Arts Bridge Lessons
Sunny Leavitt, one of the Arts Bridge Scholars for Visual Arts, shares her experiences on what she has learned from working with Mrs. Shellie Olson's first grade class.
Sunny Leavitt, one of the Arts Bridge Scholars for Visual Arts, shares her experiences on what she has learned from working with Mrs. Shellie Olson's first grade class.
Participants who attended the Arts Express Conference on June 10 and 11 are now implementing what they learned in their classrooms.
An additional 700 students are now receiving instruction in the arts! Arts Bridge is a program that aims to provide more arts instruction to children in schools by pairing grade-school teachers with BYU students involved in the arts.
Thank you for your feedback! Here are just some of the things you said.
We recently heard from several teachers who have included the arts in their classrooms as a result of their attendance at our teacher workshop, Brigham Young University’s Arts Leadership Academy.
Kelleen Leslie has been teaching for seven years, exclusively in the fourth grade. She is currently teaching in Utah's Jordan School District and serves on the district's arts committee.
Teachers who participate in BYU's Arts Leadership Academy are subsequently invited to participate in the BYU Arts Bridge program.