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"Youth in arts programs are 23% more likely to feel they can make plans and successfully work from them than students in the national sample."
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1998

School & Youth Program: Artist Residencies and
Community Arts Programs

photo of Ellen Bowman working with staff on integrated arts techniques
photo of Sweetser students creating art projects during Learning Arts Fair
photo of Woolwich Central School students learning drama techniques
photo of ceramic art by Ethels's Tree of Life students
photo of Saco Transition art project
photo of Southern Maine Down Syndrome Family Network event
photo of SPACE for Kids event
photo of SPACE for Kids event
photo of Maine artist Victoria Oakes with Rangeley Lakes Middle School students
photo of Saori fabric
photo of SPACE for Kids event
cartoon created by Preble Street Teen Center artist
photo of Saco student working on art project

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
Printmaking
Artist: Colleen Kinsella
Winter 2009

Lakes Region High School, MSAD #61
Adaptive Dance Program
Teacher/Artist: Carmel Collins
Fall 2008-Spring 2009

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
Color and Form in Painting
Artist: Tammy Charles
Fall/Winter 2008

Common Ground Fair, MOFGA, Unity
VSA arts Tent in the Children’s Area
September 19, 20 & 21, 2008

Saco Transistion Program, Union #7
Movement & Words
Artist: Armen Moradians
Fall 2008

Denmark Arts Center & Molly Ockett Middle School MSAD #72
Afterschool Arts in My Community: Video & Storytelling
Artists: Jo Radner & Michael Dana
Spring 2008

Saco Transition Prorgram, Union #7
Muralling with ArtVan
Artists: Jamie Silvestri & Allison Baird
Spring 2008

Thomaston Grammar School, MSAD #50 & G.R.E.F.
Afterschool Animation
Artist: Deb Vendetti
Spring 2008

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
Abstract Painting
Artist: Arden Hendrie
Winter 2008

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
Harmonica Workshops
Artist: Mike Rogers
Winter 2007

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
Plaster Masks
Artist: Marita Kennedy Castro
Fall 2007

Troy A. Howard Middle School, EXCEL Program
Belfast Schools
Expressive Arts
Artist: Susan Bakaley Marshall
Fall 2007

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
Printmaking
Artist: Marita Kennedy Castro
Spring 2007

Art Beyond Sight, Maine Discovery Museum, Bangor
Clay Tiles & Wood Sculptures
Artist: Annette Sohns
Winter 2007

SPACE for Kids, Space Gallery, Portland
Arts in Nature
Artists: Abby Sadaukas & VSA Education Director, Rachel Spatz
Winter 2007

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
Photography
Artist: Sean Alonzo Harris
Fall 2006

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
Weaving and Fiber Arts
Artist: Sarah Haskell
Spring 2006

Waban Projects Inc., Early Childhood Development Center, Sanford & Arundel
Integrated and Adaptive Arts: Music & Movement
Artist: Ellen Bowman
Spring 2006

The School at Sweetser - Saco, Learning Arts Fair
Europe through Visual Art
Artist: VSA Education Director, Rachel Spatz
May 2006

Woolwich Central School, Union #47
Theater & Visual Art & Ancient Egypt
Artist: Libby Marcus
Spring 2006

Ethel's Tree of Life, Kittery & Eliot
Clay Tile Mural
Artist: Robert Rossel
Winter/Spring 2006

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
3-D, Mixed Media Collage
Artist: Diane Bowie Zaitlin
Winter 2006

Southern Maine Down Syndrome Family Network
Folk Dance of Polynesia & the Caribbean
Artist: Marie Wendt
January 2006

SPACE for Kids - A New Year Celebration, Space Gallery, Portland
FLY, FLY…Away (Birds & Flight through Music & Movement)
Artists: Kelly Nesbitt & Primary Skills Art Institute
December 2005

Rangeley Lakes Regional School, Rangeley Schools
Weaving a History of Rangeley Maine
Artist: Victoria Oakes
Fall 2005

REAL School, Windham School District
Metalworks
Artist: Ann Thompson
Fall 2005

Festival for Cultural Exchange, Portland
Saori Weaving
Artist: Mihoko Wakabayashi of Saori Worcester
August 2005

SPACE for Kids, Space Gallery, Portland
Clay Animation, Percussive Movement & Making Rain
Artists: Jamie Silvestri, Crow Moradians & Peter McDermott
April 2005

Fisher-Mitchell Elementary, Bath Public Schools
Cycles of Nature in Movement
Artist: Armen Moradians
April 2005

Preble Street Teen Resource Center, Portland
Clay Animation & Comic Arts
Maine College of Art Intern:  Katie Diamond
Spring 2005

Saco Transition Program, Union #7
Metalworks
Artist: Ann Thompson
Spring 2005

REAL School, Windham School District
Clay Tiles, Ceramic Vessels & Mosaic
Artist: Jill Irving
Winter 2005

Artworks, Bath Recreation Department
Plaster Sculpture
Maine College of Art Intern:  Martha Miller
Fall 2004

Governor Baxter School for the Deaf
Clay Tile Mural
Artist: Erica Hansen
Spring 2004

Woodfords Family Services, Early Childhood Program
Learning through Visual Art
Maine College of Art Intern: Lily Hamlin
Spring 2004

Kennedy Elementary School, Biddeford Schools
Math & Art
Artist: Erica Hansen
Winter 2004


 
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