September 22, 2017
Artists in the Classroom Grant Recipient List
ArtStarts in Schools will be distributing $229,042 to schools across the province to bring artists into their classrooms. The Artists in the Classroom grants are funding 68 projects including 12 large scale projects of up to $10,000. This is the first of two intakes for the 2017-18 school year.
Through these projects,
- 6,965 students will get the chance to engage in hands-on arts experiences with professional artists to facilitate deeper learning
- 94 professional artists will further develop their artistic excellence and practice
- 336 educators will integrate arts into their classrooms to inspire creativity and innovation
The projects span British Columbia from Sparwood to Prince George to Port McNeill for students from kindergarten to grade 12. Artistic disciplines range from poetry to pottery to pantomime. The 68 projects competed in a merit-based assessment of artistic quality, student engagement, curricular connections and project scope. Each project is unique; you can see a full listing of these projects below.
Here is just a taste of some of the projects that will unfold this school year:
Listen to Your Gut
Grindrod Elementary
Grindrod, BC
Students will create a large scale model of the gastrointestinal tract that people can move through. Each class will use a variety of artistic media (fabric, puppetry, movement, etc) to represent a section of the digestive passage to creatively learn about how the food we eat is processed in our own bodies and becomes the building blocks for growth and health.
Natural Selection Through the Lens of Aboriginal Mythology: Scientific Theory Represented through Traditional Storytelling, Creative Writing and Graphic Art
Brocklehurst Middle School
Kamloops, BC
After hearing legends from a traditional Aboriginal storyteller and researching organisms native to their area, students will create a digital storybook with illustrations that explains how their chosen organism adapts for survival in the style of Aboriginal mythology.
Material World
Burnaby North Secondary
Burnaby, BC
Through an exploration of waste and our material world, students will explore the possibilities of a chosen disposable material, how to cut it, shape it, join it, to create a sculpture or useful object from it in response to their research.
On a Beam of Light
Journey Middle School
Sooke, BC
Students will study examples of how innovation has changed the world and continues to deliver the future. The struggles of great thinkers like Albert Einstein will be studied to learn about human nature – what common qualities do innovators have? Students will use what they’ve learned about the challenges of being a creative thinker to develop characters, memorize lines, learn choreography and present a play.
Artists in the Classroom grants offer up to $3,500 for small scale projects and grants of up to $10,000 for large scale projects. Artists, teachers, principals and PAC representatives in British Columbia are eligible to apply. The next deadline to apply is October 16, 2017, for projects taking place January to June 2018.
AIC grants are disbursed by ArtStarts in Schools and funded by BC Arts Council and the Government of British Columbia's Creative Futures program.
|
School Name |
City |
Project Title |
Amount Approved |
|
Aberdeen Elementary |
Kamloops |
Defining Moments |
$3,346.00 |
|
Agnes L Mathers Elementary |
Sandspit |
Row by Row, We're Going to Make Our Garden Grow |
$2,209.00 |
|
Arrow Heights Elementary |
Revelstoke |
Wildland Wonders |
$6,801.00 |
|
Artemis Place Secondary School |
Victoria |
Through my lens |
$2,450.00 |
|
Bayview Community Elementary |
Vancouver |
The Living Room Project |
$3,900.00 |
|
Brocklehurst Middle School |
Kamloops |
Natural Selection thru the Lens of Aboriginal Myth |
$4,900.00 |
|
Burnaby North Secondary |
Burnaby |
Material World |
$3,450.00 |
|
Cedar Bridge School |
Lumby |
Circus Performing Arts Program |
$1,680.00 |
|
Cloverdale Traditional |
Victoria |
Cloverdale and the Garry Oak Grove |
$5,682.00 |
|
Customized Learning Centre - LINC |
Coquitlam |
Art Appreciation-Prehistoric Times to Modern Age |
$3,500.00 |
|
David Thompson Secondary |
Vancouver |
New Shoots |
$3,500.00 |
|
District 42 Alternative Secondary |
Maple Ridge |
Art Engagement for At-Risk Students |
$2,744.00 |
|
Ecole des Glaciers |
Revelstoke |
Learning Science through Circus! |
$1,860.00 |
|
Ecole des Glaciers |
Revelstoke |
Building Social Connections through Cartooning |
$1,326.00 |
|
Ecole des Sept-Sommets |
Rossland |
Our Vibrant and Living Culture |
$1,654.00 |
|
Environmental School Project |
