anthropomorphic realization of animals and inanimate objects. Study guide included!

presented by Imago

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Are You My Mother?

Hamlet, Prince of Puddlespresented by L’Enfant Terrible

March 12–13, 20129:00 & 11:30 a.m. shows

AcA’s James D. Moncus TheaterMost appropriate for grades K–2

Tickets are $5 each

February 29 - March 2, 2012AcA’s James D. Moncus TheaterMost appropriate for grades 3–12Tickets are $5 each

At long last, Baby Bird emerges from her shell and expects to be greeted by her mother’s song. But her mother is not there. Where is she? Why isn’t she home? With the help of Dog, Cat, and Hen, Baby Bird sets out in search of Mother Bird in this colorful musical adventure. Based on P.D. Eastman’s classic picture book for young readers, Are You My Mother? is ArtsPower’s enchanting musical about Baby Bird’s journey – an adventure that overflows with love, dedication, and friendship. Study guide included!

Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, but after the untimely death of his kingly father, his mother Gertrude hastily marries his uncle Claudius. When Hamlet learns who is to blame for his father’s death, he struggles to take action and becomes know as the Prince of Puddles! Find out why in this all-ages adaptation of the Bard’s classic. The L’Enfant group formed because of their love of storytelling and the belief that amazing, entertaining and subversive theater doesn’t have to live in the realm of Adult’s Only theater–the true universality of storytelling appeals to all ages and all communities.

Puppetry is a magical teaching tool that activates students’ creative thinking through play. In this workshop, Hobey Ford, puppeteer and teaching artist from North Carolina, introduces you to his patented Peepers Puppet, a set of eyes work on the hand in several ways to turn the bare hand into an innovative and inexpensive puppet. Discover how to help students learn the basics of creating numerous characters using the Peepers Puppet and learn how to write and perform simple scripts that teach story structure and sequence while creating theater with their hands.

Since Hobey Ford created the Golden Rod Puppets in 1980, he has performed throughout the United States and Canada. Mr. Ford studied art at the State University of New York at Purchase and at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He designs, engineers, and constructs all of the Golden Rod Puppets and sets. Mr. Ford has received puppetry’s highest honor, the Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA) Citation of Excellence, as well as three Jim Henson Foundation grants. He has been invited to perform at a wide variety of venues, including the Detroit Institute for Art and the Master Puppeteers Series at the American Contemporary Theater Festival.

Combining storytelling with shadow puppetry brings a variety of cultures to life in the classroom through folktales. During this workshop, teachers become familiar with folktales from many cultures. Participants learn shadow puppetry performance techniques and how to construct their own shadow puppets. Hobey Ford discusses the construction of a shadow puppet theater, scripting a folktale into a play, and organizing a performance with students.

Since Hobey Ford created the Golden Rod Puppets in 1980, he has performed throughout the United States and Canada. Mr. Ford studied art at the State University of New York at Purchase and at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He designs, engineers, and constructs all of the Golden Rod Puppets and sets. Mr. Ford has received puppetry’s highest honor, the Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA) Citation of Excellence, as well as three Jim Henson Foundation grants. He has been invited to perform at a wide variety of venues, including the Detroit Institute for Art and the Master Puppeteers Series at the American Contemporary Theater Festival.

January 10, 20124:00–7:00 p.m.Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 2–5

January 12, 20124:00–7:00 p.m.

Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 3–12

The Magic of Peepers Puppets:Exploring Scriptwriting through Puppetry

Telling Folktales with Shadow Puppetry

presented by Hobey Ford

presented by Hobey Ford

presented by ArtsPower National Touring Theatre

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The AcA has many resources to help you bring the arts to the classroom.

Professional Development Workshops demonstrate practical and proven techniques for teaching in the arts, teaching about the arts and teaching through the arts!

Connecting core subject areas to an imaginary journey can inspire and motivate students. Educator Kessler Reed and Teaching Artist Sasha Nick share their experiences teaching about Compass Rose, Cardinal Direction, map key, landforms, making lists and much more. Geography, social studies, language arts, even math is a possibility with this activity! Learn how to challenge writing skills with visual prompts and provide a safe environmentfor personal choice.

Many of the Kennedy Center’s professional development offerings are based on a philosophy and practice of teaching called arts integration. So what is arts integration? This session unpacks the Kennedy Center’s definition and gives you the opportunity to uncover the characteristics of quality integration. In addition the session includes your participation in an arts-integrated lesson and examines how arts-integrated instruction aligns with current learning principles and best practice.

Stuart Stotts is a songwriter, storyteller, and author from Madison, Wisconsin. He has worked as a full-time performer since 1986 and gives more than 200 shows a year for kids, families, and adults around the Midwest, and sometimes farther. Mr. Stotts is a frequent presenter at conferences and workshops for teachers, parents and librarians. He has worked extensively as an artist-in-residence in elementary, middle, and high schools. He has also released several award-winning recordings and is the author of The Bookcase Ghost: A Collection of Wisconsin Ghost Stories, Books in a Box: Lutie Stearns and the Traveling Libraries of Wisconsin, Curly Lambeau and the Green Packers, and the forthcoming We Shall Overcome: A Song that Changed the World.

December 1, 20114:00–7:00 p.m.Duson Elementary SchoolFor teachers of grades 2–8

December 8, 20114:00–7:00 p.m.

Charles M. Burke Elementary SchoolFor teachers of grades K–12

Creating Maps that Support Integrated Teaching

Arts Integration: The Kennedy Center’s Approach

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REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP

· Registration is $12 per workshop. LPSS educators $7 per workshop.

