The 2024 SmartARTS Education Institute will take place July 15 to July 17, 2024 at the Fine Arts Center in Greenville, SC in partnership with Greenville County Schools.
2023 Highlights:
KEYNOTE: "Two Sides of the Coin: Integrating Drama and Math" with Barry Stewart Mann, MFA. Barry Mann is a professional actor, storyteller and arts educator based in Atlanta. He is a graduate of Harvard University and holds an M.F.A. in Theatre from the University of San Diego. Barry is on the faculty of Lesley University’s M.Ed. Program in Integrated Teaching through the Arts since 2008, teaching courses in “Drama and Critical Literacy” and “Cultural History Through Storytelling.” Barry is a roster performer and teaching artist with the Alliance Theatre, ArtsNOW, Fulton County Schools’ Teaching Museum, Georgia Wolf Trap, Georgia Council for the Arts, FABArts in Columbus, GA, and Utah State University ArtsAccess and Arts Are Core Programs, and worked in the past with the Atlanta Partnership for Arts in Learning, Young Audiences, California Playwrights Project, and San Diego Institute for Arts Education. He is a proud member of the National Storytelling Network, the Georgia Storytelling Network, and Actors Equity Association. Barry is on the roster of the Fulbright Specialist Program, a program of the U.S. State Department that supports residencies by American ‘specialists’ at universities around the world. He has been delighting audiences and inspiring students for nearly four decades, and brings a vibrant honesty and caring playfulness to his performances, workshops, classes, and scripts.
Daryl Funn aka Mista Funn holds a multimedia & web design BA from the Art Institute of Atlanta and has worked as a teaching artist in Georgia for over a decade (Alliance Theater). Mistafunn loves to launch creative minds through digital storytelling, comic book making, and poetry slam. As an educator, his aim is to provide healthy out-of-the-box outlets for all learners.
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Administrators and teachers, please see this Slides presentation below to learn more about SmartARTS. SmartARTS Presentation: CLICK HERE:
Teachers and artists, please find links to all our session power points in the Google Drive. Follow the link by your session:
PAST PRESENTATIONS
Dance: Kristen La Roy of TR Makers
Theater: Alliance Theater
'7 Types of Learners' Activity: Kimberly Gibbs
First-Year Teacher Training
What is Arts Integration? Kennedy Center
Dance Immersion Handout, Christie Leonard. Click here
PrintMaking Immersion Handout, Sunny M. McGowen: Click here Slides: Click here
Arts Integration Resources: Click here
Creative Writing with Moody Black Click Here
Visual Arts with Sherry Smith Click here
Mask Making with Carlon Steller Click here
Process Drama with Kim Baran: PPT Click here. Handout Click here
Cultural Studies through Felting, Cecilia Ho. Click here
Process Drama with Kim Baran: Click here
Digital Storytelling Click here
Musical Theater Slides, Jonathan Kilpatrick: Click here