RESIDENCY GOALS
1. Expose students and teachers to new art processes that they may be able to continue to use after the residency.
2. Provide a deeper connection to the curricular content or Big Idea through creating works of art.
3. Engage students by encouraging them to create artworks that relate to their personal experiences and cultures.


WORK WITH STUDENTS
Ashley thoroughly enjoys creating custom residencies for schools who would like to work with other art mediums, Big Ideas, or curricular content. Additional planning hours may be required for custom residencies. Below are a couple examples of residencies that have been successful in the past.

Multi-Media Book Arts:
Students create books they can present and take home at the end of the residency. Teachers work with students to create a writing sample and make illustrations during the residency. Illustrations are made using several different art mediums, giving students a diverse range of artistic experiences. Popular art mediums are oil pastel with watercolor, collage, printmaking, and gouache painting. This residency can be adapted to all grade levels and is great to present at a parent night after the residency where we can provide information about the residency and The Right Brain Initiative. We typically need 4-5 sessions to complete this residency.

Collaborative Collage:
Whole classrooms work together to plan and produce a large scale collaborative collage using found papers and materials. This residency is great to integrate with a sustainability theme and can connect well to science or social studies curricula, as well as community building within the school. Students collect paper and found objects from around their community and paint some of the paper in the colors needed for the images they want to create. Then work together to cut paper and assemble the collage on a large reused surface. This residency can be adapted for all age levels and the amount of sessions can vary depending on the size of the final collage.