Maple Ridge |
Histories and Traditions of the River |
$6,633.00 |
|
Florence Nightingale Elementary |
Vancouver |
Claiming Space/Making Place for Belonging |
$10,000.00 |
|
Forest Grove Elementary |
Burnaby |
ART+CRAFT: Young Hands Quilting Community |
$5,964.00 |
|
Garibaldi Annex |
Vancouver |
TREES: yesterday, today, and tomorrow |
$3,500.00 |
|
Grindrod Elementary |
Grindrod |
Listen to Your Gut |
$9,700.00 |
|
Handsworth Secondary |
North Vancouver |
"Playing With Words" Playbuilding Project |
$3,500.00 |
|
Hume Elementary |
Nelson |
POETRY ALIVE! |
$3,320.00 |
|
Island Discovery Learning Community |
North Vancouver |
Connecting With the Sounds of Nature |
$3,500.00 |
|
James McKinney Elementary |
Richmond |
The Earth In Our Hands; The Earth Under Our Feet |
$1,260.00 |
|
John Oliver Secondary |
Vancouver |
The Art Of Belonging |
$2,150.00 |
|
Journey Middle School |
Sooke |
On a Beam of Light |
$3,500.00 |
|
Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School |
North Vancouver |
The Puppet Musical Project |
$3,500.00 |
|
Kootenay Orchards Elementary |
Cranbrook |
The Canadian Melting Pot |
$2,770.00 |
|
Kwalikum Secondary |
Qualicum Beach |
The Art Of Improvising: Jazz for Life! |
$3,500.00 |
|
Ladysmith Secondary |
Ladysmith |
Poetic Justice |
$3,500.00 |
|
Lord Nelson Elementary |
Vancouver |
The Making of Cantastoria |
$1,050.00 |
|
Lord Selkirk Annex |
Vancouver |
Discovering First Nations Cultures-a two part proj |
$3,650.00 |
|
Lord Strathcona Elementary |
Vancouver |
A New Path to the Waterfall |
$10,000.00 |
|
Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary |
New Westminster |
Le village de Jackie: singing and dancing Africa! |
$3,500.00 |
|
Mayne Island School |
Mayne Island |
World Rhythms |
$3,500.00 |
|
Nakusp Secondary |
Nakusp |
Layered Identity |
$1,400.00 |
|
Nanoose Bay Elementary |
Nanoose Bay |
Success Through Curiosity and Inquiry |
$3,339.00 |
|
Nanoose Bay Elementary |
Nanoose Bay |
How I Shape My World |
$3,479.00 |
|
New Westminster Secondary |
New Westminster |
NWSS Social Justice Theatre |
$3,500.00 |
|
Nootka Elementary |
Vancouver |
Secret Identities |
$3,296.00 |
|
North Island Secondary |
Port McNeill |
'Namyut NISS Family Home of Learning Pole Project |
$3,500.00 |
|
Okanagan Landing Elementary |
Vernon |
Creating traces-Voyage btwn Science, Fibers, Plant |
$2,373.00 |
|
Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry |
Victoria |
Contemporary Theater |
$3,250.00 |
|
Parkland Middle School |
Cranbrook |
Growing, Greening and Giving |
$1,700.00 |
|
Pemberton Secondary |
Pemberton |
Professional visual journaling and community proj |
$3,164.00 |
|
Queen Mary Community Elementary |
North Vancouver |
The Firefly Project - Queen Mary |
$1,460.00 |
|
Renfrew Elementary |
Vancouver |
Immigrant Exper in Canada of Visible Minorities |
$2,240.00 |
|
Reynolds Secondary |
Victoria |
Life in Balance with Creatively United |
$3,500.00 |
|
Ron Brent Elementary |
Prince George |
Clay & Pottery: A Global View |
$3,500.00 |
|
Roosevelt Park Elementary |
Prince Rupert |
Ayoo! – Salmon Art Project |
$1,334.00 |
|
Saltspring Elementary |
Salt Spring Island |
Creative Nature Connection in Our Own Backyard |
$4,671.00 |
|
Sir William MacDonald Elem |
Vancouver |
Snow: Dancing into Winter |
$700.00 |
|
Sk'aadgaa Naay Elementary |
Skidegate |
Identity Maps |
$3,500.00 |
|
Sparwood Secondary |
Sparwood |
In the Director’s Chair |
$520.00 |
|
Stelly's Secondary |
Saanichton |
Learning Commons and School Signage Transformation |
$10,000.00 |
|
Tecumseh Elementary |
Vancouver |
Building Creative Expression and Identity |
$1,092.00 |
|
Trafalgar Middle School |
Nelson |
French-Canadian Traditional Arts & Culture |
$2,315.00 |
|
Trafalgar Middle School |
Nelson |
Capoiera with Kids! |
$2,100.00 |
|
Tyee Elementary |
Vancouver |
Montessori Meaning Makers |
$3,500.00 |
|
Vancouver Technical Secondary |
Vancouver |
Project Orange |
$3,500.00 |
|
Victoria High School |
Victoria |
ARGON-a performative work exploring connections |
$3,500.00 |
|
Walter Moberly Elementary |
Vancouver |
What’s in a Game? The Practice of Play |
$1,400.00 |
|
Westcot Elementary |
West Vancouver |
The Sounds of Our WORDS |
$2,782.00 |
|
Westview Elementary |
North Vancouver |
Cultures, Community & Collaboration |
$2,250.00 |
|
Westview Elementary |
North Vancouver |
Uzume Taiko Drumming Experience |
$2,765.00 |
|
Wildflower School |
Nelson |
POETRY ALIVE! |
$2,960.00 |
|
Windermere Secondary |
Vancouver |
MATH-GAZINE! |
$763.00 |
|
Winlaw Elementary School |
Winlaw |
POETRY ALIVE! |
$2,690.00 |
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