Adventure FINE ARTS Archdiocese of St. Louis Catholic Education Office 20 Archbishop May Drive St. Louis, MO 63119 VOLUME 44 ISSUE 1 AUGUST 2017 Last year, the students of Christ Light of the Nations and their art teacher Whitney Compas studied animals of the rainforest. After researching a variety of animals that live in the rainforest, the students lightly drew their favorite animal on 12”x18” black paper using a black oil pastel. After retracing the lines of the animal so that the lines were thick, the students were able to color everything using oil pastels. Students were encouraged to start coloring in the animal first, then the background. Students were allowed to use one finger to blend the colors all the way to the oil pastel line. Once finished, they were asked to retrace all the lines in black. Whitney found this project on deepspacesparkle.com.
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Adventure FINE ARTS
Archdiocese of St. Louis Catholic Education Office 20 Archbishop May Drive St. Louis, MO 63119
VOLUME 44 ISSUE 1 AUGUST 2017
Last year, the students of Christ Light of the Nations and their art teacher Whitney Compas studied animals of the rainforest. After researching a variety of animals that live in the rainforest, the students lightly drew their favorite animal on 12”x18” black paper using a black oil pastel. After retracing the lines of the animal so that the lines were thick, the students were able to color everything using oil pastels. Students were encouraged to start coloring in the animal first, then the background. Students were allowed to use one finger to blend the colors all the way to the oil pastel line. Once finished, they were asked to retrace all the lines in black. Whitney found this project on deepspacesparkle.com.
I welcome everyone back . . . and extend a special welcome to all our new fine arts educators in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis! In my first letter of the year, I want to remind everyone (and let the new faces know) that as the Director of Fine Arts, I am here as a resource to you. It is my job to help improve, continue, or start building strong art, music, and theater programs in our schools.
Each month, I publish the Fine Arts Adventure newsletter to inform the fine arts teachers of the Archdiocese of their colleagues’ events and to present opportunities for students and teachers. I also send out frequent e-mails as opportunities arise so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the great resources available in the St. Louis area. Please send information on your school’s programs and events to be included in the newsletter throughout the year!
Complete and return the enclosed Fine Arts Report as soon as you can. This report will help update my contact lists. If you request, your name will be included in a directory of all fine arts teachers (to be sent out only to Catholic school fine arts teachers later this semester). Completing this report helps me keep in contact with you so I can better support you and your school. The directory is a great resource you can use to contact your colleagues around your region for support and help,
I love visiting schools and your programs. Please invite me at any time! I am happy to come to your programs or see your classroom and students in action. I can be that fresh set of eyes and ears that can give feedback on your ideas as you continue to work to improve your classroom. Friendly advice from a colleague is always helpful!
Have you been looking for a way to talk to your colleagues more, ask them questions and bounce ideas around because you are the only fine arts teacher in your school? Join the new St. Louis Catholic Fine Arts Educators Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1340427772722747/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel . The page has been established for you to get help and advice from your colleagues. Please join, and post questions, suggestions, and pictures of everything you do or need help with. Follow me on Twitter (@kenlederle) and Pinterest (www.pinterest.com/kenlederle). I hope to highlight our schools’ great programs, and make everyone aware of new ideas and opportunities sooner!
Please, always feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, and good news! God bless you this year! Kenneth Lederle, Director of Fine Arts 314.792.7324 [email protected]
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LETTER from the Director
Libera Wednesday August 9, 2017 at 8pm
Libera is an all-boy English vocal group that regularly performs around the world. The choir is comprised of approximately 40 boys ages between the ages of seven and sixteen. The boys have an original
sound, which is at once both ancient and modern. Their distinctive white robes symbolize the traditional origins of their style, yet their music reaches across generations.
Don’t forget! $10 Student Rush tickets are available at the door!
