ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Each year, the Arts Alliance coordinates an artist to lead an art project at a local school. Through this Artist in Residence program, youth of different ages are exposed to different art forms and local artists. They engage in art activities and at times create a public art project.  If your school is interested in having an Artist in Residence, please contact us for more details.

2009-10

"Protecting Our Local Waters" Mosaic Mural

Artist in Residence: Lynn Guier

Washington Elementary School

Funded by: Dauray Owens, Washington Elementary and the Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

Washington Principal: Dr. Sandy Maras

4th & 5th Grade Teachers: Mrs. Loveless, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Gaddie, & Mrs. Darling

Jacinda Bokowy, PTO President, Washington Elementary

This spring, Artist in Residence Lynn Guier worked with 4th & 5th grade students to create a public mosaic mural in the theme of “Protecting Our Local Waters.” This project was funded by a grant from Dauray Owens, a Washington Elementary parent and Arts Alliance member.

The students and teachers created handmade ceramic relief pieces out of clay in the form of plants, bugs, animals and birds. These ceramic pieces have been incorporated a ceramic tile mosaic mural, designed by the artist, based on student drawings.  The finished mural is on the west wall of Washington School, on South Lavina Street in south Sandpoint.

2006-07, 07-08, & 08-09

Quilting Techniques & Traditions

Artist in Residence: Terrie Kralik, Moose Country Quilts

Sagle Elementary School (2006-07, 07-08, & 08-09)

Northside Elementary School (2008-09)

Funded by: Idaho Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Sagle PTA, the Charlotte Martin Foundation, the Milton Shoong Foundation, Tides Foundation, the Gladys Langroise Fund and the JA and Kathryn Albertson Education Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation.

Sagle & Northside Principal: Don Moore

Terrie Kralik, of Moose Country Quilts, has been an Arts Alliance Artist in Residence at both Sagle Elementary School (2006-2009) and Northside Elementary (2009).  Students learned the techniques and traditions of quilting, created fabric mosaic projects and took field trips to a quilt exhibit at Northern Lights Utility Company.

2006-07

Historical Sandpoint Mural

Artist in Residence: Diana Schuppel

Sandpoint Charter School (Middle School)

Funded by: Sandpoint Charter School & the Arts Alliance

Sandpoint Charter School Principal: Alan Millar

SCS Middle School Art Teacher: Morgan Krajczar

In this cooperative project with Sandpoint Charter School, middle school students designed and painted historical images of Sandpoint.  Inspired by photographs in the Ross Hall Collection, the images were painted in black and white.   Painter Diana Schuppel and Art Teacher Morgan Krajczar taught drawing and painting techniques, worked with students individually and in groups, and taught students how to create large-scale works through projecting.  The finished murals were on display in 2007-08 at the Sandpoint Post Office.