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Dear 2017 Studio to School Team, Hello, from the future! It’s been a few years since our official, paperwork-documented partnership…
Cavetown Underground culminates three years of work creating RiverStars Performing Arts, which is made possible by funding from the Oregon…
Collaboration. Communication. Self-Awareness. Creativity. Oaklea Middle School students are painting these words on a tiger mural they created on their…
Student showcase from March 21, 2017 shown at Joseph Charter School assembly for K-8, where some parents, high school students…
2015-2016 Wallowa County Student showcase shown at Josephy Center for Arts and Culture on April 24, 2016.
During a two-week study of Scratchboard, the students at HMS had a great time. All students learned how scratchboard is…
Listed below are Art Lesson plans from Hines Middle School: Fall Poem Tough Turkey Veterans Day Trash Art Jelly Lanterns…
Greatest strengths and assets in this partnership: Committed administration and board…
The Heart of Winter-a dance theatre feast written by and for our Illinois Valley Community
A Day In Paradise October 2015 In the fall of 2015, Caldera teaching artist, Julie Keefe, Peninsula art teacher, Lori…
THIRD YEAR FOCUS The Sunriver/La Pine Studio Project Team will concentrate on developing and refining two key projects – band…
Check out our programmatic vision logic model we created with Steve Patty and what we want to learn next below.
This season will mark Year 3 of our Studio to School project, which serves to promote equal access to music…
“River Celebration: Connection” Video E-Journal Assignment #7 The Studio to School initiative continues to be a comprehensive effort in changing…
Watch Oaklea Middle School students participate and engage in ArtCore! Students draw, measure, paint, construct and explore in a classroom…
ArtCore at Oaklea Middle School is opening up new paths for students and teachers to own and…
Our first attempt to support the integration of arts education into the core curriculum went well. In the words of…
DDSD Elementary students involved through S2S increased from 400 to 2,700 through curricular resources In the OSA/David Douglas Studio to School Year…
The students at Hines middle school finished a color unit of study. During that unit, students learned about color theory…
During the week of May 9th the Missoula Children’s Theatre was in Burns for the production of Peter and Wendy. …
The students at Hines Middle School were treated to a special concert by “The Show Ponies” who were in Burns…
During the month of April the students at Hines Middle School learned how to make pine needle baskets using natural…
The students at Hines Middle School were able to have Producer/Director, Sue Arbuthnot, as a Artist in Residence for one…
After returning from the McMenamin’s rendezvous, my head was spinning with thoughts. I felt encouraged by the progress we’ve made…
In December, the entire Oaklea staff met to begin a visioning process for Oaklea. Where have we been? Where do…
Due to a redesign in Oaklea Middle School’s 2015-2016 schedule, middle schoolers now get to end their day with an…
During its tour of schools in Oregon, the traveling division of the Portland Opera to Go, stopped by Hines Middle School to teach students…
Hines students are working on the ABC’s of Ancient China and have made books, cutting out paper letters and using colored pencils. They are…
During Enrichment Day at Hines Middle School, students were given an opportunity to sign up for an activity of interest….
All 8th grade students were assigned a delegate from the Constitutional Convention, as part of our unit on the Constitution. …
On Tuesday December 8th, veteran school change agent, Michelle Swanson, led the entire Oaklea staff through a visioning process of…
During a two-week study of Scratchboard, the students at HMS had a great time. All students learned how scratchboard is…
Days 7 & 8 During the last two days with Mr. Walther, the students at HMS put their creativity into…
Day 1 – Introduction to Puppeteering with Mr. William Walther! The students at Hines Middle School enjoyed a wonderful opportunity…
Day 5 Today, Mr. William Walther showcased some of his personally hand crafted puppets. All the students were very excited…
Students continued to work on making their puppets. The students learned how to utilize butcher paper and wheat paste to…
A Scrooge Story: an original play written and adapted by members of our team. Praise for A Scrooge Story
The 2015-16 ArtNova’s first day included a Silent Feast. The rules: you must be silent, you can not feed yourself,…
Students at Sunset School began the school year by creating a design for the front of their art portfolios. Each…
Oaklea Teacher quotations on their first year of ArtCore “I feel a lot more comfortable than I was. I was…
Student Interview Quotes Why do you like ArtCore? “Well I don’t like people like when they are teaching it….
