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Arts Bridge Scholar: Mattie Davis at Brookhaven Elementary

December 15, 2020
Mattie Davis, an Arts Bridge Scholar and dance education major, describes her growth as a teacher while teaching the brain dance and states of matter in upper-grade classrooms.
Mattie Davis

Arts Bridge Scholar: Emmalynn Pace at Brookhaven Elementary

December 15, 2020
Arts Bridge Scholar Emmalynn Pace spends a semester at Brookhaven Elementary where she discovers the importance of teaching the life cycle through dance and allowing for spontaneous instructional moments.
Emmalynn Pace

Life is Better With the Arts

October 13, 2020
What is the impact of arts in the classroom? Laura Giles shares how the Arts for Life Utah Initiative began, and how the Utah Partnership for Arts Education advocate for arts education in Utah schools.
Laura Giles

Therapeutic Dance and Dance Movement Therapy

September 22, 2020
Ariel Hortin, a dance educator and mom of three from Vineyard, Utah, shares the goals, benefits, and misconceptions about dance movement therapy.
Ariel Horton, BYU ARTS Partnership

Full Body Feelings: A Movement Activity to Support Emotional Intelligence In a Masked Classroom

September 15, 2020
Ariel Hortin, a movement and dance therapist, shares how using movement and body awareness can help students use and notice physical cues to express their feelings and notice those cues in others.
Ariel Horton

Honoring September 11 Through Art

September 11, 2020
Nora Ballantyne spotlights a variety of artworks spanning different art disciplines, describing the unique ways the arts helped communities across the country unite, connect, and rejuvenate after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001.
Nora Ballantyne

Non-tech Arts Activities at Home: Dance

April 7, 2020
Chris Roberts, Heather Francis, and Rachel Marie Kimball offer unique, fun, and meaningful methods that encourage movement in the classroom and at home.
Chris Roberts, Heather Francis, Rachel Marie Kimball

Utah Women’s History to Be Celebrated in 2020

February 7, 2020
Laura Giles writes about Better Days 2020, a nonprofit organization dedicated to popularizing Utah women’s history through art, education, and legislation.
Laura Giles

Finding the Best Arts Specialist

October 18, 2019
Full of practical tips, this blog shares the BYU Arts Partnership's resources to recruit and hire arts specialists. Read the full article to learn ways you can help build an arts-rich school by hiring the right artist educator for your school.
Laura Giles

The 150th Anniversary of the Golden Spike Unites History and the Arts in Elementary Classrooms

May 9, 2019
Read about the 150-year anniversary celebration of the Golden Spike Ceremony. Emma Smith highlights six of the BYU ARTS Partnership's lessons for third to sixth graders which use art, music, dance, and theater to teach students about the Transcontinental Railroad.
Emma Smith

 

 
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