THE ARTISTS IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM places professional touring companies and actors, musicians, visual artists, dancers, poets and storytellers in the schools. Each performance or visiting artist presented in the schools has been approved for appropriate quality and content. Prior to each performance or visiting artist in a school site, teachers receive study guides, which contain descriptions of the performance, curriculum connections, pre- and post-performance activities, discussion questions and information specific to the art form.
During the 2009-2010 school year, 136,488 students and teachers participated in 1,215 arts experiences presented by 111 performing companies and artists at 209 K-12 regular and exceptional, magnet, arts attractor, alternative, and charter schools, and other educational settings.
In-school programming covers a wide array of special projects. These projects include Artist Residencies, Literacy and the Arts, the District-wide High School Poetry Jam, Arts in Alternative Schools, Water Conservation Arts Program, Magnet School Programs, many special projects, and community/school projects.
NEW THIS YEAR!
NEW THIS YEAR!
The Arts Council is partnering with Heard ‘Em Say Teen Poetry Nights to sponsor monthly poetry jams for teens scheduled on the last Friday of every month at The International Bazaar, 2010 E. Busch Blvd., Tampa, 8pm. Admission is free and teen poets are encouraged to attend and to perform.
In collaboration with Tampa Electric, the Arts Council is scheduling a series of performances entitled “Power Play" by Stageworks Theatre Company. This fact-paced and funny performance teaches energy conservation to 3rd through 5th graders in an entertaining way.
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Thanks to the generosity of the following people, this fund has been established to honor Carol by funding a Hillsborough County touring artist in the school. A staunch friend of the arts, especially arts in education, Carol began (with Joe Testasecca) the Arts Council/Hillsborough County Carol is deeply missed, but thanks to her efforts, the Arts in Education program has grown to be an integral part of the District’s dynamic arts initiatives. Our gracious thanks to the following supporters: Jackie and Donald Genovese, Leslie and John Osterweil, Michelle and Sean Lyons, Val and Mark Peterson, Lynn Norton, Annette Armstrong, Rachael Bail, Ronald Walker, Sharyn Brookins, Ruth G. Kruglick, Shirley Herris, Elayne and Marc Baskin, the Bloombergs, Kid's Stuff Staff 2007, Donna Peckett and Danielle Dresden - Tap It New Works Ensemble Theater.
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