The format: audition, write, cast, rehearse, and perform five 10-minute plays in 24 hours. The theme was 2115-100 years from…
The students at Hines Middle School began the 2015-16 school year with a lot of excitement! In Art students began…
Three Rivers Studio to School 2015 Partners: Lorna Byrne, Evergreen, Illinois River Valley Arts Council, Illinois Valley Community Development Organization,…
Oregon Community Foundation Studio to School Grant Illinois Valley Performing Arts Phase 1 Activities, September Arts educator’s weekly schedules…
In order to use the remaining budget, our team took a field trip to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland,…
We are at the inaugural year of the Summer Institute. Twenty-six teachers enter the institute with varying degrees of artistic…
“I want to bring my mom back and watch it again!” “(watching professional actors) makes me want to do that…
The OCF Studio to Schools Rendezvous in Sisters, OR was fantastic. The town emulates a perfect example of seamlessly integrating…
The Hollywood Theatre is bringing internationally renowned artist INSA to Portland for a month-long residency in September! INSA will create a GIF-ITI…
These three questions guided an end of the year gathering of the ArtCore Oaklea team at Betsy Wolfston’s studio. What…
Are you an artist? “Before ArtCore, I probably would have said no,” states one Oaklea teacher. “Now, I am an…
On June 3rd, all students at King School participated in a showcase featuring student performing arts groups. The King School…
From February through June, Oaklea students had the opportunity to participate in several artistic disciplines in the ArtCore After-School program…
Students were asked who their favorite teachers were and why. Click the image below to hear about all that the Open…
This amazing new video was produced in the Hollywood Theatre Studio at Open Meadow School. Click the picture below to…
Christopher “Play” Martin spoke to Open Meadow students about what it means to stay engaged in school and education while presenting…
From January to June, ArtCore “Weaver” Betsy Wolfston worked weekly with four sixth grade teachers and their 130 students to…
“Had to reply to the whole group to say that “Cavetown” was one of the finest theatre experiences I have…
ArtCore in Action! What have you learned about the resources (both monetary and non-monetary) needed to be successful in implementing…
Student Showcase film from last Wednesday’s gathering at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture to celebrate student work from…
When you slow down, you concentrate better. You do better and you have more stamina. It’s like in sports with…
Entrepreneur and STEM advocate, Alex Witherspoon taught OMMS students how to operate a state of the art drone on a…
What does it mean for us to think of art as education? Of education as an art? How does this…
Click the link below to view a video of the EverStars Dance Rehersal: EverStars Dance Rehersal Clip “Hello”
Just no way to explain how happy we all are about the First Annual Arts Festival that we held on…
Still from “Shrimp Pringles” commercial by Justen and Haydyn. Language Arts students at Open Middle completed their advertisement section by creating…
How would you define the word hero? Can an everyday person be a hero? Hollywood Theatre Studio Exploration students created a…
Math students at Open Middle got a chance to blend their geometry studies with animation in a “2D to 3D” project. Students began by finding…
Faculty and staff at Open Middle School participated in a GoPro training provided by the Hollywood Theatre Education Programs. Participants…
Bryce, Open Middle School 7th grader Bryce was selected for our first Media Student of the Month for his immense…
The Caldera/Peninsula team continues to build recognition and trust in the school community as well as the Kenton neighborhood through…
Please enjoy the comments of David Douglas staff members during their recent visit to a dress rehearsal at the…
Students in the Hollywood Theatre exploration class at Open Meadow made a music video for local hip hop artist Jah’di….
There is still a certain magic for me whenever I begin working on film, knowing that something will either come…
Starting this week Open Meadow will offer after school classes for students eager to continue creating and exploring past their 3pm release….
Students enrolled in the Hollywood Theatre’s weekly exploration class are working together to create a poem and short video about…
We are thrilled to announce Tori Abernathy as our first Hollywood Theatre Studio Artist in Residence at Open Meadow Middle School. Tori…
Dr. Geveva Craig with Principal Michael Navarro On February 11, in honor of Black History Month, students at Open…
We are up and running. Check us out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD7KEN4oojk&feature=youtu.be
Brian Dove is a digital media artist, raised in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, currently working in video, music and interactive…
Just got these great photos back from Photographer Mark Arinsberg at Ashland Middle School. In addition to purchasing the…
For the past couple weeks the kindergarten, first grade, and third-grade classes have been one question but in a variety of…
Oaklea Middle School eighth grade teacher, Ceri Burke partnered with teaching artist Maiya Becker on recycled art projects that related…
