PAA Partners with MIT Media Lab

PAA is pleased to share that we have partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…

Camouflage and Green Screens

In the study of animal adaptations, camouflage provides a natural fit for an arts-integration residency…

Differentiating Instruction Within Arts-Integration

One of the most difficult aspects of my job as an artist-educator is designing and implementing rigorous residencies that constructively challenge all students involved, knowing that they start at a wide variety of academic and artistic…

Guest Blog Post: Learning from PAA to Build our Capacity

Guest Blog Post: PAA’s RHAPSODY Hip-Hop Summer Arts Camp Empowered Our Daughter to Dream Big

Staff Spotlight: Ainsley Buckner

Ainsley Buckner joined the Progressive Arts Alliance full-time staff in spring 2013. In her role at…

Warp and Weft

“Reading Wetu” is a project created with the first grade class of Ms. Erin Shakour at Orchard STEM School located on Cleveland’s westside during the fall 2014 semester. The reading Wetu occupies an 8' x 8' x 8' area in the corner of her classroom, and houses her small library of children’s books. The…

Staff Spotlight: Santina Protopapa recognized by CWRU

A Mound of Clouds

During my first residency with Progressive Arts Alliance during the fall 2014 semester, I had the pleasure to work alongside Miss Ainsley (“Paisley” according to some of the more affectionate 7th graders) Buckner and the Mound STEM School 7th graders to develop, make, and install LED lit “clouds”.