TUSD Fine Arts / OMA
On Saturday, May 4, OMA students and OMA artists will be will be giving wonderful performances at the annual OMA Showcase of the Arts. The Showcase is being held at Sahuaro High School, Saturday, May 4, 2013. This is a great opportunity for parents and students to learn more about the OMA program. Students can get better acquainted with their favorite musical instrument at the Instrument Petting Zoo. The Outdoor Festival starts at 2:00 pm and the concert itself will be in the Auditorium at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for students 12 and older. Younger students get in free. Don't miss this chance to see the caliber of artists working with the OMA program!
There is still space available for the May 2, 2013 (Chad Michael Hall Dance) UApresents Student Matinees. To reserve, e-mail carole.marlowe@tusd1.org or call 225-4911.
Last Curriculum Connection we told you about the Mykl Wells Workshop that will be part of this summer's IDeA professional development sessions. This month some of the Fine Arts staff had a mini-workshop with the sculptor. Armed with box cutters, rulers, glue, tape, staplers and lots of cardboard, staff members make a variety of headwear. Below you can see Mykl Wells explaining how to build a basic circular support structure (left) and fill in the open spaces 
(right). Mykl's instructions were very clear and succinct 
and you can see the results in the Viking helmet made by Sarah Howard. Everyone, including Mykl, made an outstanding contribution to cardboard fashion.
One of the basic ideas of Opening Minds through the Arts is the using the arts to open up subject content areas by integrating art forms with math, science, etc. It's usually implicit in OMA classrooms and in OMA lessons that the subject content areas tend to also be integrated with each other. This is illustrated well in a recent article co-authorer by TUSD Science Program Coordinator Joan Gilbert. The article in the March issue of Science Scope, the Journal of the National Science Teachers Association, describes the use of field-trips to teach geology, ecology, cultural history and writing skills to middle school students. Pre- and Post- field-trip tests showed that students had significantly more deep understandings of the area's geology, ecosystems, and history after the field trip. The title of the article is Field-trip Pedagogy for Teaching "Sense of Place" in Middle School, and you can get a copy of the article from Educational Materials Center or you can read it online through the Pima County Library. If you have a Pima County Library card you can access many online databases through the Pima County Library online resources page. If you don't have a Pima County Library card you can get to most of the same online resources through Arizona State Library.
American Art Experience ARTSmobile: Innovation and Incorporation
While examining and learning about the four areas of art, students will explore the answers to these questions: What art BEGAN in America? What American art traditions were influenced by immigrants? What art is uniquely American? How does this art also depict the history of America, both in its creation and in what it reveals?
The original American art form featured in each art field will be:
Dance Tap
Music Jazz
Art Abstract Expressionism/ Pop Art
Drama Musical Theatre
Enduring Traditions, the Native American Culture ARTSmobile, can be reserved now for the 2013-2014 school year. The weeks available is the same for both ARTSmobiles.
Weeks available for school visits are the following:
8/26, 9/9, 9/16, 10/14, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, 12/16, 1/13, 1/27, 3/10, 3/31, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12
Contact: teri.shepardmcbride@tusd1.org after April 30
In a great example of district and community collaboration, on April 25 Tucson Concert Band together with students from Cholla, Palo Verde, and Doolen Middle School held a concert at Palo Verde High School. The concert came about because several members of the Tucson Concert Band teach at TUSD Schools enabling band director Jessica England to pull together an outstanding performance.
There is still space available for the May 2, 2013 (Chad Michael Hall Dance) UApresents Student Matinees. To reserve, e-mail carole.marlowe@tusd1.org or call 225-4911.
Chad Michael Hall is not just a performer and choreographer, he is also an exceptional dance teacher. There is a great interview with him on this LA Dance blog. UApresents is bringing Chad Michael Hall Dance to Tucson in May and providing an opportunity for 500 TUSD students to see the dance company perform in a School Matinee. The Matinee performance will be 10:30 am, May 2, 2013 at Rincon High School. To reserve seats for your students, contact Carole Marlowe (email carole.marlowe@tusd1.org or call 225-4911. )
There is still space available for the May 2, 2013 (Chad Michael Hall Dance) UApresents Student Matinees. To reserve, e-mail carole.marlowe@tusd1.org or call 225-4911.
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