Artist in Residence

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Artist in Residence

• Pickens County
• 2007-2008

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Pickens High School Dr. Virginia Hicks, Grants
manager

• Artist Jim Creal came to Pickens High School to
  do a unique Artist In Residence program
• Probably the only high school program of its kind
  in the nation.
• Dr. Hicks wrote her own grant for
• Copper Etching
• Certain Precautions had to be met because the
  process deals with acid Mr. Creal and Dr. Hicks
  used vinegar, caution and a lot of creativity to
  give students this unusual experience.

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Jim Creal with Art Teacher, Ginger Hicks and her
students
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Student completes Copper Etching
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The print
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Forest Acres Elementary Susan Bridges-Smith,
Art Educator

• Yoshiko Moon, of Studio Moon was the Artist in
  Resident chosen to help these elementary children
  understand Japanese art and culture.
• She worked with the students on
• Sumi-e Painting, Japanese Caligraphy, origami,
  hand made rice paper a tea ceremony and much
  more.

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Yoshiko Moon teaches Caligraphy
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Students create Japanese Art
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Chopsticks and Sushi?
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Yoshiko Moon with Students
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Yoshiko Moon Plays games at Forest Acres
Elementary
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
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Gettys Middle School Barbara Wimphrie, ELA
Teacher

• Francee Levin worked with ELA strategies teacher,
  Barbara Wimphrie to help children learn to love
  Poetry and Readers Theatre.
• The goal was to increase interest in creative
  writing and stimulate creativity in writing with
  students who have traditionally not done well in
  the skill of writing.

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Francis Levin Poetry
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Gettys Middle Students Write Poerty
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Ms. Wimphries students learn that Poetry is
rewarding
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Francis Levin enjoys students
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Peer editing in Poetry residency
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Liberty Middle School Art Educator Cyndy
Blanton

• Holly Hannon, Book Illustrator, worked with
  students to create and illustrate a book.
• This was a long process, but Teacher Blanton
  learned a lot from the experience.
• Ms. Blanton also went the extra step and took her
  students with their books in hand to Liberty
  Elementary to read the books with a first grade
  child. The first grader used a simple rubric to
  score the student book.
• Great Success!

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Cyndy Blantons student at Liberty Middle School
works on book illustration.
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Holly Hannon Shares with Liberty Middle School
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Holly Hannon working with students.
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Holly Hannon, describes the process of
illustrating a book
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West End Elementary Holly Hannon, Artist in
Residence Tara Fennell, Art Teacher
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Hannon sketches West End Student
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Central Elementary Belinda Ross, Music Educator

• Mr. Dean Eades, master dulcimer player, came to
  Central Elementary to share his talents with
  fifth grade students during the recent Artists in
  Residence week. Students were able to work with
  Mr. Eades throughout the week and learned
  information about how and why dulcimers are
  created, how to read music, and various aspects
  of tuning and playing the folk instrument.

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Principal Elliott Southard Plays Dulcimer with
students
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This is fun!
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Crosswell Elementary Media Specialist, Gail
Michaels

• Ms. Michaels invited Molly M. Jones to help 4th
  and 5th graders at Crosswell learn how to write
  historical fiction.
• Students researched a place and time in history,
  and wrote a brief narrative about that time
  period.
• Students also learned research skills through
  this project.

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Crosswell Students write Non Fiction
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Molly Jones teaches Non- fiction Writing at
Crosswell
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This Author was invited to be an artist resident
by Crosswells Media specialist, Gail Michaels.
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Molly Jones pauses to answer questions for
Crosswells 5th grade students





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Dacusville Elementary Kimberly Barnette, Arts
Educator

• Artist Connie Lipperts Residency title was
• Wedge Weaving and Indigo Dyeing
• The goal was to introduce the art of weaving as
  a historical craft that has been functional and
  asthetic to cultures throughout time.

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Students Learn to Weave
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Dacusville Students Show Off their Work
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Attention to Detail
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Artist Connie Lippert with Ms. Barnettes Class
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Connie Lippert Shares Work
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Students Learn to Weave with Strips of Paper and
Plastic Bags
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AR Lewis Elementary Jessica Patterson, Assistant
Principal, was the initiator of this residency

• Nancy Basket, Native American Storyteller and
  basket maker shared her skills with AR Lewis
  students this spring.
• Students created a Kudzu Basket and discussed
  Native American Stories
• http//www.nancybasket.com/

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Nancy Basket shares Cherokee Legends
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Nancy Basket, maker of Kudzu Baskets and other
crafts shares more Native American stories with
students.
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Pickens Elementary Tiffany Short, Music Educator

• Ms. Short decided to go with Drama
• Pork Chop Productions did the residency
• Title Adventures in Theatre
• Students performed a variety of fairy tales
• Students, Parents and the Community really
  enjoyed this

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Pickens Elementary Uses Pork Chop Productions
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PES Music Teacher, Tiffany Short, Coordinated
Artist in Residence
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PES Drama
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Liberty Elementary Mary Helen Martin, Physical
Education sponsored Artist, Andrew Kuharsky of
the Greenville Ballet
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Greenville Ballet

• Our mission is to provide the finest quality
  dance instruction in a fun and loving environment
  in order to promote lifelong learning, fitness,
  and enjoyment.

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Andrew Kuharsky, Director of The Greenville Ballet
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Our Dance Dream for the Future
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Easley High School Dr. Rusty Jewell The Memory
Project

• The Memory Project is a project where advanced
  high school students paint portraits of children
  who have been abandoned, neglected, abused. The
  reason for doing this is to give these children a
  personal belonging to hang on to and to improve
  self images and give them a special memory of
  their youth. It also helps the high school
  student reaching out to help others. To read
  more go to
• http//www.thememoryproject.org/aboutus1.html

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Dr. Rusty Jewell Project
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Cory Esuary Jhon
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Eddie Norton Jessica
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Jissela
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Student Michael Paints Jessica
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Student Molly Simmons painting of Jhony
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Student Nicholes painted Joel
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Chungana
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Stephanie Blacks work Joel
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Jessica
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Tammy paints Jonathan
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Student Yvonne Ruoffs work Jonathan