Archmere Art & Design Department Awarded Delaware Division of the Arts Artist in Residency Grant
Artist Residency grants are for residencies with visual, literary, performing or media artists working with students in the classroom or in professional development workshops with teachers. The Archmere Art & Design Department was recently awarded a Delaware Division of the Arts Artist in Residency Grant. Internationally acclaimed artist Jeff Schaller will work with the Archmere Painting and AP Studio Art classes next month during the on site Artist Residency on campus.
The Division of the Arts has established three goals for Artist Residency grants: 1. Actively engage students in the creative process with a professional artist 2. Provide new arts knowledge and skills to classroom teachers and arts specialists 3. Facilitate teaching opportunities for teaching artists. Artist Residencies Residency applications are evaluated on the following criteria:
• Qualifications of participating artist(s)
• Qualifications of participating artist(s)
• Integration of the arts activity into the existing curriculum, educational programming, or professional development activities
• Connection to the Delaware Visual and Performing Arts Standards • Projected goals for the residency and measurable results (both tangible products and anticipated impact on the participants)
• Inclusion of teachers or on-site coordinators in the planning and execution of the residency • Where practical, a public component (exhibit, performance, or culminating presentation
Archmere Academy’s Painting classes and AP Studio Art classes will have the opportunity to learn from and work with internationally acclaimed artist Jeff Schaller during this on-site Artist Residency. Jeff’s original artwork actually appears on the set of the hit 90’s TV Show FRIENDS! Jeff Schaller has been a regular visiting artist at Archmere as a featured presenter for the National Art Honor Society Visiting Artist Speaker Series.
To see more Jeff’s work, visit his website at https://www.jeffschaller.com/
Through this on-site residency, students will have the opportunity to learn from Jeff Schaller through standards-based hands-on demonstrations. Jeff will provide an overview and presentation of his creative process as a painter, from the conceptual development and planning phase through to the technical execution of his work. Jeff will also share his personal journey to becoming a professional artist represented by galleries and collected by museums, both nationally and internationally. Jeff’s three-day residency will provide students with a close and personalized look at Jeff’s creative process, specifically how to synthesize form and content in their own paintings to create personal works of art infused with symbolic and metaphoric meaning.
Artist Residency Grants are made possible through funds allocated by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware General Assembly. The Delaware Arts Alliance leads these arts advocacy efforts at the federal, state and county level.
Artist Residency Grants are made possible through funds allocated by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware General Assembly. The Delaware Arts Alliance leads these arts advocacy efforts at the federal, state and county level.
Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
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