Artist In Residence Program
The
Artist In Residence program is an
opportunity for schools, interpretive facilities, summer camp groups,
and museums in the eastern United States to spend multiple days with a
professional interpreter and artist. A residency can
include themed workshops and focus on a project that integrates
educational goals and ancient skills with key activities of life
in
ancient times. The projects introduce the participants to ancient
lifeways and encourage interaction with nature while blending
mainstream educational benchmarks with activities that hold students
interest and foster a sense of ownership and group cooperation.
Residencies are a more cost effective
option than individual programs, and are a great opportunity to
integrate educational goals with themed hands-on activities and
presentations.
Projects
possibilities include building a dugout canoe, building early
historic bark houses, replica pre-historic pottery, and multiple single
skill workshops like making atlatls and darts - see workshops and programs.
