Hear from RI kids! Explore their digital stories and learn what the arts mean to them. Use their stories to make the case for arts learning in your community. Hear from your fellow students from around the state.
Do you wish you could get your message out there? Well now you can! We are working on producing more Digital Stories and we need your help. Email us at programs@vsartsri.org for more information and how to get involved!
Jamie Lynn Truman East Greenwich High School, East Greenwich, RI
Caitlin Indermaur East Greenwich High School, East Greenwich, RI
Ariana Perry Tiverton High School, Tiverton, RI
Chatel Cunha Ponagansett High School, Foster, RI
Students, get ideas for your arts graduation work that also benefits your community! Do a senior project, exhibition, portfolio, or community service project that also benefits the arts! See below for ideas...
Students set up community art galleries to showcase their work and learn arts administrative duties including curating, promoting, organizing venues
Students organize in school or community concerts showcasing student performances including curating, organizing and promoting
Students develop oral histories of area and use digital storytelling project to develop/publish online
Students work with local organizations to develop projects with visual/audio/digital components e.g. library, land trust, non-profit
Students research, write and produce short videos/plays based on the characters who have contributed to and preserved the landscape of the area
Students produce personal maps/digital stories demonstrating their life journeys or the journey of the local heroes
Students create, promote and conduct tours of community icons researching and creating documentation and materials for visitors
Students learn folk and traditional arts of historic period
Students build websites for local historic sites
Students use digital storytelling recreating period characters and connect to pertinent local websites e.g. historical society, town website.
Students research, write and produce short videos/plays/documentaries based on the local characters (current or historical)
Students research and create powerpoint created for broad use at meetings and the website, based on national research around the arts and workforce development, arts and literacy, arts and social/cognitive development
Students work with downtown businesses to merchandise stores, design sales materials and build websites
Students research and help local businesses design and build virtual communities and track communications (blogs, Twitter, Google)
Students use local businesses for architecture projects, building models of their ideas and presenting at a special "Town Council Meeting"
Student create community on thinkartslifelearning.com blog to communicate ideas and develop dialogue around projects
