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How Thea's Arts Reconstruction Enhances Arts Education in Arkansas

Thea Foundation

May 19, 2020
2 min

How Thea's Arts Reconstruction Enhances Arts Education in Arkansas

Beginning in 2014, Thea Foundation initiated partnerships with cultural institutions and arts organizations to amplify existing arts programming in schools. Currently, Arts Reconstruction is our focused effort to help teachers receive professional development. By providing training in new visual arts mediums, Thea Foundation helps enhance lesson planning and subsequently, gives students further exposure to ways in which they can create. In conjunction with the professional de

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Q&A: Sarolta Brannen, Participating Art Teacher in Thea's Arts Reconstruction Summer 2019 Pr

Photography by Heather Canterbury

Sep 9, 2019
3 min

Q&A: Sarolta Brannen, Participating Art Teacher in Thea's Arts Reconstruction Summer 2019 Pr

Sarolta Brannen, an art teacher at Sylvan Hills High School and an online educator for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, is the last teacher we're featuring in our special Q&A series for participating teachers who learned about cyanotype at UA Little Rock's Windgate Center of Art + Design during Thea's Arts Reconstruction professional development week held this past summer. Sarolta has received support from Thea Foundation for four years now, including taking part in Ar

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Q&A: Brianna Peterson, Participating Art Teacher in Thea's Arts Reconstruction Summer 2019 P

Photography by Heather Canterbury

Aug 8, 2019
3 min

Q&A: Brianna Peterson, Participating Art Teacher in Thea's Arts Reconstruction Summer 2019 P

Brianna Peterson, an art teacher at Bryant High School, is the next educator we're featuring in our special Q&A series for participating teachers who learned about cyanotype at UA Little Rock's Windgate Center of Art + Design during Thea's Arts Reconstruction professional development week held in June. With nearly a decade of teaching experience, Brianna shares her enthusiasm for adding a new medium to this year's curriculum and answers passionately about why art is vital for

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Q&A: Rodney Bailey, Participating Art Teacher in Thea's Arts Reconstruction Summer 2019 Prof

Photography by Heather Canterbury

Jul 18, 2019
1 min

Q&A: Rodney Bailey, Participating Art Teacher in Thea's Arts Reconstruction Summer 2019 Prof

Rodney Bailey, an art teacher at Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School, is the next educator we're featuring in our special Q&A series for participating teachers who learned about cyanotype at UA Little Rock's Windgate Center of Art + Design during Thea's Arts Reconstruction professional development week held last month. Rodney has been an art teacher for 13 years and currently teaches to grades 9-12 with his instruction reaching 120 students each year. We're so excite

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Q&A: Lydia Washburn, Participating Art Teacher in Thea's Arts Reconstruction Summer 2019 Pro

Photography by Heather Canterbury

Jul 9, 2019
3 min

Q&A: Lydia Washburn, Participating Art Teacher in Thea's Arts Reconstruction Summer 2019 Pro

Being an educator is no small feat, which is why Thea Foundation seeks to provide aid (in a variety of ways) for art teachers, who are often the victims of budget cuts in public schools. During the third week of June, Thea Foundation partnered with UA Little Rock to host a professional development week for several Arkansas art teachers at the Windgate Center of Art + Design. This week-long program provided teachers with a thorough instruction on cyanotype, which is a photogra

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A Guide to Thea's Statewide Impact for the 2018-19 School Year

Thea Foundation

May 31, 2019
4 min

A Guide to Thea's Statewide Impact for the 2018-19 School Year

Thea Foundation’s three implemented programs reached new levels of success during the 2018-19 school year. Since 2002, Thea Foundation has awarded 399 scholarships, totaling almost $2.3 million in scholarships. Beyond awarding 36 scholarships this year, up from 30 scholarships given in 2018 through Thea’s annual scholarship program, Thea’s Art Closet, an online funding effort in partnership with DonorsChoose for Arkansas teachers to submit art supplies requests to, awarded $5

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