How to integrate art and bring artists into your classroom

Dr. Tiina Kukkonen joins us to talk about why every teacher should integrate art into their classrooms - and how to make that happen.
 
Resources:

Arts Integration

• Arts Infusion Committee
• Kennedy Center
• Art Canada Institute
• Arts Integration and 21st Century Skills: A Study of Learners and Teachers (article)
•  Institute for Arts Integration in STEAM
• Montreal Museum of Fine Art EDUCART Platform 

Teaching Artists Resources

Places to Find/Connect with Teaching Artists  

• School board artist partnership programs
  • Toronto District School Board’s “tdsbCreates” with the Toronto Arts Council
  • Limestone District School Board’s “Arts in (Edu)Action” program with Kingston School of Art 
•  Organizations that partner teaching artists with communities and schools
  • MASC (Southeastern Ontario/Western Quebec)
  • Prologue Performing Arts (Ontario)
  • inPath (across Canada)
  • Art Starts (Toronto): 
  •  ArtStarts (BC)
  • Artist in the School (Yukon)
  •  Visual Arts Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia)
  • PERFORM! (Nova Scotia)
  • Writers Federation of Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia)

Funding Sources:

• Ontario Arts Council (Ontario)
•  SK Arts (Saskatchewan)
• First Nations Education Steering Committee (British Columbia) 
• Culture in the Schools (Quebec) 
• Artists Inspire Grants (Quebec)
• Artists in Schools (Manitoba)
• ArtsNL Grants (Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Alberta Foundation for the Arts (Alberta) 
• Arts in Schools (New Brunswick)