Gateway to the Arts
6101 Penn Avenue, Suite 301
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

telephone 412.362.6982
fax 412.362.6986
gatewaytothearts.org

 

Classroom Collaborations

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Artist residencies are sequential workshops that create powerful, in-depth learning experiences for students. Designed to heighten the impact of a school performance, to provide specialized instruction in the arts or to explore unifying ideas and academic curriculum in an exciting, interdisciplinary manner, a residency is customized to fit your needs.

Sparking imagination, self-expression, pride and motivation in students, the emphasis of a residency is in the process. Gateway teaching artists work with educators to design the program around specific curricular goals and work with students to guide creative exploration that weaves art experiences into curricular activities.

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Residencies can be designed to be pre- or post-visits to be added to a performance program. For more information contact Heidi at 412.362.6982 or email.

 

Gateway to the Arts offers a variety of residencies which may comprise only a few workshops or extend through an entire school year. Subject areas are diverse and can be customized to fit your curriculum needs. Residencies may take the form of: 
•        Culturally-specific residencies in dance, music or visual arts
•        Interdisciplinary projects culminating in presentations or exhibits
•        Master classes for music students
•        Specialized visual arts instruction for advanced students, including professional development for educators
•        A series of workshops for the gifted or special needs students
•        After-school programming
 
Planning:
Working as a team, to ensure that the residency meets curricular objectives and actively engages all students, the teaching artists and educators meet before the project begins to clarify objectives, define expectations of one another, create a daily schedule of activities and to discuss required materials and workspaces.
 
Pricing:
The cost of a residency is flexible and can be structured around your goals. Pricing is determined by many variables, including any artist performances, core group(s) of students, number of workshops, materials/supplies and any culminating student activities. Please contact our office so that we may determine pricing.
 
Residency matching funds may be available through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ Arts in Education program.  

 
 

Latest Updates

  • November 10, 2011 
    On the Road & On the Air

    Taking the ‘stage’ at the historic Pump House, managed by the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area this past June, Tom Breiding recorded the PHC’s Humanities on the Road episode Steeltowns, Coalfield and the Unbroken Circle, which airs this weekend.


  • December 21, 2011 
    A Whirlwind of Collaboration

    Two densely-scheduled days this November marked the fruition of a collaborative project two years in the making, designed by Gateway to the Arts and the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University. The goal was to assist the graduate chamber music ensembles at CMU in developing dynamic outreach programs for public school students grades K-12. Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, project coordinators Lisa Hoitsma of Gateway and Dr. Natalie Ozeas of CMU enlisted the expertise of the Grammy-nominated African-American woodwind quintet, Imani Winds, known world-wide for their high-quality outreach programming that focuses on excellent musicianship, audience participation and repertoire.


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