Arts integrated clay programs for schools
Antoinette is part of the Teaching Roster of the Mississippi Whole school programs, libraries and other non -profit organizations can check the grants program from MAC to see if they qualify.
The Teaching Artist Roster in Mississippi is a listing of professional artists and arts educators who are available to work with schools and community organizations in developing strategies for using the arts in a variety of settings. Minigrant funds are available from the Mississippi Arts Commision to schools and organizations to support presentations, workshops or residencies by these artists.
The Teaching Artist Roster in Mississippi is a listing of professional artists and arts educators who are available to work with schools and community organizations in developing strategies for using the arts in a variety of settings. Minigrant funds are available from the Mississippi Arts Commision to schools and organizations to support presentations, workshops or residencies by these artists.
A simple example is when science students learn how to obtain gravity in liquid, as for instance used in paints, ceramic glazes or medicine. By just learning this in theory, is meaningless, unless they see in practice how it can influence the outcome of the use of a specific liquid. If there are not enough or too much sediment in either one of these, the effect of the medium becomes incorrect or useless. By showing students through arts integration how to obtain gravity and then bring it into practice, to see the results for themselves, the learning process becomes an enrichment instead of just another discipline.
When The Mississippi Department of Education began to integrate arts in the school system, it became more than just an art class, home economics or workmanship class as it was known 40 or 50 years ago. Those days all school students had to do arts and crafts projects in a designated hour once or twice a week. A holistic approach in which, words and letters and sentences, as it is presented in class subjects, became alive through all the various art disciplines. Students learn to construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form in all subject areas.
Workshop at Lawhon Elementary School in Tupelo
Antoinette presented a workshop in February 2022 for the children at the Lawhon Elementary school in Tupelo, Mississippi. This is part of the Mississippi Whole School initiative and the Mississippi Teaching Roster. She guided the children to make clay models of the ASOP fables.
Some of the teachers prepared the clay in Antoinette's studio before the workshop.
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The ridiculous wish. An artistic interpretation of the ASOP fable during the arts integrated program.
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Antoinette guiding one of the students with her clay project
at Lawhon Elementary School in Tupelo
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The hand-built clay projects of some of the children.
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A student version of the ridiculous wish.
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Workshop at Tupelo Middle SchoolAntoinette presented a workshop in February 2022 for the students at the Tupelo Middle School in Tupelo, Mississippi as part of the Mississippi Whole School initiative and the Mississippi Teaching Roster.
Students learned about the heart and the functions of the heart while sculpting their own version of a clay heart. Clay projects can be used in a variety of school subjects. |
Workshop at the Summer Institute at Delta State University
Antoinette presented a 2-week pottery workshop during Janice Wyatt Mississippi Summer Arts Institute at the Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi.
The work exhibited below was done by the art students.
The work exhibited below was done by the art students.
Children workshop at Kaleidoscope in Barrington Illinois
Students learned architectural design elements in a playful way. They also learned to improve their hand eye coordination with wheel work.
These replicas of stuffed animals were made by Antoinettes grand children when they were 6 years old.
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Antoinette got involved with arts integration in South Africa when she worked with students on various levels. The approach to became self-sustainable in difficult economic situations, inspired schools to start with projects in which children, among other things, learned vegetable gardening and refurbishing of furniture.
Antoinette also worked with endangered children in West Point, Mississippi. Numerous other elementary, middle and high schools used her services in various ways, while she taught Community and University students alike.
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Mississippi Arts Commissions Artist Roster
Mississippi Whole School programs were chartered by
Pierce Street Elementary School in Tupelo, Mississippi.
(Images below was taken in 2005)
Antoinette was working with students.
Pierce Street Elementary School in Tupelo, Mississippi.
(Images below was taken in 2005)
Antoinette was working with students.
