https://spiral.uic.edu/sites/AEA/AEA_index.html

Ideas for Engaging the Community

• Public display. Post-its. Subway therapy.
• Bowls project
• Murals/ signs
• Plays and backdrops
• Bring in local artists
• Museum Visit
• Photography. Walking Tours
• Public service
• Community Garden. (EARTH SCHOOL)
• Team teaching (parent and local artists)
• Invite people into your classroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Working with students outside classroom!
  • Teachers arrange a chance to switch classes for a day
  • Having older students teach younger students
  • Students teach adults or seniors in the community
• Mix up spaces that don’t show art
  • Puts up information about your school and your program!!!!
• Offering workshops. (Sometimes you can get paid for this)
  • Teach parents what students are already doing
  • Teach faculty
  • Teach students not in your class
  • One day workshops