An AcA member discount is available. (A $1 facility fee will be added to

each purchase).

· NEW! Register for workshops online at AcadianaCenterfortheArts.org.

· Materials and a light meal are included.

· Most workshops carry CLU credits.

Space is limited and these workshops fill quickly, so register now! Call 337.233.7060 · Fax 337.233.7062

Email Paige@AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org

presented by Sasha Nick and Kessler Reed

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Sasha Nick has been involved in arts education for over 12 years and is a certified Montessori teacher. She is currently a teaching artist in PACE (Primary Academic and Creative Experiences). She is the owner and operator of The Little Paintbrush, a private art studio for children.

Kessler Reed is a mother of two, and currently teaches first grade at Woodvale Elementary. She has Bachelor’s degrees in Child and Family Studies and Early Childhood Education (Pre-K – 3rd). Kessler has taught grades K – 2nd in her 8 year teaching career. She uses many different teaching techniques to engage and motivate her students. She has found art in education as a valuable component in her repertoire.

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Encouraging the use of a daily journal has become an important teaching tool for students of all learning styles and in every academic area. Teaching Artists Jill Broussard and Jennifer Herbert take the typical ruled journal a step further and provide participants with fun techniques that transform basic materials into creative containers worthy of their words. Starting with old discarded books and introducing the use of paint, tissue, stamps, cloth, markers, recycled labels and magazines, this process offers students problem-solving challenges and personal choice opportunities. This activity will enhance any lesson and is a fantastic way to recycle those old paper treasures into a new masterpiece.

Jill Broussard, native of Lafayette, Louisiana, studied Fine Art at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and received her BFA from Louisiana State University in 1992. With 17 years of painting experience, she is also skilled in developing and facilitating community programs for all ages. From children to seniors, Jill’s rich art philosophy has been shared to enrich learning and feed souls. She continues to work in her studio and with organizations that promote art and art education.

Jennifer Herbert, a native of Lafayette, Louisiana studied Fine Art at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is a mixed media artist that has taught private art lessons to children and adults for over 15 years. Jennifer has been a PACE (Primary Academic Creative Experiences) artist for the past 9 years. She is also very active in teaching summer art programs, and numerous grant projects in the community.

In this workshop educators will explore the concept of inspiration and the creative process based on the paintings of Bauhaus artist Paul Klee. His personal, often gently humorous works are replete with allusions to dreams, music, and poetry. Workshop participants will then compose music inspired by his visually rhythmic artwork. With the guidance of composer educator John Bertles they will perform their compositions using instruments that they have built themselves using recycled materials.

John Bertles is an instrument builder, educator, environmentalist and composer. A life-long fascination with the science of sound and creating unusual sound sources has led him down some interesting pathways. He has created instrument designs for the New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall and the Smithsonian Institute, enticed Mr. Rogers to play a cardboard tube trombone, Yo-Yo Ma to play a cello made from fishing line, and Wynton Marsalis to blow a trumpet made from plumbing pipe. He is also an educator, staff developer and curriculum consultant. In this capacity he has worked in many different roles – including teaching artist, teaching artist mentor, study guide writer, concert narrator and performer, curriculum writer, and advisory board member. He is a leader in the emerging field of Environmental Arts Education. For over 20 years he has been a tireless advocate of sustainability, conservation and living lightly on the planet; always linking the science-based environmental message to arts-making asnatural partners.

Educators Linda Rhoads and Stacey Womack will introduce the interactive, simple and colorful nature of circle painting. They will share their own experiences working with middle school students and show how easy it is to adapt for use as an individual or group project. The step-by-step process is applicable for all ages and experience levels. Whether connected to fractions, life cycles, geography, history or visual art, you will soon recognize that the circle is a common theme in our world. This painting process encourages and motivates students while learning skills in teamwork, problem solving, planning, cooperation, organizationand more.

This hands-on workshop applies strategies of the successful Local Learning in Lafayette folk arts integration project, now in its third year at L.J. Alleman Middle School. Learn to tap students’ intrinsic knowledge as they deepen inquiry skills through mindful observation, interviewing, sketching, mapping, photography, and analysis. Identifying and tapping family and community knowledge and heritage fits in any discipline, connecting students with their own identity and your curricular needs. This approach requires no extra funding, and all resources are free and available online.

Paddy Bowman is Director of Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education, linking folklorists, folk artists, and K-12 educators nationwide. She is an adjunct professor in the Lesley University Integrated Teaching Through the Arts Masters Program and serves on the Steering Committee of the Arts Education Partnership. She received an M.A. in folklore from the University of North Carolina. Publications include Bullfrog Jumped: Children’s Folksongs Learning Guide, Alabama Folklife Association. She is lead author of the online guide Louisiana Voices and numerous other resources.

September 29, 20114:00–7:00 p.m.Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 2–12

October 20, 20114:00–7:00 p.m.Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 4-12

October 13, 20114:00–7:00 p.m.

Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 4–12

November 10, 20114:00–7:00 p.m.

Acadiana Center for the ArtsFor teachers of grades 5–12

Journaling with Altered Books

Circle Painting: A Ring of Cooperation and Creativity

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presented by Jill Broussard & Jennifer Herbert

presented by John Bertles presented by Paddy Bowman

presented by Linda Rhoads & Stacey Womack

Paul Klee and Inspiration: Painting with Music,Composing with Images

Local Learning: Connecting Classroom, Community and Curriculum