Arts outreach to K-12 youth in Utah. ArtsBridge is an arts education outreach program that serves some of the neediest schools in the Salt Lake Valley.
This program provides exciting teaching opportunities for university students, valuable professional development for classroom teachers, and hands on arts experiences for the kids.
08/19/2022
Looking back at a busy summer with ArtsBridge. We had 7 scholars working on a variety of projects with over 220 young people! There was a lot of painting and filmmaking with students across the state, from the Northern Ute reservation, to Glendale Middle School and a summer animation camp in the Tooele Valley. Can’t wait to see what our amazing scholars do in the new school year ahead!
10/30/2020
Happy Halloween everyone! Check out this haunted house watercolor project with Sydney.
Watercolor Haunted House Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
05/21/2020
Check out what our amazing ArtsBridge scholars have to say about teaching remotely.
University of Utah College of Fine Arts - U ArtsBridge reaches Utah’s youth with online art challenges By Kerri Hopkins Even a global pandemic cannot stop the arts from reaching across divides. When schools closed down in mid-March, we had to find a way to continue to connect with local youth through the arts. University of Utah ArtsBridge projects typically happen within schools, working directly wi...
05/15/2020
Have your kids tried any activities from the ArtsBridge Art Challenge yet? We've posted lots of sketchbook prompts, found object art, and animation activities to keep them busy tapping in to their creativity. https://www.artsbridge.utah.edu/
04/23/2020
The ArtsBridge Art Challenge continues! This week we're featuring projects with concepts that we can connect to earth day. Stop by and try a lesson with your kids!
https://sites.google.com/gcloud.utah.edu/artsbridge-art-challenge/home
04/06/2020
Hello ArtsBridge fans! I hope you're all taking some time to get creative while you stay safe at home. Some of our amazing scholars have been working hard to put together "ArtsBridge Art Challenges" that students can access remotely. We'll add new challenges every week day this month so be sure to keep checking back. 🎨
Home Each weekday during the month of April we invite you to get creative and make some art with us. Watch the video, make some art, and share it back with us on our Padlet boards.
01/03/2019
Schools need to prioritize the arts!
What Happens to Student Behavior When Schools Prioritize Art Sir Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica explain how a school redistributed funds to bring back arts education and saw student behavior improve dramatically.
12/09/2018
The arts, yes we couldn’t agree more! A fabulous letter by Georgiana, who we are so lucky to get to work with through ArtsBridge.
Letter: Art is a boon to critical thinking; a 21st century education must not do without it This missive is a call to revolutionize our education system, a plea to reshape a 19th-century industrial model into a dynamic forum for learning 21st-century skills. Rather than doubling down on the standardized testing of the three “R’s” — readin’, [w]ritin’ and ’rithmetic — this i...
06/01/2018
Check out this amazing video created by youth in the REFUGES program woking with ArtsBridge this year. It will be on display at UMOCA along with another fantastic project on Identity that Josh Samson created in is Educator in Residence partnership.
V Screen dance created by students in the REFUGES program working with ArtsBridge.
03/04/2018
Med Students Who Make Time for Art Have More Empathy New research confirms that medical students with greater exposure to the arts and humanities have better empathy, emotional intelligence, and wisdom.