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February 7, 2020
Laura Giles writes about Better Days 2020, a nonprofit organization dedicated to popularizing Utah women’s history through art, education, and legislation.
Laura Giles
November 25, 2019
Laura Giles highlights the second annual Veteran's Musical Event at Orem Elementary School. Read the whole article to see which songs the children sang and how these musical works integrated seamlessly with curricular areas like social studies, literary arts, and more!
Laura Giles
October 18, 2019
Full of practical tips, this blog shares the BYU Arts Partnership's resources to recruit and hire arts specialists. Read the full article to learn ways you can help build an arts-rich school by hiring the right artist educator for your school.
Laura Giles
October 11, 2019
Laura Giles tells us about Wasatch Elementary School in Salt Lake City, Utah, and its important and unique focus: intertwining the arts with other curricular areas, specifically the library's emphasis on art.
Laura Giles
June 6, 2019
The BYU ARTS Partnership takes us to Daniels Canyon Elementary and Old Mill Elementary in the Wasatch County School District to celebrate the vibrant visual art projects during the two schools' chalk festivals.
BYU ARTS Partnership
May 9, 2019
Read about the 150-year anniversary celebration of the Golden Spike Ceremony. Emma Smith highlights six of the BYU ARTS Partnership's lessons for third to sixth graders which use art, music, dance, and theater to teach students about the Transcontinental Railroad.
Emma Smith
March 18, 2019
Rachel Marie Kimball, a BTS Dance Specialist, takes us on her journey of dance discovery to Africa. Learn how dance is more than an educational tool or an emotional outlet.
Rachel Marie Kimball
March 13, 2019
While many administrators and educators understand the importance of an arts-infused education for their students, they may not always know what to do, how to do it, where to find help, and how to pay for materials. With our new "Arts Rich Schools" resources in hand, principals now have a starting point and pathway to move toward their arts goals for their schools.
Laura Giles
January 30, 2019
Learn about the BYU Arts Bridge Program which serves both BYU students from various artistic disciplines—including music, drama, visual art, and dance—and public school classroom teachers, allowing both to work together to develop their artistic and teaching skills through arts instruction and arts integration in local public schools.
Sarah Earl
December 5, 2018
Need tips on building an arts-rich school? Laura Giles shares myriad ways that Sage Elementary School is being filled with the arts.
Laura Giles
October 31, 2018
Laura Giles shares two murals created by the students, street artists, and educators across the Utah County community that illuminate the power of collaboration within the arts.
Laura Giles
September 11, 2018

Dancing with Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts, Arts Integration Coach for the Provo City School District, is teaching other teachers how to integrate the arts into their teaching to bring the excitement back into learning. He is doing this through the art of dance.

Laura Giles
February 7, 2018

Laura Giles

Local reporter, Laura Giles, is currently earning an Arts Integration Endorsement through the CITES office at BYU to bring more arts to her elementary students. We appreciate her commitment to arts education and her voice in the community.

Laura Giles
November 20, 2017

Learning Edge Annual Administrator's Conference

The Learning Edge Annual Administrator’s Conference took place at the Provo Marriott on November 14, with over 300 principals, administrators, and teacher leaders participating.

BYU ARTS Partnership
November 3, 2017

Arts Bridge

This semester, the Arts Bridge Program at BYU has 25 university students—or arts scholars—providing arts education in elementary classrooms.

Heather Francis
December 9, 2016

Get Ready for the Robot Rumpus!

Elicia is happy to be able to talk about her diverse group of students at Lakeview Elementary School. Each week she has the unique opportunity to interact closely with more than 800 students, each with different skills and attributes.

Elicia Gray
August 19, 2015

Timpanogos Storytelling Conference and Festival

Don't you LOVE it when you find a hidden gem?

Teresa Love
August 5, 2015

Integrating Social Studies and Art

Biographies are a great starting place to learn how to integrate social studies and art. Last year we had a great splash of outstanding biographies about jazz musicians hit the market.

Rachel Wadham
July 28, 2015

Arts Express 2015

With another successful two days of inspiring presenters, the importance of the arts has been reinforced in the minds of all those who attended the annual Arts Express Conference.

BYU ARTS Partnership
May 12, 2015

National Art Education Association

An important part of the BYU ARTS Partnership is training teachers as they continue to learn and develop professionally.

Molly Neves
May 4, 2015

Qualifying for Arts Grants

We wanted to keep you aware of grants you may qualify for to help fund your classroom endeavors with the arts. We want to specially note the Creative Leadership Grant through Crayola that is coming up quickly!

BYU ARTS Partnership
May 4, 2015

Integrating Visual Arts Into Your Classroom

Tara Carpenter, professor in BYU's Department of Art Education, shares her ideas on how to help future teachers integrate visual arts into their classrooms. Carpenter has taught at BYU for the past three years.

BYU ARTS Partnership
April 16, 2015

Beverly Taylor Sorenson Gala Event

If you have been in the David O. McKay Building on BYU campus recently, you have probably seen this new painting in the middle stairwell.

BYU ARTS Partnership
February 3, 2015

Arts Bridge Lessons

Sunny Leavitt, one of the Arts Bridge Scholars for Visual Arts, shares her experiences on what she has learned from working with Mrs. Shellie Olson's first grade class.

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