Excellence Project at Lincoln High School

News from the Inside Out Project:

We are thrilled to announce that your Action video was selected to be displayed as part of the exhibit “JR: Chronicles” at the Groninger Museum in Groningen, Netherlands!

Your Action was powerful, that’s why we chose to show your video to showcase the project and the amazing actions that have happened around the world. Through your footage, the Action lives on; people from around the world will hear your story, understand your message, and see the faces of your community.

The exhibit is on view now until June 2022.

I am thrilled to report that my proposal, The Excellence Project: Art as Story of Inclusion, was accepted as one of the presentations for the 2019 National Art Education Association conference in Boston. I will present our story on March 15. What an amazing journey this has been.

I just submitted my presentation proposal for the 2019 National Art Educators Association Conference in Boston titled, "The Excellence Project: Art as Story of Inclusion."

05-25-18 Hello friends! I stacked and stored the Excellence Project sculpture under a tarp on a pallet. My hope is that it is back in 2019-20 as a new project. Thank you for your amazing support.

Our group action is on the map with the Inside Out Project. Check it out!

http://www.insideoutproject.net/en/group-actions/usa-lincoln

Congratulations to everyone at LHS for serving our students with distinction to be recognized as a School of Opportunity. The Excellence Project sculpture was mentioned in their impression of our school as well.

Analysis | Here are eight ‘Schools of Opportunity’ that do extraordinary things for students Schools of Opportunity often operate without needed assistance, and even in face of needless obstacles. They work to blunt outside pressures to focus on test-based accountability. And they creatively budget limited funds, pull in community partners, and write short-term grants.

Our group action with the Inside Out Project is now part of their website! Check it out.

Excellence Project | Inside Out Project The Excellence Project strives to challenge negative bias and values multiple perspectives. Essentially, this is a storytelling project and the story it is telling is of Lincoln’s identity as an immigrant resettlement city and the strengths that come with diversity. The images and stories created ...

Good evening everyone! I am working on submitting our group action to the Inside Out Project. I will keep you updated when it becomes live on their site too.

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I had the opportunity to share our story with other art educators and some members of the public at the annual Nebraska Art Educator Association Conference held at UNL at the end of September. This album contains the slideshow and story I told about the development and ex*****on of the project.

October 6, 2017. The Excellence Project was part of the youth festival celebrating inclusion. It was fun to see new audiences interacting with it for the first time. LPS students did an amazing job. Shout out to Hannah Cass for her organization of this event!

10-06-17 The Haymarket Youth Festival is tonight on the veranda at The Mill. The Excellence Project sculpture is part of this student art show on Inclusion. What a great vibe. Come on down and check it out!

10-06-17 Come on down to The Mill to celebrate inclusion at the Haymarket Youth Festival. Art, music and fun. Thank you to the LSE students who helped set up the show and install the Excellence Project sculpture. You are awesome.