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COMMUNITYresources
Cathedral Concerts Student Concert www.cathedralconcerts.org
October 16 at 10am, Cathedral Concerts, together with Opera Theatre St. Louis and the Sheldon Concert Hall, will host a special Vocal Master Class for all 6th-12th grade students, featuring soprano Ms. Angela Brown and students from Opera St. Louis’ Artist in Training Program. Tickets are FREE, but please contact Ruth Ferris to RSVP at 314-533-7662 or [email protected]. Broadway Master Classes www.foxpacf.org
The Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation is proud to give students in the St. Louis region direct access to the Fabulous Fox touring performers through Broadway Master Classes. A variety of disciplines (dance, vocal coaching, audition preparation, etc.) are incorporated. All classes run from 4-5:30pm. Classes include performers from the following shows:
The Bodyguard Oct. 6, 2017 at COCA On Your Feet Nov. 10 and 17, 2017 at Gateway Center for Performing Arts The King and I Dec. 1, 2017 at COCA; Dec. 8, 2017 at DaySpring Arts and Education School of Rock Jan. 19, 2018 at Gateway Center for Performing Arts; Jan. 26, 2018 at Stages Phantom of the Opera May 18, 2018 at DaySpring Arts and Education
Careers in the Arts Day www.thesheldon.org
You are invited to bring your high school students to an arts career day at The Sheldon as a variety of arts professionals speak about their jobs and recommend a path for students who would like to pursue a career in the arts. Representatives from local colleges and universities will also be on site to talk about degrees. RSVP to [email protected] by November 1, 2017. Taiko Youth Workshop www.stltaiko.com
Students ages 6-15 can sign up for an introductory workshop on the art of Japanese drumming! This 90-minute workshop will teach students the basics of how to use the bachi (drumsticks) to hit taiko with grace and power. Register at www.stltaiko.com/classes/5. Date: Sept. 16, 2017 from 1:30-3pm. Cost: $15. Character Education Theatre for Kids https://www.facebook.com/ediesfairytaletheatre/
Edie’s Fairytale Theatre has been creating character education entertainment for grades K-8 for over 20 years. Book now a week-long residency program or a 45 minute musical highlighting character that will come to your school. To book a show, contact Scot Sears at 314.610.4260 or [email protected]. Shows include: Mother Goose (Courage); Duck Ugly (Bullying); Red Riding Hood (Safety); Three Pigs (Cooperation); Wisdom of Fools (Common Sense); and Party at the North Pole (Sharing). Washington U. K-12 Connections https://schoolpartnership.wustl.edu/programs-services/k-12-connections/
Washington University's K-12 Connections program seeks to connect college students, staff, and faculty members with volunteer opportunities in the St. Louis area. Through the program, local teachers can make requests, and the University can match up the people and resources to get the job done. Schools can request assistance with one-time special events at their school, half/full day visits to campus, or arts programs through Edison Theatre and the Kemper Art Museum. For more information, contact Christ Mohr at [email protected]. Disney’s Mulan Jr. Audition Workshop https://jccstl.com/arts-ideas/youth-theatre/
The Jewish Community Center’s workshop is designed to help children learn techniques to replace nerves and first-time newness to being on stages with confidence. Participants learn parts of a song and choreography from Mulan Jr. The workshop also includes improvisation and games. Date: Aug. 27, 2017 Cost: $35. Service Hours for High School Students www.cathedralconcerts.org
The Cathedral Concert Series is always looking for help on concerts days! Junior and Seniors in need of service hours could serve as ushers or fill other jobs during concerts. Interested students should contact group sales director Ruth Ferris at [email protected].
