Artist in residence program
The Artist in Residence (AIR) Program aims to achieve the following goals:
- to give students the opportunity to meet local professional visual and performing artists who will share their expertise
- to have local professional visual and performing artists share ideas and thereby help students and teachers deepen their understanding of the arts
- to have local professional visual and performing artists lead students in activities which encourage personal exploration and development through the arts
- to integrate the Fine Arts across the curriculum
- to enrich curricular areas
This program brings professional artists into the classroom for five sessions or one day to develop artist led workshops with students in the following areas: drama, dance,music and visual art.
This successful program is administered with funding from the BC Arts Council, Vancouver Foundation and the Vancouver School Board.
Vancouver Foundation is Canada's largest and one of its oldest community foundations. Its mission is to create positive and lasting impacts in communities in British Columbia. It does this by bringing together generous donors (large and small, individuals, groups and corporations) and linking their contributions to important work that addresses the needs and improves the lives of communities across the province.
Today, the Foundation manages an endowment worth approximately $700 million. In 2007, the interest from that endowment allowed the Foundation to distribute about $60 million to communities. To find out more visit: http://www.vancouverfoundation.ca/
Educators: For more information on the Artist in Residence Program please click on the links below:
