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Learning from ArtsSmarts
“ArtsSmarts is an investment in the creative capacity of our young people, and in our becoming an innovative society,” writes Foundation Vice-President and ArtsSmarts Board Member Stephen Huddart. “Social innovation takes two forms - one involves the 'retrofitting' of existing institutions and practices, making them more inclusive, adaptive and resilient. The other involves the creation of totally new ways of seeing and doing things.”
"With an eye to the future, culture competency must also be considered a key component of 21st century learning," he continues in his monthly OSBR column. "ArtsSmarts creates opportunities for teachers to collaborate with artists, providing students with learning experiences that help them to discover themselves, to explore place and possibility, to re-frame and to envision - like searchlights in the darkness"
Spotlight Highlights
Report
March 2010
Letter from ArtsSmarts: A Word from the Executive Director
ArtsSmarts is a learning strategy for student success in the 21st century.
Publication
October 2001
The ArtsSmarts Story
Shows "the magic of creative learning through art as well as the value and potential of art-infused education."
Photo Gallery
March 2010
We Explore the Nature of the Valley
St. Mary's Elementary | ArtsSmarts Newfoundland and Labrador
Photo Gallery
March 2010
1608 to 2008: An Animated Tribute to 400 Years of Canadian Immigration
Heritage Regional | ArtsSmarts Riverside
Photo Gallery
March 2010
Children’s Voices: Our World, Our Vision
The Enrichment Centre | ArtsSmarts Waterloo Region
Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery
March 2010
Flutter, Hum, Buzz: An Artful Garden Party
Graham Bruce Elementary | ArtsSmarts British Columbia