ESPrit de Corps

Yes, it’s true.  The arts are helpful, wonderful, useful, and productive!
Below are two recent blog posts to serve as a bright spot amid the depressing headlines.

*  A Missing Piece in the Economic Stimulus: Hobbling Arts Hobbles Innovation
* Liz Lerman, who spoke at Summer Seminar 2004 offers  A Proposed Job Swatch to Save American  Capitalism
Enjoy!

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When I need an escape from another reminder that the nation is indeed in a recession, this week I’ve been finding a wealth of discussions on the internet that remind me of the power and complexity of the arts-in-education field.  Some of the discourse is (politely) contentious, but I see contradiction as another opportunity for […]

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When I teach a yoga class, some students focus intently on what they want but don’t yet understand how to accomplish. Other students focus on judgmentally comparing themselves to others in the class. This mix probably happens in any group of students… the Learning self and the Critical self.
Sometimes being a beginner is cause for […]

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I like Alan’s metaphor about blogging. First time blogging IS like your first kiss with someone… there’s a funny combination of excitement, anxiety and anticipation before you begin to write. Do you think about it a LOT, or just dive in and see what happens? To think or act?
There are great parallels here to Summer […]

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I’ve found that posting for the the first time to a blog is kind of like your first kiss with someone. Too spontaneous and it could be awkward. However, there’s certainly the downside to over thinking it. You want it to be packed with meaning and, deep down, maybe fear that it doesn’t mean as […]

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One of the things I have tried to encourage this year (07-08) is discussion of certain topics by the staff that are related to education and that could have a positive impact on how we teach. I feel that it is important, no matter how good we think we are, to strive to learn new […]

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PS/MS 95’s Arts Leadership Team is one of fifteen Arts Leadership Teams that belongs to a community of arts leaders in the Bronx, the Bronx Arts Learning Community (BALC).  This year, DreamYard has gathered fifteen of our partnerships to create a community of schools who are all committed to strengthening the arts programs in their […]

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DreamYard and PS/MS 95 have been art partners for the last four years.  This year is our second year partnering in an ESP grant.  We currently have 15 arts integrated residencies that include visual arts, theater and dance, plus two after school arts programs in theater and visual arts.  This is their first year together […]

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Our school has been involved in ESP for a number of years, but we started a new partnership this year with Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. Hallwalls is a great fit for our school, they have programs dealing with all of the areas our students major in (theatre, dance, music, new media, and visual art), so […]

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The question I get asked almost every day happens mostly on a staircase where I am walking up four flights to my classroom. My student want to know what lays ahead of them. It doesn’t seem to matter that we have schedules posted on doors, or that they know the routines of the […]

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