Capping Off Their Education

UW-STOUT ART MAJORS HELP ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO CREATE A BOTTLE CAP MURAL

JUNE 15TH 2016
ARTICLE BY: VOLUMEONE

Two art education students from UW-Stout have completed a large-scale art installation at Downsville School in Downsville – and in the process kept thousands of bottle caps out of landfills.

Abby Henderson, of Eau Claire, and Grace Rogers, of Clear Lake, who are part of Arts Integration Menomonie, began working on the project in February. They spent about 45 hours on the mural, which is seven feet high and 14 feet wide. With help from family and friends in the final stages, the project was completed in the spring.

The mural is in the style of artist Chuck Close and encompasses the theme of sustainability, utilizing approximately 7,000 recycled bottle caps.

A.I.M. CELEBRATES A YEAR OF LEARNING

A.I.M. CELEBRATES a Year of Learning

JUNE 19TH 2016
ARTICLE BY: THE Dunn county News

Three Arts Nights, featuring performances by local teachers and young students, were held recently by Arts Integration Menomonie to complete the inaugural year of the Co-Teaching In and Through the Arts program.

The Arts Nights, held at the Mabel Tainter Center of the Arts, showcased examples of arts-integrated lessons taught this spring as part of the Menomonie school district’s curriculum.

CITA pairs early childhood educators with professional teaching artists to deliver standards-based curricula through art-infused lessons. CITA included birth through third-grade students in five Menomonie schools, 15 teachers and eight UW-Stout education majors.

A.I.M. Teachers and Students Celebrate Learning

A.I.M. CELEBRATES LEARNING

JUNE 17TH 2016
ARTICLE BY: THE LEADER TELEGRAM

The Arts Nights, held at the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts, showcased examples of arts-integrated lessons taught this spring as part of the Menomonie school district’s curriculum.

CITA pairs early childhood educators with professional teaching artists to deliver standards-based curricula through art-infused lessons. CITA included birth through third-grade students in five Menomonie schools, 15 teachers and eight UW-Stout education majors.

AIM is a grant-funded collaborative program with UW-Stout, the Menomonie school district and the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts.

TEACHERS AND STUDENTS CELEBRATE LEARNING AT ARTS NIGHT

A.I.M. CELEBRATES LEARNING DURING ARTS NIGHT

JUNE 13TH 2016
ARTICLE BY: THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT

Three Arts Nights, featuring performances by local teachers and young students, were held recently by Arts Integration Menomonie to complete the inaugural year of the Co-Teaching In and Through the Arts program.

The Arts Nights, held at the Mabel Tainter Center of the Arts, showcased examples of arts-integrated lessons taught this spring as part of the Menomonie school district’s curriculum.

CITA pairs early childhood educators with professional teaching artists to deliver standards-based curricula through art-infused lessons. CITA included birth through third-grade students in five Menomonie schools, 15 teachers and eight UW-Stout education majors.

Art Education Students Complete Sustainability Mural

ART EDUCATION STUDENTS COMPLETE MURAL AT DOWNSVILLE

May 29th 2016
ARTICLE BY: THE DUNN COUNTY NEWS

Two art education students from University of Wisconsin-Stout have completed a large-scale art installation at Downsville School — and in the process kept thousands of bottle caps out of landfills.

Abby Henderson, of Eau Claire, and Grace Rogers, of Clear Lake, who are part of Arts Integration Menomonie, began working on the project in February. They spent about 45 hours on the mural, which is seven feet high and 14 feet wide.

With help from family and friends in the final stages, the project was completed in the spring.

The mural is in the style of artist Chuck Close and encompasses the theme of sustainability, utilizing approximately 7,000 recycled bottle caps.

“This entire mural would not have been possible without help from the Downsville elementary staff and students. We really have to thank all of the parents, friends and families who saved up thousands of bottle caps and took the time to help us complete the mural,” Henderson said.

“It is incredible to see the entire community come together to create this large scale piece that will be displayed and enjoyed by many for years to come,” she added.

FOLK ICON PETER YARROW, PERFORMS AT MABEL TAINTER CENTER FOR THE ARTS

PETER YARROW CALLS FOR CIVILITY IN POLITICS

APRIL 21ST 2016
ARTICLE BY: THE LEADER TELEGRAM

Civility needs to return to the U.S. and the world, Peter Yarrow of the famed folk group Peter, Paul & Mary told the audience Wednesday at the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts.

