Arts in Education
The BAAC has been sponsoring successful arts education programs in the Batesville Schools since 1988. The BAAC provides generous funding for schools to bring in resident and visiting artists in many disciplines who integrate the arts into the existing school curricula. This enhances the education experiences of over 2,000 students in six local schools spanning PreK-grade 12.
The goal of the BAAC Arts Education Program is to enrich the educational experiences and lives of the students and teachers in the Batesville schools by bringing a variety of professional artists into the schools to integrate the arts into the existing school curricula. This arts-curricula integration allows students to have hands-on, three-dimensional experiences that involve all the senses, and create learning experiences students will remember long after they have forgotten the material in the class textbooks.
To accomplish this, the BAAC provides generous funds for schools to bring in resident and visiting artists in many disciplines, such as art, music, theater, writing, dance, culinary arts, graphic design, video production, cultural arts, and many more. The BAAC will pay 90% of direct costs for artists who visit the school. The school is responsible for the other 10%.
Some past artists include:
Don Edwards, Indianapolis potter and annual favorite
Bonnie Stahlecker, bookmaker from Plainfield, Indiana who leads workshops to create unique handmade books
Sowah Mensah, master drummer from Ghana, Africa
Reed Steele, mime
Naptown Jazz, jazz group from Indianapolis
Matthew Graham, Indiana Poet Laureate
Chris Rasor, a professional music educator and choreographer
Steven Harmeyer, a producer from The 812 and WLWT
Emily Bauer, professional cake artist
The BAAC's Arts in Education Program has been cited as a model program by the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts in the past.
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