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SELebration Stories

SELebration Stories

Queen Nur | |

In this performance students will be engaged in a highly interactive storytelling celebration that highlights the social emotional learning competencies.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Asian, European
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Stories on Stage

Stories on Stage

InterAct Story Theatre | (301) 879-9305 | info@interactstory.com

Stories from around the world come to life in this interactive story drama series!

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, Storytelling, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: African, Asian, Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Storytelling, Mask & Mime Performances by Doug Berky

Storytelling, Mask & Mime Performances by Doug Berky

Doug Berky | (518) 647-5916 | susan@loydartists.com

Performances reflect the styles of the commedia dell’arte, vaudeville, mask and mime theatre.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Literary, Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: Asian, European, Middle Eastern, Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
The Fastest Plane

The Fastest Plane

Story Tapestries | (301) 916-6328 | program@storytapestries.org

Multi-lingual folk tales customized by academic focus area and age group

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Dance, Literary, Multi-Disciplinary, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Asian, Australian, Caribbean, European, Latinx, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Topography maps: social studies, writing & art

Topography maps: social studies, writing & art

Shannon Newby | (509) 669-0254 | shannon@newbyart.com

Introduce basic map-reading skills using Japanese paper marbling.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: STEAM, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: Asian
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Walls That Talk! Mural with Tribal Art from India

Walls That Talk! Mural with Tribal Art from India

Sampada Kodagali Agarwal | (919) 760-3479 | sampada.zen@gmail.com

Artist introduces the students to the Warli tribal art and then guides them through the process of collaboratively discussing the mural design and painting it.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: Asian
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Wild Words and Free Verse

Wild Words and Free Verse

Michael Beadle | (828) 400-6374 | beadlewrite@yahoo.com

Students will learn to write and edit poems with strong imagery and creative techniques.

  • Program Type: Writer-in-Residence
  • Discipline: Literary
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: African, Asian, Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
World of Wonder

World of Wonder

Leland Faulkner | (207) 577-3159 | leland@lelandfaulkner.com

Journey around the world with magical adventures and stories that delight the imagination. World of Wonder celebrates diversity, with a multi-cultural message of tolerance using mime, magic, and story.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Cultural Context: Asian, Middle Eastern, Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
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🎉 Happy Last Day of School! We’re celebratin 🎉 Happy Last Day of School!

We’re celebrating a record-breaking 460 Artists in Schools programs this year! 🖌️🎭🎶

A huge THANK YOU to our incredible teaching artists, dedicated volunteer school reps, and passionate teachers who made it all possible. Your creativity and commitment brought the arts to life for thousands of students across Wake County! 💛✨

Special thanks to our amazing supporters:
@empower_all_inc, @raleighfinearts, @bluegrassfoundation, and @Wake County Public School System — we couldn’t do it without you! 🙌

Here’s to a summer full of inspiration — and an even bigger year ahead! ☀️🎨 #ArtistsInSchools #wakearts  #ThankYou #WakeCountySchools #LastDayOfSchool
Can’t think of a better way to end the school ye Can’t think of a better way to end the school year than adding the final touches to The Picket Fence project at Hilburn Academy.

Virginia Maier worked with 120 middle school students, Principal Fehling, dozens of staff members and countless volunteers for the second year in a row. 

A surprise visit from Dr. Taylor himself brought an extra dose of excitement. #AIS4all #wakearts #arts919 #artseducation
🎉 Taste for the Arts is less than a week away—and we’ve got exciting news! 🎶

Join us for an unforgettable night of music featuring @The Raleigh Music Collective's Quartet in Residence AND Jamie Dawson & Lynda Wittig Dawson! 🎻🎤

🍷✨ Enjoy an evening of arts, community, and celebration—while supporting a great cause. Every ticket sold helps fund our Artists in Schools program, bringing arts education to students across Wake County!

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It has been an AWESOME school year and United Arts It has been an AWESOME school year and United Arts in partnership with parents, teachers, and artists supported a record breaking 460 school day arts programs! 

Watch our year in review video here! 

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