ArtBound! In-School Artist Residencies
About ArtBound! In-School Artist Residencies
ArtBound, an integrative artist residency program by Art League Houston, connects teaching artists with elementary schools with limited resources, designing art classes to develop social-emotional learning skills and align with the HISD curriculum.
Each residency has an Art League Houston Teaching Artist visiting a school eight to ten times a semester, working with three classrooms per visit.
For each visit, the teaching artist works with each class for approximately one hour.
Art League Houston Teaching Artists are professional artists and experienced teaching artists.
Classroom teachers participate in the planning process to ensure that the residencies support and enhance their classroom curriculum.
In addition, the ArtBound! residencies integrate into H.I.S.D. curriculum and is provided primarily to grade levels third through fifth.
Each ArtBound! residency includes a culminating event, which can be an informal showing of student art work at the participating school or at a neighborhood library or other venue.
Since 2008, over 8,100 elementary students in H.I.S.D. have received visual arts instruction through the ArtBound! program that would otherwise not have access.
For more information about ArtBound!, e-mail community@artleaguehouston.org or call Art League Houston at 713-523-9530
2023-24 virtual ArtBound! exhibition
ALH is excited to invite the community to the Artbound! 2023-24 Virtual Student Exhibition! Take a digital stroll through the exhibit from the comfort of your own couch and view a selection of imaginative artworks created by students at Ed White Elementary, Davila Elementary, Thomas Middle School, Fleming Middle School, JP Henderson, and Wharton Dual Language K-8 Academy
The 2023-24 Artbound! residencies are made possible through strong partnerships with dedicated teachers and school administrators at each campus who believe in the power of art. If you are interested in the Artbound! program during the 2024-25 year, don't hesitate to get in touch with community@artleaguehouston.org.
PAST PARTNER SCHOOLS
Benbrook Elementary
Cage Elementary
Crockett Elementary
Dodson Elementary
Garden Oaks Montessori
Grissom Elementary
Hartman Middle School
Helms Elementary
Highland Heights
Jane Long Academy
Kashmere Gardens Elementary
Las Americas
Love Elementary
Lyons Elementary
Marshall Elementary
Memorial Elementary
Paige Elementary
Seguin Elementary School
Sugar Grove Academy
Wharton Dual Language K-8 Academy
Woodrow Wilson
2023-24 Partner Schools
Albert Thomas Middle School
Davila Elementary
Ed White Elementary
Eliot Elementary
Gross (Jenard M.) Elementary
Fleming Middle School
Wharton Dual Language K-8 Academy
Special thanks to The Powell Foundation and Arts Connect Houston
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT ARTBOUND! :
“This kind of program increases student interest and motivation to come to school every day”
“Students are learning content vocabulary and relating it to math”
“I learned that I can develop unique lesson plans with the use of art”