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SPOTLIGHTS
Our BRAINworks teachers and partners are doing fabulous things!
Read more about their arts-integrated lessons and programs in our Spotlight blogs.
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Brooke - Berkshire Art Center
Reintroducing Brooke! Art Enthusiast turned Aspiring Educator Brooke is a senior at Pittsfield High School . Over the summer, she had...
Oct 20, 2023
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Dot Day Celebration
Kerry Manzolini, BRAINworks educator 4th Grade Teacher Muddy Brook Elementary Dot Day is an International Celebration of creativity,...
Oct 11, 2023
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Reagan - Gallery 51
Meet Reagan, the talented Hoosac Valley High School 9th grader who is making waves this summer as an intern at MCLA Gallery 51 ! She's...
Oct 3, 2023
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Emma - Berkshire Museum
REPOST FROM MASSHIRE: Meet Emma! This summer, Emma had the incredible opportunity to work with 6-7-year-olds as a Camp Assistant at ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Barrington Stage Company - Playwright Mentoring Project
PLAYWRIGHT MENTORING PROJECT: PMP is a six-month, out-of-school activity that uses theatre as a catalyst to help young people ages 12-19...
Sep 7, 2023
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Community Access to the Arts
Community Access to the Arts (CATA) is using the power of the arts to foster connection and opportunity for students with disabilities....
Sep 1, 2023
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2024 Jacob's Pillow Curriculum In Motion® Institute Applications Now Open
Curriculum in Motion® is a critically acclaimed method where Artist Educators apply their unique dance-making practices in the design of...
Aug 18, 2023
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Students, artist, create collaborative curriculum for MASS MoCA
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA, North Adams) often creates curriculum for K-12 teachers that is connected to their...
Nov 24, 2020
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A forest of 5th-grade artists
BRAINworks educator Judy, in partnership with IS183 Art School of the Berkshires , brought science and social-emotional learning into...
Oct 9, 2020
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Getting dramatic: BSC and (virtual) PMP
Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield) is back with exciting work for young people in North Adams and Pittsfield with their famous...
Oct 7, 2020
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Kindergarteners can write great songs!
Kindergarten teacher Sarah engaged her students in a songwriting experience to create a piggyback song (where new words are created to a...
Sep 8, 2020
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Arts-integrated remote learning? Yes!
This spring, BRAINworks teachers Lisa and Megan proved, with great success, that arts integration can fit right into remote learning....
Aug 27, 2020
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Math Story By Design
March 4, 2020 -- Following up on her lesson from this fall, BRAINworks educator Melissa asked students to revisit their “Where I’m From...
Jun 10, 2020
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Geography Printmaking
February 13, 2020 -- This winter students in BRIANworks educator Pat's classroom explored an arts-integrated unit linking geography,...
Jun 10, 2020
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Artwork Critique Cubes
January 10, 2020 -- BRAINworks educator Erica's students regularly critique artwork created in the classroom. To help facilitate this,...
Jun 10, 2020
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Class Rain Poem
December 4, 2019 -- BRAINworks educator Pat led her students in a poetry lesson where they explored various creative writing techniques...
Jun 10, 2020
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Where I'm From (Mathematically!) poems
September 26, 2019 -- BRAINworks educator Melissa led her students in a lesson that deeply explored their own personal connections to...
Jun 10, 2020
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Visual Art Shows
June 13, 2019 -- This spring, two BRAINworks educators, Terri and Wendy, organized and led visual art shows in their schools to showcase...
May 11, 2020
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Rainsticks at IS183
June 19, 2019 -- BRAINworks educator Amanda recently completed her first BRAINworks Summer Intensive with us! Putting her new knowledge...
May 11, 2020
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Collage in the classroom
April 26, 2019 -- Two BRAINworks educators, Amy and Lori recently took their knowledge from IS183’s BRAINworks Evening Workshop and...
May 11, 2020
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