Yarrow performed a concert largely to educators as part of Arts Integration Menomonie. He is performing a sold-out public concert tonight at the theater.

Singing together helps children share love, togetherness and unity, Yarrow said as he sang songs such as “This Little Light of Mine” and “Don’t Laugh at Me.”

Large Scale Art at Downsville Elementary School

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CREATING LARGE-SCALE ART IN SCHOOLS

APRIL 8TH 2016
ARTICLE BY: The Leader Telegram

Art is being created on a grand scale in three local elementary schools, thanks to Arts Integration Menomonie.

Students and professors from UW-Stout, along with city school district teachers and their students, are making an art mural and a mosaic mural. Both will be finished in late spring, by the end of the school year.

Students and Teachers in A.I.M. Create a Mural

DOWNSVILLE MURAL

APRIL 4TH 2016
ARTICLE BY: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT

At Downsville School in Downsville, UW-Stout art education majors Abby Henderson, of Eau Claire, and Grace Rogers, of Clear Lake, are painting a large mural in the entryway of the school. The project is part of AIM’s PAINT — Program for Arts Integration for New Teachers.

After meeting with school Principal Mary Henry, Henderson and Rogers collaborated with art teacher Megan Shervey and Downsville students to draw four sketches for a possible mural design incorporating requested elements such a bright colors and a textured finish.

Arts Integration Menomonie picks 16 students as P.A.I.N.T. interns

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SPRING P.A.I.N.T. INTERNS NAMED

MARCH 7TH 2016
ARTICLE BY: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT

Arts Integration Menomonie has named 16 University of Wisconsin-Stout students as PAINT program interns for the spring semester.

As part of PAINT — Program for Arts Integration for New Teachers — the UW-Stout students are paired with community partners for arts teaching practicums.

In the fall, 12 UW-Stout art education students filled 15 PAINT internships. The spring group includes early childhood education majors.

“The first semester of PAINT was so successful that for spring we extended the application process to include UW-Stout students in the early childhood education program,” said Tami Weiss, executive director for AIM and program director for art education at UW-Stout.


Arts Nights Celebrating Arts Integration in Menomonie

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Arts Integration celebration at the Mabel tainter center for the arts

March 3rd 2016
ARTICLE BY: University of Wisconsin-Stout

University of Wisconsin-Stout student-teachers, elementary teachers, young students and local teaching artists showcased assorted arts-infused lessons they created during the first half of the school year.

The event was hosted by AIM — Arts Integration Menomonie — an organization whose focus is using the arts to support teachers and increasing the likelihood of retaining those teachers in the school system longer.


Picturing the Story

MURAL INSPIRES STUDENTS TO READ

FEBRUARY 24TH 2016
ARTICLE BY: THE LEADER TELEGRAM

If pictures are worth 1,000 words, a wall at River Heights Elementary School has plenty to say. The mural created by a parent and art teacher depicts characters from about 32 different books and 30 illustrators.

Tami Weiss, who is the executive director of the Arts Integration Menomonie- A.I.M., and teaches art at UW-Stout, took about four or five weeks to complete the roughly 60-by-10-foot mural. She completed the project last week. 

Program With a Focus On the Arts Helps Student Teachers

C.I.T.A. STUDENT TEACHERS

JANUARY 25th 2016
ARTICLE BY: THE LEADER TELEGRAM

A new program in the Menomonie school district that brings the arts into classrooms is providing a new type of student-teaching experience for several UW-Stout education majors. Four students are working with Menomonie public schools teachers and also with teaching artists as part of the Arts Integration Menomonie (AIM) program titled CITA — Co-teaching In and Through the Arts. 

The teaching artists are in classrooms with regular teachers to provide an arts-based curriculum, infusing lessons throughout the day with a designated art form. The UW-Stout students are working with the teachers and the artists.

Kindergarten Clowns at A.I.M.'s Arts Night

KINDERGARTEN CLOWNS 

JANUARY 22nd 2016
ARTICLE BY: THE DUNN COUNTY NEWS

Four students are working with Menomonie public schools teachers and also with teaching artists. The teach Students from Menomonie's elementary schools took to the stage to show off the skills they learned from various teaching artists as part of Arts Integration Menomonie's program to teach math, reading, social studies and other subjects. The kindergarten teachers and students at Wakanda Elementary were teamed up with Kobi Shaw who helped them integrate circus arts into their curriculum. 

Classroom Teachers Provide Arts-based Curriculum

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C.I.T.A. Program Pairs Teaching Artists, Classroom Teachers and Pre-Service Teachers for Arts Integration 

JANUARY 8TH 2016
ARTICLE BY: University of Wisconsin-Stout

Four students are working with Menomonie public schools teachers and also with teaching artists. The teaching artists are in classrooms with regular teachers to provide an arts-based curriculum, infusing lessons throughout the day with a designated art form. The AIM project is called CITA — Co-teaching In and Through the Arts. "I feel honored to be a part of this new program. By incorporating the arts into daily teaching it reaches more children that may have not understood the content through conventional teaching methods. This program helps to re-energize teachers and bring passion back into their job," said Danielle Fuerstenberg, of Boyceville, who called the program, "groundbreaking."

Arts Integration Menomonie Provides Arts-Based Teaching Opportunities

Arts Integration Menomonie Provides Teaching Opportunities

DECEMBER 13th 2015
ARTICLE BY: The Leader Telegram-Eau Claire

Arts Integration Menomonie, a grant-funded organization, is providing local arts-based teaching opportunities for UW-Stout art education majors and early childhood education majors. With a goal of offering authentic teaching practicum experiences, the AIM initiative called PAINT — Program for Arts Integration for New Teachers — is open to UW-Stout students who are studying to become teachers but haven’t yet done any student teaching. They are working with four local organizations to teach classes to children based on the organizations’ needs and the skills and talents of the UW-Stout students.

UW-Stout Arts Grant Offers Teaching Opportunities

Art Education and Early Childhood Education Majors Get Teaching Opportunities

DECEMBER 7th 2015
ARTICLE BY: Stoutonia

Arts Integration Menomonie (A.I.M.), a University of Wisconsin- Stout based grant, is offering unique art teaching opportunities for both Art Education and Early Childhood Education majors. With a goal of offering authentic arts-based teaching practicums, A.I.M. has two different programs open to pre-service teachers.

Arts Based Activities for The School District of the Menomonie Area

Education Majors Provide Arts Based Activities for the School District of the Menomonie Area

NOVEMBER 30th 2015
ARTICLE BY: University of Wisconsin-Stout

Arts Integration Menomonie is a grant-funded organization that provides arts-based teaching opportunities for University of Wisconsin-Stout art education majors and early childhood education majors. A.I.M's goal is to offer authentic teaching practicum experiences. The program called P.A.I.N.T. — Program for Arts Integration for New Teachers — is open to UW-Stout students who are studying to become teachers but haven’t yet done any student teaching.

Circus Arts at Wakanda Elementary School

ARTS INTEGRATION MENOMONIE INCORPORATES ART INTO ELEMENTARY LESSONS TO AID MENOMONIE TEACHERS

October 3rd 2015
ARTICLE BY: Leader Telegram

Kindergarten students at Wakanda Elementary School in Menomonie not only learned how to care for a fragile item, but learned empathy and self-control. "A peacock feather is delicate, and to balance it one the hand one must move slowly and practice, self-control." teaching artist, Kobi Shaw told students. "The goal to use various kinds of arts- mine is circus arts- to help teachers teach curriculum." Shaw said, noting the artists are co-teachers and not artists-in-residence.

Menomonie teachers participate in C.I.T.A program

LOCAL MENOMONIE TEACHERS PARTICIPATE IN A YEAR LONG PROGRAM THROUGH ARTS INTEGRATION MENOMONIE - A.I.M.

September 23rd, 2015
ARTICLE BY: DUNN COUNTY NEWS

Fifteen local C.I.T.A. teachers, student teachers and teaching artists attended a three-day summer academy hosted at the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts.  The canidates have been selected to participate in a year-long inaugural arts integration program created by Arts Integration Menomonie (A.I.M.), an organization whose overarching belief is that “At the Heart of Education is the Teacher".