Guide to the Rhode Island School of Design. Department of Teaching +
Learning in Art + Design External Projects records, 1994-2014
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Fleet Library at RISD
2 College Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-709-5922
Fax: 401-709-5932
email:
risdarchives@risd.edu
Published in 2017
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Rhode Island School of Design.
Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design External Projects
records |
| Date range: |
1994-2014 |
| Creator: |
Department of
Teaching + Learning in Art + Design |
| Extent: |
2.5 linear feet, 48 folders, 10 oversize
items
|
| Abstract: |
The collection contains course materials,
correspondence, grant proposals, and reports and documentation from the Department
of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design (TLAD)’s external projects, Rhode Island
School of Design, 1994-2014. |
| Language of materials: |
English |
| Repository: |
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
|
| Collection number: |
08.09.01 |
Scope & content
The external projects records of the Department of Teaching + Learning in Art +
Design document the program’s engagement with art education practitioners in
Rhode Island public schools through specific initiatives, 1994-2013. The bulk of
materials relate to Project New Directions (PND), a series of professional
development workshops and summer academies offered several times each year,
1994-2006. Curricula and handouts developed by the department are supported by
documentation in the form of photographic materials, participants’ reflections,
and reports to funding agencies. A separate, currently unprocessed series
(2007.73) contains further materials on the development and implementation of
PND.
Other projects, primarily under Project Open Door alongside the Providence School
Department (PSD), are also present in grant proposals, correspondence, and
meeting notes on these collaborations, 2002-2014. Most records originate from
TLAD department head Paul Sproll; other administrators and collaborators
represented include former RISD president Roger Mandle, Hope High School
principal Nancy Mullen, Hope High School principal, and Laura Travis and Valerie
Kline. Supplemental materials include framed posters, awards, and bound catalogs
and portfolios.
Access Points
Subject Topics
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series:
- Series I: Project New Directions, 1994-2006
- Series II: Project Open Door and Other Graduate Program records,
2002-2014
- Series III: Oversize materials, 1996-2013
Materials are arranged chronologically within each series.
Historical note
Administrative History
RISD began its graduate program in 1957 with Art Education, a one year curriculum
expanded to two years in 1992. The school has changed degrees over the years
awarding the MS, 1958-1963, MFA, 1964-1966, MAE, 1973-1993, and MA, 1994-2017. In
1964, RISD created the one year Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program, modeled on
the undergraduate program, for students seeking their art teaching certification.
The department offered a three year summer Master of Art Education program for
teachers, 1973-1995. Reflecting the end of the undergraduate program, the Division
of Teacher Education became a department under the Division of Graduate Studies in
1973.
Project New Directions, created 1994, was a for-credit professional development
program for arts educators from Rhode Island schools attended week long summer
academies and single day workshops with the objectives to develop and support arts
education in Rhode Island, created and hosted by TLAD. Funding was provided by the
U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
(FIPSE) and the Health and Education Leadership for Providence (HELP) Coalition.
National and state level advisors, including artists and arts educators, supported
RISD’s administrative staff of Paul Sproll (Project Director), John Chamberlin
(Associate Project Director), Carole Villucci (Assistant Director), and Barbara
Pichette (Project Coordinator).
Project Open Door, 2005-2017, partners TLAD with Providence School District to
develop robust arts curricula and provide after-school programming for students at
low-performing schools. The program began informally with Feinstein High School, and
expanded to a collaboration with Hope High School and others in Providence,
Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket. Funding for Project Open Door has been
provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rhode Island Foundation.
Administrative staff from RISD, Paul Sproll (Project Director) and Lauren Allen
(Associate Director), work alongside PSD superintendents, educators, and
artists.
- Normal Art, 1908-1932
- Teacher Training, 1932-1940
- Education, 1940-1946
- Division of Teacher Education, 1946-1952
- Office of Teacher Education, 1952-1956
- Division of Teacher Education, 1956-1973
- Teacher Education, 1973-1992
- Art Education, 1992-2003
- Art and Design Education, 2003-2008
- Teaching + Learning in Art + Design, 2008-2017
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
The use of certain documents and collections may be restricted. Please consult
the Archives staff for further details. |
| Use of the materials: |
Permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from archival materials must be
obtained in writing from the Archives. The researcher assumes full
responsibility for use of material and for conformity to all applicable laws,
including copyright. |
| Preferred citation: |
Rhode Island School of Design. Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design
External Projects records, Rhode Island School of Design. |
| Contact information: |
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Fleet Library at RISD
2 College Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-709-5922
Fax: 401-709-5932
email:
risdarchives@risd.edu
|
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
Transferred to the RISD Archives by Professor Paul Sproll, Department of Teaching
+ Learning in Art + Design. |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Jeremy Ferris. |
| Encoding: |
Finding aid encoded by Jeremy Ferris 2017 April 06 |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard
(DACS) |
Additional Information
Inventory
Series I. Project New Directions, 1994-2006
2.0 linear feet, 39 folders
Project New Directions records represent TLAD’s professional development
workshops and summer academies, held for arts education professionals from
Rhode Island schools.
