2019 CALL TO ARTISTS

Arts Are Elementary is pleased to announce our 2019 Call to Artists!

The Call lists each grade, subject matter, media, timeframe, and stipend.

You are welcome to submit for as many as you like.

Submissions are due by April 1, 2019, 11:59 pm and should be sent to Jenn Burns Gray, Executive Director at aaedirector@gmail.com.

Questions may be directed to Jenn at that same email or 207-798-2900.

Submissions should be no longer than 2 pages in total, additional images may be supplied.  See the district curriculum links embedded for more information.

Background

There are 2 elementary schools in Brunswick:

• Coffin school

• 10 classes of kindergarten - approx. 18 children in each class

• 7 classes of 1st grade - approx. 20 children in each class

• 4 classes of mixed 1st and 2nd (multi-age) grade - approx. 20 children in each class

• Note: The multi age classes alternate using a 1st grade or a 2nd grade curriculum. The 2019-2020 school year will be a 1st grade curriculum year for them.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• 7 classes of 2nd grade - approx. 22 children in each class

• 9 classes of 3rd grade - approx. 22 children in each class

• 8 classes of 4th grade - approx. 22 children in each class

• 8 classes of 5th grade - approx. 22 children in each class

General residencies information

• The residencies are usually 2-4 sessions for each class, with each session being 45 minutes - 1 hour long.

• An artist is often able to fit 3 or less often, 4 sessions into a day with a short break in between each session.

• The classroom teacher will be present for all the sessions

• Residencies will not start before 9 am and the last one will finish by 3 pm at the latest.

• There will be a break in the middle of the day when the children are at lunch and recess, so often there will be 2 sessions in the morning, followed by a break of an hour or more and then one or possibly 2 sessions in the afternoon.

Kindergarten

• Subject Matter:

• Families

• Community Citizenship

• Self   

• Motion

• Weather

• Media:

• Paint

• Illustrator

• Stipend: up to $3,000

1st Grade/Multi-age

• Subject Matter

• American Families Now and Then

• Day & Night

• Plants

• Seasons & The Water Cycle

• Media:

• Movement/Dance

• Storytelling

• Song

• Stipend: up to $3,000

2nd Grade

• Subject Matter:

• Animals

• Physical Changes

• Maps & Globes

• Cultures Around the World

• Media:

• Paint

• Author/illustrator

• Stipend: up to $3,000

3rd Grade

• Subject Matter:

• Brunswick History

• Brunswick Town Government

• Economics

• United States Geography

• Energy

• Earth in the Universe

• Pond Life

• Media: Artist’s Choice

• Stipend: up to $3,000

4th Grade

• Subject Matter:

• Democratic Government

• Geography

• International Studies

• Maine Studies

• Biomes

• Rocks & Minerals

• Force & Motion

• Media: Artist’s Choice

• Stipend: up to $3,000

5th Grade

• Subject Matter:

• Age of Exploration

• Revolution

• Colonization

• Astronomy

• Chemistry

• Human Body Systems

• Media:

• Illustrator/Scientific illustrator

• Paint

• Song

• Sculpture

• Poetry

• Stipend: up to $3,000

Wild Card

Surprise us with your great idea!  Be sure to tell us what grade and how it ties into that grade’s curriculum!

• Stipend: up to $3,000