COMMUNITYresources
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National Blues Museum www.nationalbluesmuseum.org
The National Blues Museum welcomes grades K-12 for daily tours to learn about the history of blues music. For more information on a school tour of the museum, contact Asst. Education Coordinator Kirk Zimmerman at [email protected]. Chamber Music Master Classes https://chambermusicstl.org/master-class/
The Chamber Music Society of St. Louis’ Master Classes are FREE and open to area students to help them prepare and perform solo and chamber works guided by the Society’s artists. Soloists/ensembles perform and receive feedback in a format intended to provide both participants and observers with valuable instruction. To participate, register online. Master classes will be held Sept. 18 for Violins; Oct. 2 for Violas; Oct. 23 for Cellos; Nov. 6 for flutes; and Feb. 26 for bass. Concert Pass Collaborative https://chambermusicstl.org/student-discount/
The Collaborative provides students with an affordable means to experience extraordinary St. Louis ensembles. For $15 (less than the price of a single ticket), students may purchase a pass which admits them to concerts presented by the following ensembles for the entire season: St. Louis Chamber Chorus, The Sheldon Classic Concerts, St. Louis Classical Guitar Society, Chamber Project St. Louis, Chamber Music Society of St. Louis, and St. Louis Women’s Hope Chorale. Suzuki Harmony STL www.facebook.com/SuzukiHarmonySTL/
The mission of Suzuki Harmony STL is to provide the highest quality violin teaching to children in St. Louis neighborhoods. To accomplish this goal, the program offers Suzuki violin lessons to students ages 4-18 on the campus of University of Missouri-St. Louis. Families can pay what they can afford for the lessons. For more information, please contact program coordinator Renita Luehrman at [email protected]. UMSL Community Outreach Program https://music.umsl.edu/Faculty/KurtBaldwin.html
Professor Kurt Baldwin believes that music students need to train, learn how to create presentations, and to perform for classes and students. He has created a class at the University of Missouri-St. Louis that will accomplish that goal, and is looking for schools interested in having FREE performances by ensembles so that the UMSL students can practice what they have learned. If you are interested in having a small instrumental or vocal ensemble perform at your school, contact Professor Kurt Baldwin at [email protected]. SpecDrum: World Culture Education http://specdrum.org/
SpecDrum offers free, cultural education through drumming as an enrichment to the current pedagogical curriculum presented by Dr. Matt Henry of the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Music presentations in the school gym provides a continual study (year-round, not just once a year) of world culture music. This is a free program for all 6-12 grade students and meets at the Zack Building in the Grand Center on Sundays from 2-4pm. SpecDrum can help with transportation if it is a problem for a student. To participate, students must be nominated by a teacher. Nomination forms can be found on the webpage. Jazz in the Schools Program https://jazzstl.org/education-outreach/emerson-jazz-in-the-schools/
Jazz St. Louis’ Emerson Jazz in the Schools Program allows students from area K-12 schools to experience the world class musicians who perform at the Bistro Jazz Club. The artists participate in a number of different activities (including performances, master classes and clinics), which take place either in the Center for Jazz at the Bistro or in participating schools. All programs and activities are FREE. A list of all performers and dates can be found at the link above. To book a performance or activity, contact Education Associate Andy Ament at 314.881.3093 or [email protected].
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HIGHnotes
Cardinal Ritter College Prep student David P., pictured left, won the first place award in the United States Congressional Art Competition and was awarded a certificate in a ceremony by U.S. Congressman William Lacy Clay at the Webster University campus downtown this past spring. David and his family received a trip to Washington D.C. where the painting titled Untitled 1 was installed at the United States Capitol.
The Missouri Fine Arts Academy was held at Missouri State University June 4-24. Students
that participate are nominated by their teachers and must complete a compressive portfolio and application before they are selected. While attending the Academy, students participated in interdisciplinary programs for visual arts, dance, writing, theater, vocal and instrumental music. Each student received three college credits and possible scholarships to Missouri State. Congratulations to Emma B., Nerinx Hall; Deveny D., Visitation Academy; John D., Duchesne
High School, Cora S., St. Dominic High School, and Svetlana W., St. Dominic High School for being selected for this year’s Academy.