Arrangement:
This series is arranged chronologically within three subseries.
Subseries I. Curricula and handouts
Curricula and Handouts document the materials used within each
professional development (PD) course, including original material,
readings, and slides. The series also contains photographs by both the
department and students documenting these events.
Arrangement: Chronological by PD course. The order of materials within each course
represents the materials’ arrangement as maintained by TLAD.
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
|
Professional development workshop photographs
|
|
1995 May |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
|
Project New Directions (PND) "Urban Landscapes Revisited"
workshop, includes slides
|
|
1996 Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
|
PND "Urban Landscapes Revisited" workshop
photographs
|
|
1996 Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
|
PND "Connections" summer academy, includes slides
|
|
1996 Jul |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
|
PND "Connections" summer academy supplemental
materials
|
|
1996 Jul |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
|
PND Furniture design workshop, includes slides
|
|
1996 Nov |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
|
PND Furniture design workshop photographs
|
|
1996 Nov |
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
|
PND "Thomas Eakins and The Swimming Picture" workshop,
includes slides
|
|
1997 Jan |
| Box 1, Folder 9 |
|
PND Thomas Eakins workshop photographs
|
|
1997 Jan |
| Box 1, Folder 10 |
|
PND "Design Talks" summer academy
|
|
1997 Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 11 |
|
PND "Design Talks" summer academy photographs
|
|
1997 Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 12 |
|
PND "Play and Design Environment" workshop
photographs
|
|
1997 Nov |
| Box 1, Folder 13 |
|
PND Printmaking workshop photographs
|
|
1998 Jan |
| Box 2, Folder 1 |
|
PND "Explorations of Nature in Contemporary Art" workshop,
includes slides
|
|
1998 Apr |
| Box 2, Folder 2 |
|
PND "Designers in Providence" workshop
photographs
|
|
1998 Mar-Jun |
| Box 2, Folder 3 |
|
PND "The Garden: An Interdisciplinary Exploration" summer
academy
|
|
1998 Jun |
| Box 2, Folder 4 |
|
PND "The Garden: An Interdisciplinary Exploration" summer
academy photographs
|
|
1998 Jun |
| Box 2, Folder 5 |
|
PND "Idea of Community: Interdisciplinary Journey" summer
academy
|
|
1999 Jul |
| Box 2, Folder 6 |
|
PND "Idea of Community: Interdisciplinary Journey" summer
academy
|
|
1999 Jul |
| Box 2, Folder 7 |
|
PND "More Than Drinking Vessels" workshop, includes
slides
|
|
2000 Mar |
| Box 2, Folder 8 |
|
PND "Making Sense of the Built Environment" summer academy
and workshop
|
|
2000 Jul-Oct |
| Box 3, Folder 1 |
|
PND Christine Mathieu workshop photographs
|
|
2001 Jun |
| Box 3, Folder 2 |
|
PND "Book Design" workshop
|
|
2001 Nov |
| Box 3, Folder 3 |
|
PND "The Book in Motion" summer academy
|
|
2002 Jul |
| Box 3, Folder 4 |
|
PND "Design in Hand" workshop curriculum
|
|
2003 Oct |
| Box 3, Folder 5 |
|
PND Perla McGuinness "Rainforest Alphabet Book" class project
photographs
|
|
2004 Mar |
| Box 3, Folder 6 |
|
PND "Literacy Through Art" workshop, includes
slides
|
|
2006 Jun-Sep |
Subseries II. Reports
PND Reports contain materials sent from TLAD to funding agencies as
official reports on the program. This series also contains
correspondence between TLAD and the US Department of Education’s Fund
for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE).
