Educator Project Grants

Educator Project Grants provide educators with funding to design and implement arts-based learning projects that fulfill curriculum goals in collaboration with pARTners-approved artists. All artist planning and teaching time, as well as project materials, are funded by pARTners. pARTners served students this year through the Educator Project Grants program.
Canva and the elements of Graphic Design: Combat the Silence Project

School: Jackson Hole Middle School, 7th grade
Teacher: Alivia Bingham
Artist: Charley Daveler
Number of students served: 60
Grant award: $350

Calendar Project

School: Jackson Hole High School
Teacher: Darby Neff
Artist: Kathy Conroy
Number of students served: 8
Grant award: $250

AVID Sweatshirt Design

School: Jackson Hole High School
Teacher: Michelle Rooks
Artist: Laci Montrose and Rick Ney
Number of students served: 175
Grant award: $375

C.R.E.S.T.

School: JES, CES, and MMES
Teacher: Miga Rossetti
Artist: Matt Daly
Number of students served: 50
Grant award: $260

Heart Mountain: Poetry and Collage

School: Kelly Elementary School, 4/5th graders
Teacher: Lisa Lowenfels
Artist: Matt Daly
Number of students served: 18
Grant award: $250

Screenprinting Posters

School: Summit High School
Teacher: Amy Lougry
Artist: Jay Berrones
Number of students served: 20
Grant award: $225

Maui Healing Project Coordination Project

School: JHHS
Teacher: Shannon Borego
Grant award: $200

Arts education cultivates artists and patrons.

“Arts education in childhood is the most significant predictor of both arts attendance and personal arts creation throughout the rest of a person’s life.” (RAND Corporation, Cultivating Demand for the Arts, 2008)

Past Educator Grants

Hoop Dancing Performance

Schools: 2nd grade CES, JES, KES, MMES, WES
Artists: Jasmine Bell and the Bear Singers
Number of students: 200
Grant award: $2,250


Summit High School Rock Band Equipment

School: SHS
Number of students: 20
Grant award: $1254

Juxtaposition Photoshop Project

School: Mountain Academy
Teacher: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Aaron Linsdau
Number of students served: 35
Grant award: $500


Ceramic Identity Masks

School: Mountain Academy
Teacher: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Sevi Hagen
Number of students served: 40
Grant award: $300

Charcoal Portraits

School: Mountain Academy
Teacher: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Shannon Troxler
Number of students served: 35
Grant award: $200


Recycling Mural

School: Mountain Academy
Teacher: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Wendall Field
Number of students served: 40
Grant award: $1,400

 Halloween Community Project

Collaborating Organization: Amy Ringholz
Grant award: $125


Calendar Project

School: JHMS
Teacher: Morgane Boag
Artist: Cheri Witz
Number of students served: 5
Grant award: $180

Bread and Puppets

Collaborating Organization: Center for the Arts
Grant award: $500


Art Kits-Art and Literature

School: JHHS
Collaborating Organization: Wonder Institute
Number of students served: 50
Grant award: $570

Watercolor Workshop

School: C-V
Teacher: Tonia Ralston
Artist: Emily Boespflug
Number of students served: 25
Grant award: $415


Illuminated Letters

School: Home School
Artist: Abby Paffrath
Number of students served: 5
Grant award: $140

Poetry with Matt Daly

School: Jackson High School
Teacher: Michelle Roundy
Artist: Matt Daly
Grant Award: $200
Students Involved: 95


Young Authors Workshop

School: Mountain Academy
Teacher: John Williams
Artists: Mari Allan Hanna
Grant award: $550
Students Involved: 26

5th Grade Symbolic Portraits

School: Colter Elementary School
Teacher: Heidi Thompson
Artist: Billi Harrington
Grant award: $425
Students Involved: 77


Picasso Self-Portraits and Elements of 3D Design and Construction

School: JH Homeschool
Artist: Billi Harrington
Grant award: $430
Students Involved: 15

Mountain Academy Mural

School: Mountain Academy
Teacher: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Abby Paffrath and Ben Roth
Grant Award: $1,000
Students Involved: 25


Photography Workshop

School: Mountain Academy
Teachers: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Shannon Corsi
Grant award: $140
Students Involved: 32

Exploring Weather through Art

School: Jackson Elementary
Teacher: Kindergarten Team
Artist: Billi Harrington
Grant award: $500
Students Involved: 50


The Art of Illustration

School: C-V Ranch
Teacher: Tonia Ralston
Artist: Nate Bennett
Grant award: $325
Students Involved: 34

Developing Communication Skills through Artistic Engagement

School: Jackson Middle School
Teacher: Morgane Van Voorst
Artist: Billi Harrington
Grant award: $250
Students Involved: 12

Journal Cover Project based on the Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye

School: Jackson High School
Teacher: Julie Tomich
Artist: April Landale & Billi Harrington
Grant award: $1,800
Students Involved: 125

