Contact
Frumie Selchen
Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire
frumie@aannh.org
603-323-7302
Kimball Jenkins School of Art & Estate
266 N. Main St.
Concord, NH
This space is accessible for individuals using wheelchairs. If you require any additional accommodations, please contact us at programs@aannh.org no later than August 12.
Including All Students: Creating Successful Residencies & Arts Activities A Workshop for Teaching Artists
Thursday, August 21, 2014
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
registration at 9 am
Kimball Jenkins School of Art & Estate
266 N. Main St., Concord, NH
Cost: $15
$10 for AANNH Members
Partial scholarships are available for those who need them.
Professional development credits are offered.
Light refreshments will be served - please bring your own lunch.
Register now! This interactive workshop for teaching artists will delve into strategies and adaptations that provide ways to meet the needs of learners who have disabilities, emotion and behavioral challenges or who just plain learn in alternative ways. Participants will be provided with lots of practical information gained through many years of working in a variety of special education settings. Examples will be offered of both music and visual art activities that illustrate barrier-free lessons, enhance creative problem solving and promote independence and success. There will be plenty of time for sharing challenges and solutions.
Deborah Stuart has spent 40 years working with children, teaching, writing and directing. She has performed alone and with David Colburn and Will Cabell in the USA and internationally, and is active with the NH State Council on the Arts and Arts Alliance of Northern NH's programs and as a national consultant. Deborah is editor/author of several publications on arts in education and developing literacy, with an emphasis on children with different learning needs. In July she received the national VSA Ginny Miller Award for her mentorship and guidance of colleagues and peers around the country.
Andrew Raeside teaches art and music at the Spaulding Youth Center, a residential school for children between five and 21 who are diagnosed with emotional, behavioral and/or mental disabilities. He has served as the Center’s coordinator for Arts Programs and Artist Residencies since l995. He coordinates an annual Arts Festival at Spaulding and is a Recipient of the P. Buckley Moss Foundation’s Teacher of the Year Award.
Presented by: The Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire and VSA New Hampshire as part of their ongoing Arts in Inclusive Learning collaboration, provided through a contract with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Our thanks to the Kimball Jenkins School & Estate for hosting this workshop.
For more information: To learn more about the workshop, other August offerings for teachers or the Arts in Inclusive Learning, call 323-7302 or email programs@aannh.org. The Arts Alliance is grateful for operating support and partnership from the NH State Council on the Arts.
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