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Cultural arts programs are provided by professional teaching artists and make possible alternative methods of delivery for curriculum. This helps support a broad range of learning styles and inspire long-term creativity.
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CES PTA works with the United Arts Council to provide workshops for 4th and 5th grade, along with one school wide performance. Other grades have various cultural arts and enhancements picked by the PTA Cultural Arts Committee & Curriculum Enhancement chair and CES staff. In past years, programs have included Drum for Change, Science Safari, STEM Activities.
The CES PTA is thrilled to bring more opportunities for in-person experiences with community artists. As events and workshops are announced, we will post details here.
The CES PTA is thrilled to bring more opportunities for in-person experiences with community artists. As events and workshops are announced, we will post details here.
Note to Parent Volunteers
Please check with your child's teacher if you are planning to volunteer or attend a Cultural Arts event. Some of the events depend on having a few volunteers. Others do not require help and do not have adequate room for guests. Thank you so much for your interest in supporting this program.
2022-2023 Events...
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Read and Bloom
1st Grade March 2nd Cary Arts Auditorium 2:15 pm Funded by The United Arts Council and the Cary Elementary PTA A literary concert by Zak Morgan, Grammy nominee and children's artist. In his literacy show, Zak shares his love of reading, writing and imagining. Zak uses his humorous story songs to demonstrate literary devices and elements of a story. While interacting with Zak’s music, children not only experience the joy of language but also the underlying themes of perseverance and kindness. "Cross Dr. Seuss with Shel Silverstein, toss in a smidgen of a grade school educator, a G-rated stand-up comic and a folk musician, and you’ll arrive at Zak Morgan, children’s artist. The nationally sought after entertainer performs hundreds of concerts each year at auditoriums, festivals, and theatres." https://zakmorgan.com/ |
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Child of the Times
4th Grade April 10-14 Cary Elementary Classrooms 9:30-3:30 Funded by The United Arts Council and the Cary Elementary PTA A writing workshop by Diane Jarrett. Young writers have the opportunity to bring history alive in their own words. Students learn how they can use their life experiences and memories while creating characters and settings from the past. Diane has written several creative nonfiction books for children including Side By Side, a story about jazz musicians Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, which was a finalist in the 2017 Best Book Awards. While working with young writers, Diane strives to take the anxiety out of writing by explaining that the process covered in class is the same she uses in her own writing. There is nothing she enjoys more than seeing the smile on a young writer’s face proudly reading their story. https://unitedarts.org/artist-directory/a-child-of-the-times/ A student piece titled "Mariana" has been submitted by Meredith Kraft. View it here. |
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Wire Art Workshop
5th Grade February 13-17 Cary Elementary Classrooms 9:30-10:30; 10:30-11:30; 1:10-2:10 (Volunteers Needed) Funded by The United Arts Council and the Cary Elementary PTA An introduction to wire art by Jonathan Daniel. The workshop will focus on themes of self-esteem, creative thinking skills, artistic value, overcoming obstacles, and African culture. Growing up under British rule in Rhodesia, Jonathan used his talent and resourcefulness to transform scraps of wire into toys of wonder. Featured at Exploris Museum in the 2002 hands-on Imagine, Construct, Play exhibit, Jonathan has rekindled his boyhood hobby into a means to support orphans and widows in his homeland. Jonathan loves to motivate students of all ages to find the creativity and imagination hidden within, and he views art as a means to build self-worth and positive attitudes. https://unitedarts.org/artist-directory/wire-art-residency-workshop/ |
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Drum For Change
Kindergarten/ECS February 21 Cary Arts Auditorium 9:30, 10:30 or 11:30, and 12:30 (Volunteers Needed) Funded by Cary Elementary PTA Greg Whitt facilitates workshops and retreats designed to connect people to one another and to the world around them. He studied holistic lifestyle practices in graduate school through the Transformative Leadership and Social Change program at the Maryland University of Integrative Health. Drum for Change promotes Life in Rhythm and Harmony. Our experiential learning programs leverage metaphoric teaching tools to demonstrate how to play nicely together, to remind people of the things that are truly important, and to promote the health and well-being of individuals and groups. https://www.drumforchange.com/ |
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Pixel Mosaic Math
3rd Grade February 28 and March 1st (see times below) Cary Elementary Classrooms Funded by Cary Elementary PTA Artist Jeannette Brossart has been a professional mosaic artist since 2003, and her work includes public murals, large scale sculpture, custom installations, gallery art, garden art and mosaic jewelry. Jeannette has received numerous awards, appeared in publications, has facilitated over 90 workshops and residencies for participants from preschool to senior citizens. This program is ideal for 3rd-5th grade learners! Math concepts such as arrays, length, width, area, perimeter, numerator, denominator, and reducing fractions will be addressed while allowing each student to create a temporary pattern or picture with the mosaic materials. Modifications for K-2 include an emphasis on patterning/sorting/counting. https://unitedarts.org/artist-directory/mosaic-fractions-one-day-workshop 2/28: 10:00 -10:45 Greening 2/28 1:15 - 2:00: Pascarella 2/28 2:15 - 3:00: Robbins 3/1 1:15 - 2:00: Schmitt 3/1 2:15 - 3:00: Worling |
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Black Box Dance to MOVE
2nd Grade March 1st and 2nd Cary Elementary Classrooms 9:30 and 10:45 both days 1:30-2:30 one of the days Funded by Cary Elementary PTA Black Box believes the best way to understand something differently, deeper, and authentically is to make a dance about it! Workshops are designed to elicit and integrate ideas from participants in the construction of new dances. Students literally embody curriculum concepts and make personal connections to content. Example subjects: Plate tectonics and Earth forms, The Underground Railroad, Day of the Dead Cultural Studies, Human Body Systems, Force and Motion (Newton’s Laws), Movement and Metaphor, Geometry, the Revolutionary War, and Moving Math Word Problems. Black Box Dance Theatre has performed for thousands across NC and is a favorite of both students and educators. This modern dance company includes a hip hop dancer, a ballerinas, and a Purple Heart Army veteran all adding to the artistry on stage. https://unitedarts.org/artist-directory/dance-workshops-and-residency-to-move-curriculum/ |
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Thank you to the United Arts Council
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Many of these special events are funded by grants from the United Arts Council's (UAC) Artists in Schools program. Artists in Schools grants are intended to help schools hire professional teaching artists to offer curriculum-based arts instruction for students in a K-12 setting and take place during the school day. Approximately 150 charter, public and private schools participate each year. See the school guidelines here.
Find the UAC on social media at @unitedartscounc #AIS4all. |
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Thank you to the Cary Arts CenterThe Cary Arts Center has graciously offered to host two of our Cultural Arts Programs: "Read and Bloom" and "Drum For Change". We are grateful and proud to have such meaningful partners in supporting creative learning as the staff at the Cary Arts Center.
www.townofcary.org/recreation-enjoyment/facilities/cary-arts-center |
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Wendell Murall by Matt Willey completed 2020 at 20 E Campen St, Wendell, NC 27591, Next to the Bearded Bee Brewing Company. The Wendell mural advances the artist’s goal of painting 50,000 bees across the word through his Good of the Hive Project. https://unitedarts.org/programs/wake-murals/
(View it on a desktop screen. The mobile view is skewed.)
(View it on a desktop screen. The mobile view is skewed.)