In Arts
Reaching students of diverse learning skills and abilities is one of the most urgent issues facing public school classrooms today. Teachers must have multiple access points for students of all learning types. Hall Farm Center’s In Arts initiative helps teachers meet the needs of the inclusive classroom setting by utilizing the arts to create a rigorous, content-driven curriculum that engages all students. The program guides educators in the development of lessons that incorporate the arts, thus improving instruction by fostering creativity, analytical thinking, and stronger writing skills. Not only is In Arts crucial to the enhancement of the educational experience, but it is also a sustainable program that schools are able to implement beyond Hall Farm’s direct involvement.
For more information contact Philip Schoolman at pschoolman@hallfarm.org.
Exposures
Exposures is a cross-cultural youth exchange program that establishes the arts as a tool for personal exploration and as a common language among youth from diverse communities. Each year students (ages 14-22) from Vermont, New York City, the Navajo Tribe in Arizona, and the Oglala Lakota Tribe in South Dakota spend several weeks together at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota participating in the cultural life of the community and sharing artistic skills and personal experiences with one another.
Exposures is a joint program of the In-Sight Photography Project in Bratleboro, Vt. and the Hall Farm Center.