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center’s annual Art and Writing Contest is a wonderful
opportunity for young people who have visited the Museum or studied the Holocaust in their classrooms to respond creatively to what they have learned. Winners received cash prizes and had their work on display at the Museum. Congratulations to the following students who placed in the 2017 contest: Jacob C. (3rd place, middle school art division) from St. Margaret Mary Alacoque; Megan T. (2nd place, high school art division) from Cor Jesu Academy; Theresa O. (3rd place, high school art division) from Cor Jesu Academy; Isabel M., Grace B. and Kaitlyn E. (Honorable Mention, high school art division) from Cor Jesu Academy; Hannah S. (1st place, middle school writing division) from Our Lady; Madison M. (3rd place, middle school writing division) from St. Gabriel the Archangel.
Stages Wants to Help Your Theatre www.stagesstlouis.org
Stages St. Louis can tailor programs to your needs, and is happy to support all K-12 theatre programs. Stages can create workshops, master classes, or provide support with a choreographer or lighting designer to help give a director extra support as they prepare for a production. If you have a need, contact Director of Education and Outreach Tali Allen at [email protected]. North County Big Band http://thesheldon.org/page.php?page_id=69
Housed at The Sheldon Concert Hall and led by Harvey Lockhart of Riverview Garden High School, this collaborative big band is made up of 20 of the most talented and dedicated students from several St. Louis area high schools. Participating students rehearse Monday nights at The Sheldon. Transportation can be provided if needed. The band would like to expand and create more bands and more levels, including middle school. Interested students at all levels can register at the link above. Rehearsals begin Sept. 1, 2017. Extra Credit on Stage at Powell http://www.slso.org/en/com/community_concerts/community-events/extra-credit-on-stage-at-powell/
Resident Conductor Gemma New leads music teachers and musicians of the SLSO in a special side-by-side concert at Powell Hall to celebrate the educators who teach music in our schools. The concert and rehearsal for the concert will be held Feb. 2, 2018, but you must register online at the link above by October 1, 2017.
COMMUNITYresources
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PROFESSIONAL development
Artrageous with Nate Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtrageouswithNate/featured
Artrageous with Nate is an Emmy award-winning video series that strives to educate and inspire creativity through interactive episodes combining art, science and history. Nate’s newest set of videos discuss the life and work of Andy Warhol and includes interviews with curator Larissa Baliff at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Topics include: Andy Warhol: Pop Art King; Andy Warhol’s Gold Marilyn Monroe; Warhol’s Fay Dive: Behind the Scenes at Serendipity 3 Cafe; and Eating a Burger with Andy Warhol. Classical Guitar Workshops www.guitarstlouis.net
The Classical Guitar Society of St. Louis sponsors weekly professional development for educators just starting to teach guitar or wanting to learn new techniques. All are welcome; the Society can even provide guitars to use at the workshops. Workshops meek weekly on Saturday mornings from 9:30-11:30am at St. Louis Public Library Mid-County, 7821 Maryland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105. For more information, contact Education Director Bill Ash at [email protected] or 314.569.2399. Orff Workshop http://www.stlaosa.org/workshops/
Join Aimee Curtis Pfitzer as she presents Hands to Hands: Clapping Songs, Games, and Dances from Around the World. Get ready to sing, move, clap and play during this hands on workshop that will include songs, games and dances from many cultures. This is a great workshop if you do not have many Orff instruments. Date: Aug. 26, 2017 Cost: $55 non-members. Kodaly Workshop http://stlkodaly.weebly.com
The St. Louis Kodaly educators will hold their first workshop of the year on September 23, 2017 from 9am-1pm. Christina Svec will present Sequencing Improvisation Through Singing Voice Development. Cost: $45 non-members. COCAbiz: Directing the Action www.cocastl.org
Looking for creative ways to develop your team? Join COCA to learn a valuable feedback technique called See-Think-Wonder. Pulled from teaching in the visual arts and from live theater performance preparation, this technique is a simple, powerful method for giving feedback and for suggesting new behaviors or ideas while keeping recipients creatively engaged. Date: August 24, 2017 from 9am-noon. Cost: $45 Missouri Arts Awards https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/how-to-nominate/
The Missouri Arts Council presents awards every year to Missourians who have made profound and lasting contributions to the cultural and artistic climate of the State. Nominations for the 2018 awards are open until noon on August 28. Winners will be honored on February 14, 2018 in Jefferson City. Categories in which individuals and organizations can be nominated include: Arts Education, Arts Organizations, Creative Community, Individual Artist, Leadership in the Arts, and Philanthropy. Handbell Reading Session http://www.stlbells.org/coming-events/readingsession
Handbell directors and guests are invited to a half-day ringing event in which participants will ring through selected new handbell releases. Midwest Music will supply the music. Additional music and supplies will be for sale. Participants should bring gloves and a notebook. Date: August 19 Registration Deadline: August 10. Metro Theatre Educator Preview Night www.metroplays.org
Metro Theatre will host a open house on Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Teachers will be treated to refreshments and a preview of the season’s offerings. To RSVP, please contact Michael Perkins at [email protected].
