1212 Jackson Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Community Education/Artist & Writer in Residence
The Art Academy of Cincinnati is known as one of America’s foremost colleges of art and design. The Academy is committed to outreach through Community Education to deliver excellence in visual arts and creative writing and empower students to embrace their artistic abilities.
Artist & Writer in Residence is an arts education and outreach program that empowers Middle and High School students to build and embrace a dynamic comprehension of visual art and design thinking in and out of the classroom. Innovative and challenging art, design, and creative writing projects inspire students to explore 21st Century skills in a studio-based learning environment and develop their talents to prepare them for their future creative endeavors. With the support of the Charles H. Dater Foundation, Artist & Writer in Residence is a free program for students and educators. Due to the pandemic, two classroom registrations were disrupted and deferred while we implemented an online learning experience for the following school year.
A Success Story ...
Students from Holmes Middle School, located in Covington, Kentucky, participated in Artist & Writer in Residence on a collaborative art installation project. During these sessions, students explored creative design, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Students chose between apparel or industrial design and developed a plethora of self-imagined creations. We then came together as a class to design and build a massive woven art installation that guided students through traditional fiber practices while engaging them in the collaborative process. During this project, we changed the classroom to a studio-based learning environment for students to experience new ways of making, communicating, and connecting with their peers. At the end of the course, the weaving was installed in the Art Academy of Cincinnati to inspire students, our community and spread awareness of the Artist & Writer in Residence program and its supporters. -- Art Academy of Cincinnati
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