ParkArt
Monday - Thursday, July 7 - August 22, 1-5pm
ParkArt features hands-on workshops with Environmental Arts, Nature and Technology, Dance, Literary Arts, Poetry and Live Music.
Now in its second decade, Real Art Ways’ ParkArt program brings seven weeks of free daily workshops, ranging from the visual arts to puppetry, music and storytelling, to Parkville children.
ParkArt is focused on giving children the opportunity to explore the possibilities of self-expression as well as develop the skills to work cooperatively and collaboratively.
ParkArt takes place in Parkville’s only park, Day Playground, directly across Arbor Street from Real Art Ways. ParkArt has established Day Playground as a focal point for community activity.
ParkArt participants work closely with the program manager, as well as the other faculty and Real Art Ways' program staff and volunteers. The children are assured both close attention in their projects, and close supervision from visiting artists and musicians.
ParkArt is made possible with the generous support of Real Art Ways Members, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the Knox Foundation, Bank of America, and the Kohn-Joseloff Foundation.
Neighborhood Studios
Program Dates: June 23 - August 2, 2008
Neighborhood Studios is the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s award-winning youth arts apprenticeship program. Each summer, high school students aged 14-18 from the 34 towns of the Capital Region are invited to apply for a limited number of jobs in the arts. In 2008, Apprentices will receive a stipend of $100 per week for their work, plus a bonus of $100 at the discretion of the Master Teaching Artist for completing the program.
Film Fieldtrips
Film Fieldtrips is a unique educational program that uses film as a powerful tool for presenting ideas and stimulating dialogue among young audiences. Over the past two years, 6,000 students have visited Real Art Ways to see the Oscar-nominated film Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks and engage in professionally-facilitated discussions about community and leadership.
Due to the success of Film Fieldtrips, this year we are expanding our offerings to include an additional award-winning film entitled Favela Rising, professional development programs for teachers, and free monthly film screenings for students and teachers to return with their families.
Program Offerings:
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
(Recommended for students 4th - 12th grade)
The 40-minute film, distributed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is an outstanding telling of the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott, as experienced by participants and witnesses. In telling the story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the film highlights the potential for positive social change and develops students' understanding of the important roles they can play in their own communities.
Favela Rising
(Recommended for 10th grade - adult)
Favela Rising documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sá is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro's most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance, he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.
Please call Trudi Lebron, Program Coordinator, at 860-232-1006 x103 for more information and to schedule your Film Fieldtrip program.
"Real Communities, Real Leaders" Workshop Series
Community, leadership, diversity, and tolerance are four topics that every young adult is trying to understand in every region throughout the world.
Real Art Ways is committed to giving young audiences a forum to openly discuss and explore these issues in a safe, supportive, respectful, and creative environment.
The "Real Communities, Real Leaders" series is a combination of three documentary screenings and three workshops that examine leadership, community, diversity, and the arts. It is geared toward community and leadership groups serving 9th graders - adults.
Participants will visit Real Art Ways three times to view three documentaries showing real leaders making major changes in their communities. There will also be three follow-up sessions, one after each film screening, with a facilitator leading three workshops including: Leadership and Diversity, Artists' Roles in Communities, and a brainstorming and planning session for a project that your group can work on so that they may immediately apply what they have learned.
This innovative workshop series brings leadership training to new heights in a uniquely creative way that is sure to boost the energy and productivity of groups of all ages.
Please call Trudi Lebron, Program Coordinator, at 860-232-1006 x103 for more information and to schedule your "Real Communities, Real Leaders" workshops.
Real Art Ways' education programs are made possible by support from:
Mochary Foundation
George A. and Grace L. Long Foundation
Hartford Courant Foundation
Ensworth Charitable Foundation
Knox Foundation and
Real Art Ways members
Assisted Listening Devices are Available in the CinemaReal Art Ways Facilities are Wheelchair Accessible
