Butler Arts Center

Butler Arts Center

Since 1991, the Butler Arts Center has presented curriculum-based, culturally diverse, fully accessible, and age appropriate performances and programs to all-aged audiences.  Live performances and programs enrich audiences with a variety of learning styles and approaches, exposing and introducing students to specific art forms (dance, music, theatre, visual arts, and media).  At the Butler Arts Center, our commitment is to providing a positive artistic experience through live performance, ultimately educating while entertaining.

Attending a performance or program is more than a day at a performance hall or theatre.  Experiencing it LIVE allows new ways of thinking about our lives and our world.  Having a story or book come to life on a stage inspires us to look at and engage with the characters and setting.  Audiences who see live science demonstrations or historical re-enactments connect action and images to deeper understandings of the content.  Bringing literature and school curriculum to life in front of students make challenging subjects more accessible and real.  When attending a live performance, we are encouraged to imagine, create, innovate and unite as we share a similar experience and connection with others.

Teachers share how their students continue to talk about attending a live matinee performance, months or even years after visiting the Butler Arts Center.  Over ONE MILLION students, teachers and guests have attended matinee performances at the Butler Arts Center since 1991. Can you imagine over a million people talking about live performances they have experienced?  Perhaps YOU have visited Clowes Memorial Hall to witness a LIVE performance or program.  Chances are you have!

EDUCATOR CONTACT INFO

clowesboxoffice@butler.edu

https://butlerartscenter.org/education

  4602 Sunset Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46208

Marion

317-940-6444

The Whole Child: Digging into Reggio-inspired Practice II

Program description

Part 2 of the workshop takes place at the IPS/Butler Lab School 60.  During this 3 hour workshop, we will visit with Abby Bucher and learn more about what Reggio-inspired practice can look like in a public school in Indianapolis.  We will take a tour and notice environments, we will do some materials exploration that can then be put into practice in your own setting, and we will look at a couple of projects that have been done with students in Indianapolis that shows how we have been inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach.

Booking / scheduling contact

Donna Rund

   317-940-8052

 drund@butler.edu

Program detail
Artistic discipline: Literary Arts, Media (film, video, etc.), Multi-Discipline, Storytelling, Visual Arts
Cultural Origin:
Program type: Professional Development, Workshop/Class (In-School)
Population served: Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Subject: Fine Arts: Visual Arts, Language Arts, Other, Science, Social Emotional Learning, Social Studies
Bilingual: No
Available dates:

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Available times:

4:30-7:30 PM

Max number of students: 40
Length of program: 3 hours
Location(s):

Takes place at IPS/Butler Lab School #60, 3330 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, IN 46205

Fees / Ticketing:

$30.00 attending one workshop only

$25.00 attending two or more workshops

IDOE STANDARDS

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS (K-5):
RF.1 – Learning Outcome for Reading Foundations: Develop, build, and apply knowledge of foundational reading skills.
RF.2 – Print Concepts: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print, including that printed materials provide information and tell stories.
RF.3 – Phonological Awareness: Demonstrate understanding and apply knowledge of spoken words, syllables, and sounds
RF.4 – Phonics: Decode and read words by applying phonics and word analysis skills
RL.4 – Connection of Ideas: Build comprehension and appreciation of literature by connecting literary elements and themes and analyzing how sensory tools impact meaning
RN.4 – Connection of Ideas: Build understanding of nonfiction texts by verifying points and making connections between topics and ideas
FINE ARTS: DANCE:
Anchor Standard 1 – Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Choreographers use a variety of sources as inspiration and transform concepts and ideas into movement for artistic expression.
FINE ARTS: THEATRE:
Anchor Standard 1 – Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Theatre artists rely on intuition, curiosity, and critical inquiry
Anchor Standard 2 – Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Theatre artists work to discover different ways of communicating meaning.
FINE ARTS: VISUAL ARTS:
Anchor Standard 1 – Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed.
Anchor Standard 1 – Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative artmaking goals.
FINE ARTS: GENERAL MUSIC:
Anchor Standard 1 - Connect with a varied repertoire of music by exploring the relationships between music and personal experience:
Anchor Standard 2 - Connect with a varied repertoire of music by exploring the relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

Qualifications

Conducts educational programming for 2 or more years: Yes
Performs criminal background checks on staff with youth contact: Yes
Maintains general liability insurance: Yes
Provides study guides for teachers and or students: Yes
Provides tools to assess student learning (workshops and residencies): Yes
Provides scholarship and reduced fees: Yes
Conducts ongoing assessments of program quality: Yes
Connects to State (IDOE) and/or Common Core Curriculum Standards: Yes