Community Outreach

ArtStream can provide performing arts programming for your organization. We work in schools, provider agencies for persons with disabilities, senior facilities, hospitals and hospice organizations. We can also provide training workshops for your staff.

Contact us to see what we can do for you!


Disabilities

Kids Enjoy Exercise Now

Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN)

ArtStream continues its partnership with KEEN September 2009 through June 2010. Classes will be offered the third Sunday of each month starting Sunday September 20, 2009, from 3-4 pm at Tilden Middle School (11211 Old Georgetown Road Rockville, MD 20852).

KEEN Registration Formview KEEN 2009-10 registration form

KEEN Photosview pictures from the KEEN program

The music and movement classes are offered to young adults with profound disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, mental retardation and other severe health problems. Taught by ArtStreamers Dan Villar and Emilia O’Connor.


CSAAC

Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC)

ArtStream is once again partnering with Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC) to provide dance, yoga and visual arts classes for adults with autism.

CSAAC Photosview pictures from the CSAAC program

These powerful programs focus on increasing the communication abilities of adults with autism through movement, yoga and visual arts. The artists seek to establish comfortable environments in which to practice important relational skills such as eye contact, verbal and nonverbal skills, participation, communication and interaction. This unique course works well with nonverbal and verbal autistic adults. The several nonverbal adults have smiled, laughed and danced at the possibility to communicate through the arts.


The ARC of Montgomery County

ArtStream will continue its partnership with the ARC of Montgomery County for the 2008-2009 season. We will offer courses in movement and drama for adults with disabilities.


Langley Residential Support Services

ArtStream is partnering with Langley Residential Support Services offering drama and movement classes for adults with intellectual disabilities. ArtStream is excited to be working with these budding actors.


The Fairfax Therapeutic Recreations Department

This partnership will begin with an 8-week acting class culminating with an informal sharing.

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Elementary & Middle Schools

Elementary School Programs
Past School Partners:

Dufief Elementary, MD
Field's Road Elementary
Glebe Elementary
Shaare Torah Pre-School, MD
Katherine Thomas Middle School, MD

photosView pictures from our Elementary School Programs

Middle School Programs
photosView pictures from our Middle School Programs

Want ArtStream to come to your school??? We can offer dance, music, drama, and visual arts. Each class can be catered to your desired choices. Contact info@art-stream.org for more information.

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High Schools

Middle School Programs Past School Partners:

Paul VI Catholic High School - Options Program

Want ArtStream to come to your school??? We can offer dance, music, drama, and visual arts. Each class can be catered to your desired choices. Contact info@art-stream.org for more information.

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Hospitals, Hospice and Grief Work

Knights of Glory

The Deborah Jean Arts in Hospitals and Hospice Program

Launched in the Fall of 2008, The Deborah Jean Arts in Hospitals and Hospice Program offers programming to area hospitals including NIH Children’s Inn, Georgetown Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children, Children’s Hospital, Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health,  and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Knights of Glory Film and Web Project. Learn more »

photos View pictures from the 2009 performance at NIH Children's Inn.


Allies in the Arts

In association with the American Red Cross, ArtStream brings the arts to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  Programs combine music, visual art, poetry and storytelling all brought to bedsides of returning veterans who are recieving treatment.  Soldiers and their families alike benefit from active engagment in the arts, both creatively and therapeutically.  Research suggests active engagment in the arts helps alleviate anxiety and depression and may be able to shorten hospital stays.

view our press release »


Interactive Storytelling

Ermyn King, Art Stream's Director Hospital and Hospice Programs, performs interactive storytelling for small groups of patients and family members at local hospitals.  Recently, Ermyn's storytelling program was spotlighted in the Children's Inn Spring 2010 newsletter Innspirations.

"Through this wonderful medium, Inn residents are given the opportunity to experience empowerment and connect with heroes and heroines from traditional and cross-cultural tales."
- Innspirations, Spring 2010

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Puppet Show Series

Available for booking NOW

ArtStream is proud to present our Puppet Series. We offer puppet shows for young audiences, each with a special healing or enlightening theme. Each show is between 30 and 40 minutes in length, and can be combined with a puppet-making workshop, for an additional fee.

Annie & Danny: based on a theme of diligence and perseverance in the face of adversity, while still giving of one’s self. Great for kids age 3-7, especially those dealing with disappointment or hardship. Highly interactive.

Emily’s Dragon: specifically written for children dealing with disabilities or illness. Deals with themes of “seeing your inner power, or magic within.” Appropriate for ages 5-10.

A Christmas Carol: the classic Dickens tale, told interactively, highlighting themes of caring, giving and selflessness. Great for helping kids become aware of reaching-out to those less fortunate. Appropriate for ages 5-12.

The Pirate’s Jules: Highly interactive, for kids age 3-12. Focuses on themes of the importance of the arts, play, fun, interaction with others, and setting aside the fixation on material things. Great for reminding us all to make the best of the here and now, and appreciate the treasure of family and friends.

Contact us for pricing.

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