Holiday Art Kits 21/22 School Year

School: All Schools
Grant award: $5,000
Students Involved: 200

Watercolor Workshop

School: C-V Ranch
Teacher: Tonia Ralston
Artist: Emily Boespflug
Grant award: $390
Students Involved: 25

Holiday Art Kits 19/20 School Year

School: All Schools
Grant award: $3,300
Students Involved: 200

Troll Project – based on Thomas Dambo’s “Mama Mimi” installation in R Park

School: Jackson Elementary, Colter Elementary, Wilson Elementary, Munger Mountain Elementary, Moran Elementary, Kelly Elementary, Mountain Academy
Artists: Billi Harrington, Charley Daveler and Sam Dowd
Grant award: $2,200
Students Involved: 375

Watercolor Workshop

School: C-V Ranch
Teacher: Tonia Ralston
Artist: Emily Boespflug
Grant award: $390
Students Involved: 15

Soapmaking

School: C-V Ranch
Teacher: Tonia Ralston
Artist: Emily Boespflug
Grant award: $448
Students Involved: 25

Japanese Internment Camp: Poetry and Rock Art

School: Kelly Elementary
Teacher: Kindergarten Team
Artist: Lisa Lowenfels
Grant award: $730
Students Involved: 21

Learning about the importance of BEES through Art and Science

School: Wilson Elementary
Teacher: Erin Wickiewicz
Artist: Billi Harrington
Grant award: $470
Students Involved: 50

Meditative Plein Air

School: Mountain Academy
Teacher: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Kate Ambrose
Grant award: $500
Students Involved: 30

T-shirt Screen Printing

School: Jackson Elementary
Teacher: Lauren Brzozowski
Grant award: $125
Students Involved: 50

Symbolic Portraits

School: Mountain Academy
Teacher: Natasha Lavroushin
Artist: Billi Harrington
Grant award: $180
Students Involved: 30

Poetry Flipbooks

School: C-V Ranch
Teacher: Tonia Ralston
Artist: Matt Daly
Grant award: $448
Students Involved: 15

Illustration Workshop

School: C-V Ranch
Teacher: Tonia Ralston
Artist: Nate Bennett
Grant award: $315
Students Involved: 34

Day of the Dead Flags (Block Prints)

School: Jackson Elementary
Teacher: Lauren Brzozowski
Artist: Billi Harrington
Grant award: $330
Students Involved: 50

Wind River Community Alliance Art Initiative

School: All Wind River Schools
Grant award: $5,000
Students Involved: 850

The Art of Illustration

School: Mountain Academy
Teacher: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Charley Daveler
Grant award: $315
Students Involved: 34

T-Shirt Screen Printing

School: Jackson Elementary
Teacher: Kindergarten Team
Artist: Lauren Brzozowski
Grant award: $225
Students Involved: 50

Graphic Design

School: C-V Ranch
Teacher: Tonia Ralston
Artist: Jenna Mahaffie
Grant award: $50
Students Involved: 15

Positive Messaging Project

School: Colter Elementary
Teacher: Heidi Thompson
Artist: Emily Boesflug
Grant award: $300
Students Involved: 87

Growth Mindset through Art: Talking Sticks, Dreamcatchers and Self-Portraits

School: Jackson Middle School
Teacher: Morgane Van Voorst
Artist: Lyndsay McCandless
Grant award: $300
Students Involved: 10

Developing a Best Version of Self through Artistic Engagement

School: C-V Ranch
Teacher: Tonia Ralston
Artists: Nate Bennett, Karin Wadley
Grant award: $620
Students Involved: 34

5th Grade Symbolic Portraits

School: Munger Mountain and Colter Elementary School
Teacher: Heidi Thompson and Lauren Brzozowski
Artist: Lyndsay McCandless
Grant award: $1,110
Students Involved: 160

Snake River Bridge Project

School: Journeys School
Teacher: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Melissa Malm
Grant award: $200
Students Involved: 31

The Day of the Dead Project

School: Munger Mountain Elementary
Teacher: Laura Brzozowski
Artist: Montse Bernal
Grant award: $1,700
Students Involved: 475

Oil Painting Workshop

School: Journeys School
Teacher: Heidi Kohler
Artist: Katy Ann Fox
Grant award: $100
Students Involved: 10

Las muralistas de generación

School: Journeys School
Teacher: Shoshana Kobrin
Artist: Montse Bernal
Grant award: $580
Students Involved: 25

Exploring Weather through Art

School: Jackson Elementary
Teacher: Kindergarten Team
Artist: Kate Jensen
Grant award: $750
Students Involved: 45

Young Authors’ Intensive

School: Journeys School
Teacher: John Williams
Artists: Matt Daly, Connie Wieneke, Anne Marie Wells
Grant award: $625
Students Involved: 35

Dancing and Choreography: WES Spring Fling

School: Wilson Elementary
Teacher: Sheena Dhamsania
Artists: Heidi Christine
Grant award: $1,400
Students Involved: 223