Math and Art have many intersections. Artist Mark Stankiewicz has created these 3-10 day residencies to target those lessons in a way that benefit the artist & mathematician within each student. Isometric Drawing - Students create a simple block toy design using isometric drawings, including measurements. Students are shown how to draw an object from three different sides, including the isometric equivalent, representing a three-dimensional object in two-dimensions and vice-versa. Both isometric graph paper and architectural plan paper are utilized. Abilities of ruler use are honed. The students then create a physical version of this toy out of Legos. Tessellation - Artists make tessellations by twisting and turning shapes to find images that fit together like puzzle pieces. M.C. Escher is an artist/mathematician who is a proponent of this style of art. Students will create original geometric tessellations using the mathematical terms like flips, slides, and turns; terms usually used unconsciously by artists to create Tessellations. Mark will discuss the mathematical rule of why some shapes work and others do not. Scale • Proportion • Ratio • Similarity - Students use rulers to design a graph and then set it on an original image. They then make a larger graph with the ruler and transfer the smaller image to a larger graph square by square. This demonstrates scale, similarity, ratio and proportion – as they could enlarge the drawing to the power of 2, 3, 4 or any other number. The art student learns to simplify and enlarge a drawing; and for the math student, it concretizes the ideas of an exponent, and scale, ratio and proportion. Grades 3-12
Descriptions above are examples – residencies will be customized to the age and ability of the students |  | The Speech Doctor Is In! Residency | A confident child can do anything! The Speech Doctor, Kathleen Williams, PhD, extends her visit in this 3-5 day residency, so students can see their public speaking skills improve and self-esteem increase. Students will receive encouraging, age-appropriate instruction in all areas of speech delivery, and Kathleen’s humorous, comfortable approach makes learning the essentials easy.Relaxation and confidence building techniques will also be presented. Elements of curriculum can be incorporated into this residency to further reinforce concepts presented in the classroom. By learning to conquer the causes of nervousness and mastering these techniques, students become self-assured, expressive communicators who are not afraid to speak up for themselves. Grades K-8 |  | Theater Games Residency | In a series of workshops, artist Elliott Banen provides imaginative scenarios that provoke students to think creatively while solving “problems” presented. The actors are given rules and goals for each scenario but no scripts. The outcomes demand resourcefulness and originality. Workshops will focus on character building and scene development. By adhering to the basic rules of storytelling and character analysis, students become better writers. Through improvisation they become better communicators (both verbal and nonverbal) and through discussions of the scenes they learn literary criticism. Planning session with teachers prior to the residency allows the program to be customized to meet the school’s learning goals. Grades 5-12 |
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