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Narrative Writing Unit on “Identity” integrated with Art Making During Side x Side Program for Fourth Graders

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First Graders Create Self-Portrait Puppets and Theaters During Side x Side Program

First grade teachers at Ocean Avenue Elementary School recently collaborated with Side x Side on a “Who We Are” International Baccalaureate (IB) unit. Working with Side x Side teaching artist Sarah Boyden, students created inquiry notebooks with self-portrait puppets and puppet theaters to use throughout the school year.  

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Join the Side x Side team! Apply below… FINANCE AND OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Employment Opportunity Job Title: Finance and Operations Coordinator Starting Date: December 2022 Salary: $30-$35 per hour Hours: Part time – 25 to 35 hours per week Reports to: Executive Director Location: Portland, Maine & remote – with a preference for someone who can

Join us at a Flatbread Community Night Fundraiser for Side x Side!

Mark your calendars and plan to join Side x Side at Flatbread Company in Portland on Tuesday, Nov. 15th, 5-9pm! A portion of each pizza sold (including takeout orders) between 5:00 and 9:00pm will be donated to Side x Side! Eat pizza and help fund Side x Side’s arts-integrated programs in the Portland public schools!

Side x Side Awarded 2022 Maine Arts Commission Organization Project Grant

Side x Side is honored to be the recipient of a 2022 Maine Arts Commission Organization Project Grant for its “All About Owls” project. The award helps fund arts-integrated programs for fourth graders at Lyseth Elementary School in Portland where teaching artists and teachers collaborate to design innovative units with science, writing, and research on Maine

First Graders Learn Storytelling and Mime Techniques During Side x Side Program

First graders in Ms. Liebling’s class at Reiche Community School participated in a Side x Side storytelling and movement program throughout the course of the school year. Led by teaching artist Antonio Rocha, the program was integrated with a literacy unit on narrative writing and a science unit on Maine animals. Earlier in the school

Sixth Graders in Lewiston Participate in Side x Side Bookmaking Program Integrated with Dystopian Literature Unit

Sixth graders at Connors Elementary School in Lewiston recently participated in a Side x Side bookmaking program led by teaching artist Leah Cross and integrated with a unit on dystopian literature with a focus on character traits and relationships. Using character journals, students recorded their research and created puppets of their chosen characters. They then designed

Sixth Graders Capture Learning on Climate Change in Books and Physical Theater Performance

Sixth graders at Lyman Moore Middle School recently wrapped up a Side x Side bookmaking and physical theater program led by teaching artists Anne Ackerman and Gretchen Berg. Integrated with a science unit on climate change, students worked with Ackerman to create alternative book forms to capture their research on Earth’s vanishing ice and visualize ice melt

Full-Scale Model of a Humpback Whale Created During Side x Side Physical Theater Performance!

Second graders at Lyseth Elementary School recently wrapped up a Side x Side physical theater program led by teaching artist Gretchen Berg and integrated with a science unit on whales, dolphins, and porpoises. The program kicked off with an interactive presentation by Brittany Liscord from the Children’s Museum of Maine and her life-sized blow-up humpback