Arrangement: Chronological. The order of materials within each report represents the
records’ arrangement as maintained by TLAD.
| Box 3, Folder 7 |
|
PND Grant Performance Report to US Department of Education
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
(FIPSE)
|
|
1995-1996 |
| Box 3, Folder 8 |
|
PND Annual Report to Health and Education Leadership for
Providence (HELP)
|
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1998 |
| Box 3, Folder 9 |
|
PND Final Report to FIPSE Introduction - Appendix
E
|
|
1998 |
| Box 3, Folder 10 |
|
PND Final Report to FIPSE Appendix F - I
|
|
1998 |
| Box 4, Folder 1 |
|
PND interim report to US Department of Education
|
|
1997 |
| Box 4, Folder 2 |
|
PND 3 year report draft to FIPSE
|
|
1998 |
| Box 4, Folder 3 |
|
PND Final Report: "Idea of Community"
|
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2000 |
| Box 4, Folder 4 |
|
PND Final Report: "Idea of Community" Evaluations
|
|
2000 |
| Box 4, Folder 5 |
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PND Final Report to Rhode Island Foundation
|
|
2001 |
| Box 4, Folder 6 |
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PND Final Report to Rhode Island Foundation
evaluations
|
|
2001 |
| Box 4, Folder 7 |
|
PND FIPSE correspondence
|
|
1997-2000 |
Subseries III. Published materials
The Published Materials hold copies of articles written about Project New
Directions and statements put out by TLAD as newsletters that comment on
the state of PND.
Arrangement: Chronological. Undated materials precede other materials, arranged as
maintained by TLAD.
| Box 4, Folder 8 |
|
PND articles and published materials
|
|
1994-2004 |
Series II. Project Open Doors and other graduate program records, 2002-2011
0.5 linear feet, 9 folders
These records document the relationships between TLAD, Providence School
District, and specific schools therein, including after-school arts
programming for students at underperforming schools as part of Project Open
Door. Materials primarily include grant applications and correspondence.
Arrangement:
This series is arranged chronologically within three subseries.
Subseries I. Grant applications
Grant application records contain application forms, narrative statements
of intent, and any additional materials as per the requirements of
various state and federal funds. Programs represented in these records
include RISD @ Hope @ RISD, RISD-Links, and Project Open Door.
Arrangement: Chronological. The order of materials within each application represents
the records’ arrangement as maintained by TLAD.
| Box 5, Folder 1 |
|
RISD@Hope@RISD grant application to National Endowment for
the Arts
|
|
2002-2003 |
| Box 5, Folder 2 |
|
RISD-Links grant application to Rhode Island
Foundation
|
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2003-2004 |
| Box 5, Folder 3 |
|
High School Initiative grant application to Rhode Island
Foundation
|
|
2005 |
Subseries II. Providence School District project materials
Correspondence, proposals, and course materials related to collaboration
between TLAD and Providence School District. This includes after school
programming at Hope High School, Davies High School, and Feinstein High
School, and professional development workshops with PSD itself.
Arrangement: Chronological by particular school or project.
| Box 5, Folder 4 |
|
Hope High School correspondence
|
|
2002-2003 |
| Box 5, Folder 5 |
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Hope High School correspondence
|
|
2004-2006 |
| Box 5, Folder 6 |
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Hope High School proposals
|
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2003-2007 |
| Box 5, Folder 7 |
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William M. Davies Career and Technical High School
correspondence and proposals
|
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2003-2005 |
| Box 5, Folder 8 |
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High School Art Teacher Professional Development workshop
course materials and evaluations
|
|
2004 Sep-Dec |
| Box 5, Folder 9 |
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Feinstein High School correspondence
|
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2004-2005 |
Subseries III. Published materials and awards
The Published Materials hold copies of articles written about TLAD’s
collaboration with specific schools within PSD, as well as awards given
honoring TLAD’s external projects.
Arrangement: Chronological, with bound materials located at the end of the
subseries.
| Box 5, Folder 10 |
|
Project Open Door published materials and awards
|
|
2004-2014 |
Series III. Oversize materials, 1996-2013
10 oversize items
Items in this series correspond with records from Series I but exceed the
size limits of the boxes for the rest of the collection and are housed
separately. These include framed materials and oversize books.
Arrangement:
This series is arranged chronologically.
|
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PND "Connections" summer academy poster (framed), 36" x
12"
|
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1996 |
|
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"Print" magazine Certificate of Design Excellence for PND
stationery (framed), 12" x 15"
|
|
1996 |
|
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PND "Teacher's Academy" summer academy poster (framed), 28" x
8"
|
|
1997 |
|
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"Print" magazine article "Print's Best Letterhead" featuring PND
stationery (framed), 30" x 14"
|
|
1997 |
|
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PND "Designers in Providence Schools" oversize book
|
|
1998 |
|
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PND "The Garden" summer academy poster (framed), 24" x
24"
|
|
1998 |
|
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PND "Idea of Community" summer academy poster (framed), 17" x
23.5"
|
|
1999 |
|
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PND "Making Sense of the Built Environment" summer academy poster
(framed), 18" x 24"
|
|
2000 |
|
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Public Education Fund "Star Partnership Award" RISD and Veasie
Street Elementary School plaque
|
|
2001 |
|
|
"Grand Scale: Teachers' Studio Institute" oversize
book
|
|
2013 |