The Hawaiʻi State Distance Learning Program recently reported “Here are some of the completed projects from Mrs. Ben’s class with the help and guidance of Maggie Sutrov. Students created an original work of art that communicates human impact on a location they know well. These pieces were created by Azariah Teixeira, Saraiyah Ware-Vigil, Joslen Ordenstein, and Shanti Lake Foster.”
About the SFCA Artists in the Schools program
SFCA Artists in the Schools provides State of Hawaiʻi Department of Education public and charter schools with engaging, creative, and fun learning experiences based on the Fine Arts standards for all grade levels, through residencies with qualified, trained teaching artists from the Artistic Teaching Partners (ATP) Roster. Many of these teaching artists integrate their art form with other core curriculum areas, such as language arts, math, social studies, and science, meeting both Fine Arts and other core standards.
Artists in the Schools is funded with state appropriations from the State of Hawai‘i Legislature, federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and private matching funds from the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. All public and charter schools in the state are eligible to apply for Artists in the Schools for classrooms pre-K through 12. In the 2023-2024 school year, 125 schools received funds to conduct their arts residencies.
- Learn more about Artists in the Schools: sfca.hawaii.gov/aits.
- Additional Artists in the Schools spotlight posts: sfca.hawaii.gov/category/arts-education/artists-in-the-schools.