2017-2018calendar
Aug. 8 Religious Education Institute Choir St. Francis Xavier (College) Church
Sept. 26 “Starting a Guitar Program,” Classical Guitar Society TBA (3:30 - 5:30pm)
Oct. 23 Elementary Art Teacher Workshop St. Clement of Rome
Jan. 16– 19 Catholic Schools Education Concerts at the Sheldon The Sheldon Concert Hall
Jan. 29 - Feb. 4 Catholic Schools Week Mall Art Displays Taubman Prestige Outlets, Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis Galleria, South County Mall (2 weeks), West County Mall
Feb. 8 Archdiocesan Choir Festival Duchesne High School
Feb. 25 Archdiocesan Elementary Instrumental Festival Bishop DuBourg High School
Feb. 27 Archdiocesan Secondary Instrumental Festival St. Dominic High School
March 4 Archdiocesan High School Art Show The Sheldon Concert Hall
TBA Archdiocesan Jazz Band Festival DeSmet Jesuit High School
March 21 & 22 Archdiocesan Song Festival (5th and 6th Grade) Various Locations
March 21 March 22 Assumption - Mattese (1pm) Bishop DuBourg High School (1pm)
Duchesne High School (10am) St. Monica School (1pm)
Holy Infant (10am)
Rosati-Kain High School (1pm)
Trinity Catholic High School (10am)
Song Festival 2018 - Featuring 5th
and 6th
grades
Look for registration forms in November!
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This new youth musical was written by Sts. Joachim and Ann liturgical director Orin Johnson and for-mer Notre Dame High School choir director Brad Behrmann. The musical, based on the biblical story of Queen Esther, is a full-length two-act show with score, libretto, and book, and had its world premiere on June 27, 2015 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. To read and listen to selection from the play, visit the show’s webpage at http://justpretendmusical.com/. To licenses the show, please email [email protected].
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MUSICactivities
I Don’t Care if the Rain Comes Down Grades 3-5
http://meyersmusicactivities.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-elementary-choral-arrangements-for.html
Applicable Common Core Standard: L 3 Use knowledge or language and its conventions when writing, speaking,
reading, or listening. Applicable National Core Art Standard (NCAS): Pr6.1.4a Perform music, alone or with others with expressiona nd
technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation..
Objectives: Students will create a three part harmony song from the song I Don’t Care if the Rain Comes Down Materials: Music provided in the lesson plan Procedure: 1. By rote teach the song using the associated dance.
1. Students stand in 2 concentric circles facing a partner (one partner on the inside, one on the outside.)
2. Outside circle walks on the beat clockwise, inside walks on the beat counter clockwise while singing the first line of the song I don’t care if the rain comes down.
3. All students continue to walk but snap 3 times (low, middle, high) to reflect the melodic contour during the second line I’m gonna dance all day.\
4. Walk on the beat counterclockwise (partners still opposite direction) during the third line I don’t care if the rain comes down.
