Last month, second graders in Ms. Hubbard’s class at Connors Elementary School in Lewiston participated in a Side x Side storytelling program led by teaching artist Antonio Rocha. Integrated with a literacy unit, students learned storytelling techniques to recount personal experiences while also learn how to listen compassionately.

In February, kindergarten through second graders in Ms. Latzke’s ELL classroom at Connors Elementary School in Lewiston participated in a Side x Side arts-integrated program led by teaching artist Jill Osgood. Students learned color theory and how to draw shapes, lines, and face and body parts to create self portraits and “I Am” books using

Fourth graders at Ocean Avenue Elementary School recently wrapped up a Side x Side program that integrated a language arts poetry unit with printmaking and film. Led by teaching artists Anne Ackerman and Case Ledoux, students wrote free verse poems using figurative language, and then created prints with a color scheme that matched or personified

First graders at Connors Elementary School in Lewiston participated in a Side x Side printmaking program led by teaching artist Sarah Boyden and integrated with a literacy unit on social emotional learning. Using the book, Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak for inspiration, students learned to draw faces showing different emotions to match descriptive feeling

Third graders in Ms. Ellis’ class at Talbot Elementary School recently participated in a Side x Side program led by teaching artists Cat LaBarre and Nance Parker that helped to teach a life science and literacy unit through drawing and sculpture. With the help of the garden teacher Anna Franceschetti, students learned about decomposers found in the

Side x Side was honored to be chosen to present at the National Art Education Association’s (NAEA) HYBRID 2022 National Convention in New York City last week. Staff members Anne Ackerman and Meghan Scribner presented two hands-on workshops: The Arts of Conservation: Creating Handmade Books and Field Guides of Native Botanicals and Life Science, Arts Integration, and Literacy: Bookmaking,

Posters depicting what students are passionate about were recently completed in Ms. Powers’ fourth grade class at Talbot Community School. The culmination of an arts-integrated Side x Side program led by teaching artist Nance Parker and integrated with a literacy unit on persuasive writing, students learned mixed media, graphic design, lettering, and color techniques to

Students in Ms. Hersi’s second grade ELL classroom at Connors Elementary School in Lewiston recently completed a Side x Side painting program led by teaching artist Jill Osgood and integrated with a math unit on shapes. Using the artist Paul Klee as inspiration, students learned drawing and watercolor painting techniques to illustrate cities and landscapes

Fifth graders in Ms. Mayer’s class at Connors Elementary School in Lewiston recently participated in a Side x Side storytelling program led by teaching artist, Antonio Rocha, and integrated with a literacy unit on folktales. Over the course of two weeks, students worked with Rocha to learn storytelling techniques and elements to aid in the