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
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Side x Side featured in ArtsEd Amplified this Week
Side x Side was recently featured in the Arts Education Partnership’s blog, ArtsEd Amplified, in the article: > Connecting Dots, Making Connections, Finding Partners Written by Side x Side program evaluator, Dr. Debra Smith, along with colleague Gene Diaz, of the Program Evaluation & Research Group (PERG), the article highlights Side x Side’s partnerships. The Arts Education
Side x Side Winter 2021 eNewsletter
Check out Side x Side’s latest news in our winter 2021 eNewsletter!
Lincoln Middle School Seventh Graders Begin Side x Side Mural Program on Biodiversity
Seventh graders at Lincoln Middle School have begun a Side x Side visual journaling and mural making program led by teaching artist, Laurie Downey, that is integrated with a unit on biodiversity.
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Portland non-profit receives $2.5 million grant
WGME -13 – A Portland non-profit helping to make a difference by bringing arts education to schools is now expanding. “Side-by-Side” recently received a $2.5 million grant. As part of the grant, the program will expand to Lewiston schools.
Portland Map Notecards for Sale!
Side x Side Portland map notecards are now for sale at all four Rosemont Market locations in Portland!
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Side x Side Partners with King Middle School
Through a partnership with King Middle School, and with funding from the Horizon Foundation, sixth and eighth grade King students will be working with two Side x Side teaching artists throughout their spring expeditions.
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Side x Side Slides into Summer by Jamie Hogan
Working with Side x Side, Portland’s coup in the name of arts integration, has been truly satisfying, as well as a juggle…
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Launching Land Forms at Ocean Avenue Elementary by Jamie Hogan
Thanks to Side x Side, I had more adventures in second grade, this time at Ocean Avenue Elementary School in Portland, Maine…
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The Portland Project
Third grade students at Riverton elementary school in Portland worked with teaching artists, Gretchen Berg and Laurie Downey on a Side x Side physical theater and mural-making program culminating in a showcase event at the school featuring a performance and unveiling of the mural.
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