5. All students continue to walk in the new direction but snap 3 times to reflect the melodic contour during the fourth line I’m gonna dance all day.
6. Students should face their partner and high five high and low to the fifth line Hey, Hey, carry me away, I gonna dance all day. Also on Hey, Hey one arm swing partner and trade places.
7. Repeat the last line and motion and switch back to their original places.
8. On each repetition of the song, students do the same motion , however they will end up with a new partner each time. The 2nd time the song is sung students will pass their original partner and move to the next person in the circle beside their partner who will become their partner for the hey, hey. The 3rd time the song is sung, they will pass the previous partner again and move to the next person in the circle and so on. Play the game until partners work their way around the circle and back to their original partners.
2. Once the song and dance are learned, move to reading the rhythm and melody of the song with solfa.
3. Learn and sing ostinato 1 and ostinato 2 and sing them separately against the song.
4. Once each ostinato is learned and can be sung independently against the song practice all three parts together.
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I Don’t Care if the Rain Comes Down (continued)
Song: I Don’t Care if the Rain Comes Down
MUSICactivities
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Elements of Art/ Principals of Design Book Grades 6-8
https://stocktonvapa.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/1st-project-for-junior-high/ Applicable Common Core Standard: L8 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-
specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge with considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression
Applicable National Core Art Standard (NCAS): Cr2.3.7a Apply visual organizational strategies to design and produce a work of art that clearl communicates information or ideas.
Objectives: 1. Students will .design books that will describe the Elements of Art and Principals of Design.
Materials:
Colored pencils Things that make subtle texture, like string or bits of rice or cut up straws 42” x 6“ strips (1 per student) made from thick paper Templates of different shapes large enough to cover most of a page of the book
Procedure: 1. Begin by explaining each of the elements of art or principles of design, or have students break into groups
and have each group explain one of them so that students have an understanding of the elements of art/principles of design before they begin the book.
2. Accordion fold the paper into 16 4”x6” sections
3. On the first section, write “Elements of Art” (this is the cover page).
4. Skip the second section. On the third section, write “Line” at the top of the page. Trace the template onto the center of the page and fill it up with types of lines.
5. Skip the next section. Continue with one blank page and one page filled with each of the elements of art: line, color, shape, value, space, form, and texture.
6. Flip the book over. On the back of the last element of art, write “Principles of Design” and again, alternating 1 page filled, one page empty, trace the template onto each page. Fill in the shape with decorations that express that principle of design. (Because it is the back of the accordion, you will find that you can only fit 6 principles, so do two on the same page).
7. The goal is to have a book that, when opened one way shows all the elements of art, and when turned around will list all the principles of design.
ARTactivities
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More Than Just the ABC’s Grades K-5
http://denverartmuseum.org/edu/lesson/more-just-abc-s
Applicable Common Core Standard: RL7 Make connections between the text and a visual presentation of text.
Applicable National Core Art Standard (NCAS): Cr2.1.4a Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.
Objectives:
1. Students will identify the words in Association, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco. 2. Students will explain ideas or feelings inspired by the shapes of the letters and the choice of colors in Wes Wilson’s
poster. 3. Students will feel comfortable enough to create their own unique letters and message to the best of their ability will and work in small groups to complete a task.
Materials:
Magazines brightly colored contact paper X-acto knife or scissors 11x14 or 11x17 sheets of paper (two for every three students) Crayons Projection or prints of Association, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco by Wes Wilson Music to play during class of the bands listed in the painting. Bands include: The Association, Along Comes Mary,
Quicksilver, Messenger Service, and Grassroots.
Procedure:
1. Show or distribute color copies of the poster. Lead a large group
discussion on the artistry of the letters. What does the image communicate? Before they spend much time to read it, ask what it might be advertising. What do they notice about how Wes Wilson’s lettering? What feelings or thoughts does his lettering invoke?
