Woodlands Elementary School Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s A.C.E. Program with 6th graders October-November, 2014
Artistic Director Betty Salamun annually works with Woodlands middle school students in eco-arts residencies. This year, Woodlands revised the 2006 production History’s Lessons + Today’s Decision = Peaceful Tomorrows. Betty Salamun created a series of dances for 8 youth to sonnets written by their classmates exploring the 7 educational principals of Woodlands curriculum: trustworthiness, caring, respect, […]
Arts @ Large Residency at Milwaukee Environmental Sciences School November 8-December 19, 2013 and January 14-17, 2014
Artist-educator Betty Salamun and Milwaukee Environmental Sciences School teacher Melissa Howard used the Urban Land Ethic to create a performance program for the unique needs of Melissa’s first grade classroom. Students learned about how to: Make the Invisible Visible, and, Understand How Nature Sustains Life through the water cycle of precipitation, percolation and evaporation. Students explored energy differences, such as […]