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