The paine art center and gardens will partner with the university of wisconsin oshkosh and the oshkosh area school district to develop artscore adventures, a new set of arts integrated field trips and…

The Paine Art Center and Gardens will partner with the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and the Oshkosh Area School District to develop new arts-integrated field trips and activities for pre-K-12 students under a $672,767 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The Paine Art Center will enhance its existing ArtsCore professional development program for teachers by providing staff training to develop and evaluate new ArtsCore Adventures pilot programs. Upon completion, ArtsCore teacher alumni will have access to at least 10 new field trip experiences integrating art into core curricula when bringing students to the Paine Art Center and Gardens in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Museums for America program aims to strengthen individual museums' ability to serve the public by supporting priority activities advancing their missions and strategic goals and objectives.

The paine art center and gardens will partner with the university of wisconsin oshkosh and the oshkosh area school district to develop artscore adventures, a new set of arts integrated field trips and activities for prek-12 students. These new field trips will enhance the museum's existing artscore program, a professional development program for teachers that provides training in arts integration. Project activities will include staff development to increase capacity to offer new programs; developing and evaluating two to four new pilot adventures; and fully implementing the new adventures. At project completion, artscore teacher alumni will have access to at least 10 new artscore adventures as they develop and implement an arts-integrated curriculum and bring their students to the paine art center and gardens for engaging field trip experiences.