Arts Education

Photos from Harwelden Institute Summer Session 2010

By maintaining a roster of more than 100 professional artists in the visual, performing and literary arts, and networking with educators, the Council seeks ways to bring both the arts and the humanities to schools and help maintain these types of programs in the schools. Current programs include:

Artists-in-the-Schools: (AIS) K-12 teachers from seven area school districts request artists to conduct interactive workshops in their classroom. AIS connects professional artists in music, theatre, dance, storytelling, visual arts, creative writing, and cultural studies with classroom students. AIS is made available to the Greater Tulsa Area school systems and all teachers are invited to request this program for their classrooms.                                    
Click here to view the start of school contact letter
Click here to view download the resource request form
Click here to view the 2009/2010 directory in PDF format

Artists in Residence: Professional artists in the visual, performing and literary arts are assigned to schools for long-term residencies. The residencies strive to provide an environment of creative exploration and individual expression; new artistic challenges and an extended engagement in the artistic process. By design, our residencies are flexible enough to meet the range of needs that emerge from students who may not have prior experience in the arts.

Harwelden Institute: is modeled after the Lincoln Center Institute for Aesthetic Education in New York City and is one of only 19 programs in the world. It instructs classroom teachers on ways to integrate the arts into their core classroom curriculum. Through hands-on workshops, professional artists encourage teachers to create and experience art in new ways. The Institute consists of a summer session for teachers and a school year experience for their students. The teachers and the artists together create lesson plans focused on a piece of artwork.
Click here to download the Harwelden Institute New Teacher Enrollment
Click here to download the Harwelden Institute Proposal Form
Click here to download the Harwelden Institue Returning Teacher Registration

Math & Music: An innovative program for children in grades K-5 where colorful characters systematically teach children the basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions using music as the gateway.

Visual Arts Center: The Visual Arts Center is planned for the Brady Arts District. The facility will have classrooms, studios, and galleries. Students and artists will have access to professional instruction and state-of-the-art equipment. Workshops, lectures and exhibitions will be presented by local and visiting artists. Space will be available for community functions. There will also be a gallery shop to sell the work of local artists.