ArtsBridge is seeking host schools!
ArtsBridge seeks host schools with K-12 teachers interested in giving their students hands-on experience with the arts. ArtsBridge sends outstanding scholars to conduct visual and performing arts workshops or develop projects in public schools. ArtsBridge is a non-profit organization that charges nothing for the service of its scholars. If you are a K-12 teacher and want the arts to come alive in your classroom, then we invite you to apply to ArtsBridge by submitting a “Project Request Form.”
What host schools achieve with ArtsBridge
The arts provide an unparalleled opportunity for children to develop skills such as creative thinking, problem solving, and teamwork. The arts also teach self-discipline and concentration. All of these skills are critical to our children’s futures both in their careers and in their need for personal fulfillment. ArtsBridge is a wonderful way to provide this opportunity for our youth. ArtsBridge scholars collaborate with teachers to develop and carry out art lessons for the students. These lessons give students in public schools hands-on experience with the arts that otherwise they might not have.
Professional development of teachers can be another advantage to hosting ArtsBridge in your school, as classroom teachers observe, participate in, and master the techniques of integrating an arts project into their regular teaching.
What We Look For
ArtsBridge unites the resources of the community and its university to respond to specific classrooms’ needs.
The mission of ArtsBridge is to help restore the scarcity of arts in education for our youth. The two most important things we look for when selecting a host school are:
Need: Generally, ArtsBridge focuses its efforts on low performing schools or schools that have very little arts instruction.
Support: ArtsBridge wants to aid schools that demonstrate a high commitment to the arts. Schools that place a strong emphasis on the arts despite limited budgets will find support from ArtsBridge.
Host Teacher Guidelines
If you are interested in hosting an ArtsBridge project, please review the Lawrence ArtsBridge Host Teacher Guidelines.
ArtsBridge Host Teacher Guidelines
How to Apply
K-12 teachers interested in hosting an ArtsBridge project in their classroom should contact the ArtsBridge office to request a host teacher "Project Request Form."
ArtsBridge projects are awarded twice a year to coincide with the K-12 semester system. Fall/winter projects take place from October-February, and winter/spring projects take place from February-June. To request an ArtsBridge project for the next semester, please submit a host teacher "Project Request Form" to the ArtsBridge office. If your project request is granted, ArtsBridge requires all scholars to complete a minimum of 25 contact teaching hours during the project, and that the host teacher be present and participate at each session. Please note that not every project request can be filled. Decisions are based in part on the availability of funding for scholars.
"ArtsBridge was a wonderful opportunity for my students. They were able to use literacy skills taught by me and artistic skills taught by their scholar to gain an understanding of the history of the Fox Valley. I wish we could have more time with the scholars in the classroom. I'm very proud to be a part of the ArtsBridge Team."
ArtsBridge 4th Grade Host Teacher, Menasha, Wisconsin
“High quality education in the arts may open up the creative portal in the brain for a whole banquet of neural functions.”
Dr. James Fallon, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology,
University of California Irvine College of Medicine
Lawrence University
P.O Box 599
Appleton, WI 54912
(920) 832-6523
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