2. Share that Wilson hand-drew all of the lettering and worked as though he were removing space to create letters (as though he were cutting out a block for print making). Wilson says: “I like to do my work freehand — no ruler and stuff. Just make it fit naturally. If I needed to make a letter a little wider, well, I would.”
3. Decipher what the letters say and what they are advertising. Discuss the impact of the “hot” colors.
4. Have students look around the room and select at least two different objects. Ask them to sketch the word “art” using the objects to help inspire shapes for the letters (e.g., a light bulb could inspire more rounded shapes). If you can, play music from the bands listed on the poster while they work on their letters. When they are finished, have them share their words with a partner.
5. Talk about the importance of lettering and how letters are used to communicate words but also can be used for artistic purposes.
6. Tell older elementary students that they will be working individually to cut out letters from contact paper; younger students can use crayons to
hand-draw letters). They should think about their classmates and select one word that would speak to their audience (or that they think their audience would like). Adjust as needed for age. Allow them time to design and cut out the letters and arrange them in their word.
7. Share their finished products in groups or with the entire class.
ARTactivities
Art and Education Council Maritz Grants http://www.keeparthappening.org/you/apply/
Grant applications may be submitted for the 2017-2018 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers. These $500-$5,000 grants are for programs that link art with curriculum to enhance students’ learning. Priority funding will be given to projects that introduce new art mediums to students. Grant announcements will be made by the end of September. Deadline: First two weeks of September 2017. Video Loops at Central Library http://www.cinemastlouis.org/video-loops-at-central-library
Cinema St. Louis and the Central Library are holding a juried competition that will award cash prizes to the winning filmmakers for experimental shorts. The winning shorts will then be featured as part of a looped program that will screen on Central Library's Discovery Walls. Ten works will be chosen. Works can be no less than 1 second and nor longer than 60 seconds. Deadline: August 12, 2017. Win Back-to-School Supplies http://www.buddyfruits.com/color/
Complete the online registration form for a chance to win a year’s supply of back-to-school essentials for your classroom from Crayola and Buddy Fruits. Deadline: October 31, 2017. Teachers Against Prejudice Art Contest www.teacheragainstprejudice.org
This contest is open to all students grades 1-4. Students must create a 2-dimensional artwork, painting, drawing, or collage that demonstrates the artist and a friend from another culture showing how well they can work or play together in or outside of school. One piece of art per student will be accepted. First place winner receives $150. Art will be accepted until October15, 2017. St. Louis High School Musical Theater Awards http://slhsmta.com
Sponsored by The Muny, the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, and Fox Associates, the program is designed to celebrate outstanding achievement in high school musical theatre. Participating schools will have their productions evaluated by a panel of theatre professionals and will culminate in an awards ceremony modeled on the Tony Awards. Winners will participate the National High School Musical Theatre Awards. Deadline: Interested schools must file an intent to participate by Sept. 1, 2017.
One Earth Film Festival Young Filmmakers Contest http://www.oneearthfilmfest.org/contest-details/
One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest is open to students from third grade through college. Each film submission is based on one or several of the following topics; water, waste, food, transportation, energy, open space and ecosystems. All entries must be between 3 and 8 minutes in length. Deadline: January 2018.
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Target Grants for Field Trips https://corporate.target.com/corporate-responsibility/grants/field-trip-grants
Applications for Target Field Trip Grants of up to $700 for K-12 schools may be submitted through September 30. Grants will be awarded in January 2018. Grant criteria include: description of the field trip and its
objectives; the benefits to students and the tie-in to the school curriculum; the number of students who will be impacted; and the proposed use of funds. Funds may be used to cover the cost of transportation, entry fees,
supplies and resource materials between January - May/June 2018.
Every year, ten or more of our Catholic schools have received a Target field trip grant. THIS YEAR, YOUR SCHOOL SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM!
CONTESTS and Grants
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