EbzB Arts in Education Residencies and NC Arts Council Grants

EbzB Productions Arts in Education Residences are now available for the 2016-2017 school year.
Please share the following information.

The North Carolina Arts Council is offering Arts-In-Education Grants that may assist you in bringing an EbzB residency to your students. This program provides students with arts learning experiences that spark creativity, imagination, and innovation. These residency grants support artists working in schools or after school programs for 10 days or more. The NCAC Arts in Education (AIE) program provides support to schools and nonprofit organizations to strengthen the use of the arts in pre K-€“12 settings. It gives priority to funding fees for professional artists to work in educational settings and collaborations between arts organizations and schools.

EbzB Teaching Artists have been trained by The Lincoln Center Institute, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the National Center For Creative Aging. Residencies and Workshops for students and professional development are tailored specifically to the needs of the school or district. EbzB is a professional touring theatre with an outstanding national reputation. Our teaching artists develop works to promote integrity, self-discovery and positive transformation of artists, audiences, individuals, and communities. We have offerings available for all grade levels which include direct connections to Common Core State and North Carolina Essential Standards. Please visit: http://www.ebzb.org/educator-tool-kit.html

For more information on the NCAC grants, please contact

Sharon Hill
NCAC Arts in Education Program Director
(919) 807-6502
sharon.hill@ncdcr.gov
http://www.ncarts.org/Grants/Grants-for-Organizations/Arts-in-Education-Grants

For information on EbzB Productions, please contact

David zum Brunnen
EbzB Productions
(919) 387-4616
www.ebzb.org

We hope you will consider EbzB Productions as you plan your school’s cultural events and AIE residencies for 2016 -2017. All EbzB Productions incorporate Common Core State and North Carolina Essential Standards. Study Guides are also available. EbzB Residencies can include the performances listed below.

Grades K – 8

THE WRIGHTS OF PASSAGE (Only available for the spring of 2017)100+ years of flight history with the Wright Brothers.
Standards – 4th and 8th Grade North Carolina History/Social Studies
(Originally commissioned by North Carolina Association of Educators)

Grades 4 – 12
WAR BONDS: THE SONGS AND LETTERS OF WORLD WAR II
A musical journey through the war that redefined the world.
Standards – Language Arts, History/Social Studies

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens scholar, Dr. Elliot Engel
Charles Dickens reveals his sources while creating his ghostly classic.
Standards – Language Arts, History/Social Studies

LIFE IS SO GOOD by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman
The true story of an African-American man who learned to read at the age of 98.
Standards – Language Arts, History/Social Studies
Featuring Mike Wiley and David zum Brunnen

Grades 8 -12

IN ONE ERA AND OUT THE OTHER
A patriotic, interactive history of 20th Century America presented through headlines, pop-music and pop-culture.
Standards – Language Arts, History/Social Studies, North Carolina History, US History
(Aligned with Advanced Placement United States History standards while providing an anti-bullying message.)

Grades 9 – 12

1969 SEASONSFrom the Vietnam to Woodstock, with a James Brown groove and a piece of Janis Joplin’s heart, ’69 SEASONS visits Richard Nixon’s oval office and Manson’s jail cell. An exploration of 1969 in the United States with its triumphs (Moonshot) and tragedies (My Lai Massacre) which puts “The Star Spangled Banner” in a whole new perspective.
Standards – Language Arts, History/Social Studies

Grades 3 – 12

ARTS-IN-EDUCATION RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
EbzB Teaching Artists have been trained by The Lincoln Center Institute, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the National Center For Creative Aging. Residencies and Workshops for students and professional development are tailored specifically to the needs of the school or district.

EbzB is recognized by the North Carolina Arts Council Touring Artist Directory and in the South Carolina Arts Commission Arts In Education Roster of Approved Artists. EbzB is the recipient of the North Carolina Theatre Conference’s Constance Welsh Theatre For Youth Award for providing quality entertainment and educational opportunities through theater to North Carolina’s youth.

EbzB Productions: Your World Is Our Stage!
www.ebzb.org

Thank you for all you do to make our children the best that they can be.

-Serena Ebhardt and David zum Brunnen
EbzB Productions