Braelinn receives grant for resident artists

Braelinn

receives grant for resident artists

Braelinn Elementary

School in Peachtree City has received a Georgia Council for the Arts and

Young Audiences of Atlanta Artists-In-Education Residency Program grant

for a one-week residency in the area of visual arts to be conducted prior

to August.

The AIE Residency

Program provides arts experiences with professional artists giving participants

opportunities for enriched, effective learning. The program introduces

a professional artist's work and creative process through hands-on involvement.

In addition, the program involves teachers in new instruction techniques

and ways to integrate arts into the curriculum through staff development

and in-class participation.

Program grants

are now being accepted through March 15, for the grant implementation

period of September 2001 through June 2002. For information about the

AIE Residency Program or to receive an application phone Jeanene Williams

at Young Audiences, 404-589-0644, ext. 18.

These programs

are funded through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The

Georgia Council for the Arts is a partner agency of the National Endowment

for the Arts.

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