Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program

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  • Radioactive: Golden Spike Graphic Novel

    A great time was had at KRCL’s 90.9 RadioActive show talking about Oakridge Elementary School’s (Granite School District) graphic novel project and the Transcontinental Railroad. Thanks to the incredible work of the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program.

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    Segment starts at the 7:52 and ends on a wonderful 4th grader’s rendition of John Henry at the 27:28 mark.

    Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike in a graphic novel with Max Chang of Spike 150, Oakridge Elementary student Taegen, and Trish Saccomano of Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program.

    Sample pages of Oakridge’s graphic novel . . . Don’t you want to see the whole thing?
    The radio show “crew” at the KRCL studio!

  • BTSALP Legislative Dinner

    Two feet of snow didn’t deter Utah State Legislators, their families and friends of BTSALP from venturing to the Grand America Hotel for the annual Legislative Dinner.

    Art for the program is from The Spike 150 Graphic Novel, Auntie & Lopey Track the Transcontinental Railroad

    by Mrs. Quigley’s 4th grade class.

    Helen M Knight Elementary School, Moab UT.

    BTSALP Visual Art Specialist: Bruce Hucko

    Student artwork from BTSALP schools as well as enlarged drawings from the Spike 150 Graphic Novel project were on display to illustrate arts integration and celebrate 150 years of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.

    Jeremy Chatterton, Principal at Dilworth Elementary, Salt Lake City School District, highlighted the Visual Art program at his school and talked about the impact it has had on his school. He proudly showed us some of the “masterpieces” he created alongside the students.

    Centerpieces by Every Blooming Thing.  The hanging trains were created by Cedar Ridge Elementary School students, Alpine School District, under the supervision of BTSALP Coach, Jen Terry.

    Thanks to the Utah State Legislature for their continued support of the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Progam.

  • BTSALP Statewide Conference 2018

    On September 13th and 14th, members of the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program, from all over the state gathered at the Utah State Capitol to connect, learn and create. Specialists, principals, university partners all working together to create artful learning in our schools. 

    Sydnee Dickson, Utah State Superintendent of Public Education was the keynote speaker, Art and the Whole Child, and kicked the conference off on a positive note. Success stories of specialists making a difference with a class, school, or individual students were shared. 

    Over the two days of the conference, breakout sessions were conducted in all 4 art forms centered around the book, Locomotive by Brian Floca – an historical picture book about the Transcontinental Railroad. Presenters (Endowed chairs and Professional Development Partners who specialize in the various art forms) modeled high-quality standards-based lessons to use as a basis for later discussion.  Participants were encouraged to create 4 strand lessons: Create, Present/Perform, Respond, Connect. 

    Dance 

    Dancers also used pages from Locomotive  to choreograph movement. Click on the link below to see BTSALP dance specialists “lay down the track.” 

    Drama

    Drama specialists were up and moving – Building Informances, Creating Still Life Museums, and discussing and acting out drama teaching strategies.

    Visual Art 

    Visual artists used text from the pages of Locomotive, as inspiration for their own artistic interpretations. 

    Music

    Music specialists work with beat, musical instruments and song.  A picture is worth a thousand words so watch the BTSALP music specialists in action below! 

    It wasn’t all work . . .  fun, games, food and song kept us all “On The Right Track!”