Arts in Arkansas: Spotlights: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Arts in Arkansas: Spotlights
Celebrating Arkansas arts educators and students!
Spotlights is a monthly interview series featuring phenomenal students and teachers of dance, music, theatre, and visual art from all corners of Arkansas.
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Recognize Arkansas educators and students of the arts
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Build a statewide fine arts community
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Identify examples of Learning Service’s vision for teaching and learning in the field: actively literate, critical thinkers, community engaged
Website:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/curriculum-support/fine-arts
Transcripts: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XP7GXKe6ylksAv7WomArgbuSKAR4YpPu?usp=sharing
Produced by Shelle House and Donnie Lee
Music: all music used is CC0, no attribution required
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Darren Parks & Eric Tribett - Students
This month’s student spotlight features two fantastic visual artists from the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Darren Parks is an 8th grade student who loves dancing to Arianna Grande and drawing. Eric Tribbett is a high school junior who dreams of becoming a Catholic priest. Both of these young men create skillful works of art in Mrs. Spilman’s classes despite blindness or reduced vision. Listen to learn that the differences in how artists physically view our world has much less impact on the artwork they create than do the perspectives and personalities of the artists themselves.
Website:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/curriculum-support/fine-arts
Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qbWfLpktjVzAnoNb3gTD4c0Lnd-UZvEv/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102414495116396977572&rtpof=true&sd=true
Check out Eric’s award-winning King Biscuit poster mentioned in this episode:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nHv4-u1rVw7ieiWKBy64OKf17KgMZXqW/view?usp=sharing
Learn more about the great things happening at Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
https://asbvi.ade.arkansas.gov/
Do you know an arts educator or student who you would like to see and hear featured on this show? Please nominate them at:
https://bit.ly/Spotlight_Nominations
Produced by Shelle House and Donnie Lee
Music: all music used is CC0, no attribution required
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Elizabeth Spilman - Educator
How do students with no or reduced vision become skilled visual artists? Mrs. Spilman knows!
Elizabeth Spilman is the visual art teacher at the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. She teaches all grades, from kindergartners to seniors, and has expanded high school art course selections each year she has been at ASBVI. Listen as she explains her unique perspective on visual arts and inclusive philosophy of education.
Check out the drawing by Mrs. Spilman's student discussed in the episode:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NxWUqgB7GDVw9SgVdBSa5exRGFIR28EY/view?usp=sharing
Website:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/curriculum-support/fine-arts
Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g6l1IqVLzzr2--knDk-o_sUlkqnKrdoR/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true
Do you know an arts educator or student who you would like to see and hear featured on this show? Please nominate them at:
https://bit.ly/Spotlight_Nominations
Produced by Shelle House and Donnie Lee
Music: all music used is CC0, no attribution required
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Helana Alexander - Student
Helana is a senior at Bentonville High School. She recently attended Arkansas Governor's School for Visual Art where her and her partners’ social change project, an app concept designed to manage study time and anxiety through personalized timers and gaming, was voted best overall by her peers in Area III. Helana is an active member of the art, vocal music, and forensics programs at BHS, serves as a leader on the Teen Council at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and is an enthusiastic Dungeons & Dragons player.
Learn more about Teen Council at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art:
https://crystalbridges.org/councils/teen-council/
Website:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/curriculum-support/fine-arts
Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gxOm5gNJFMVcHaIQO5qOa8N_L4mvmJXQ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102414495116396977572&rtpof=true&sd=true
Produced by Shelle House and Donnie Lee
Music: all music used is CC0, no attribution required
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Shawna Bridgeman - Educator
Shawna Bridgeman is a National Board Certified Teacher at Greenbrier Middle School. She teaches choir and general music and also serves as a dyslexia interventionist. Shawna excels in student engagement, social-emotional learning, and community outreach. Listen as she shares her personal and professional experiences in the arts in Arkansas.
Website:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/curriculum-support/fine-arts
Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H8-KQRax1lMAUB-_i0LR3BSOaIa4Vuzh/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102414495116396977572&rtpof=true&sd=true
Produced by Shelle House and Donnie Lee
Music: all music used is CC0, no attribution required
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts