

Urban Bright Printmaking residency at James Rhodes High School 2008
Urban Bright Arts-in-Education Program
Art House's award winning Urban Bright Arts-in-Education Program is an artist residency program that provides students with meaningful, hands-on arts opportunities and exposure to artists, methods, and materials to which they would otherwise not be exposed. The program aims to promote critical thinking, improve communication skills, and increase each students' ability to participate in teamwork settings.
Through grant funding, AH is able to provide the Urban Bright residency programs to individual schools. AH works with schools to tailor an artist residency appropriate for a specific grade and group of students (classroom). AH coordinates the residency, providing a qualified and professional artist, all supplies, and an agreed upon curriculum.
Here are examples of students’ feedback on what the Urban Bright program means in their lives:
“I like Art House because art takes me to a new place and art will take me to college.”
“I love to enamel. It lets me tell my feelings in art, not (emphasis hers) in words or physically. I just wish I could come here every day.”
“This is very fun and I want to do it again. It inspires me to do my very best.”
“I love Art House. I love to draw and I can express my creativity here.”
2009/2010 Urban Bright Residency Artists
Gina DeSantis - Ceramics - Denison Elementary
Claudio Orso-Giacone - Printmaking - John Marshall HS
Yumiko Goto - Ceramics - Denison & William Cullen Bryant
Ben Kinsley - Animation - James Rhodes HS
Nama Khalil - Photography - Denison Elementary
Rebecca Nicklos - MorrisonDance - Denison Elementary
Melinda Placko - Mixed Media - Denison Elementary
Meri Ruble - Folk Art & Painting - Denison Elementary
Craig Sullivan - Enameling - Denison Elementary
Kate Ward Terry - Enameling - James Rhodes HS

To learn how your school can get involved with the Urban Bright Arts-in-Eduaction Program please contact Art House at 216-398-8556 or skluk@arthouseinc.org
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