CURRENT AND PAST PROGRAMS DEVELOPED BY PROJECT U.N.I.Q.U.E.

in collaboration with other cultural organizations and teaching artists

• Visual Integration of Technology, Art, and Language (V.I.T.A.L.) - improve student literacy by investigating the relationship of  the arts to listening, speaking, reading, and writing (in partnership with the George Eastman House, Schools #42 in the Rochester City School District and Leary Elementary in Rush-Henrietta Central School District).
   

• The Intercultural Arts Project - to promote racial/ethnic harmony among students of different backgrounds through the arts and integrate the arts with language arts, social studies, and math (in partnership with the Eastman House, the Memorial Art Gallery, and the Rochester Museum and Science Center).
   

• The Shared Arts Collaborative - to bring students together from three different school districts to explore our personal and cultural identities through the arts (in partnership with the Arts and Cultural Council).
   

• Culture and the Environment - to explore at the high school level our relationship to our physical, emotional, and cultural environments through diverse forms of literary expression (in partnership with Writers and Books).
   

• The Music Collaborative - to integrate orchestral music with the instructional program for elementary students (in partnership with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra).
   

• The RPO Primary Ensemble Project - to introduce third graders throughout the City School District to instrumental music and to the musicians who play the music (sponsored by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in collaboration with Project U.N.I.Q.U.E. and the Rochester City School District).
   

• Greta Garbage Environmental Residencies - to address issues such as recycling, use of natural resources, littering, and graffiti through drama (in partnership with the City of Rochester).
   

• Integrated Museum Programs of Inservice, Residencies, and Field Trips - to explore various subject areas, such as social studies, English, science, math, and technology through exhibitions presented by our local museums.
   

• Individual School Programs - to custom-design programs built around arts concepts, curricular themes, student behaviors and skills, and specific arts disciplines, at the request and in coordination with individual school committees.
   

• Block-Bookings - to share the talents of special guest artists with several schools during a given week, period of months, or throughout the year.
   

• Professional Development Workshops and Courses - to introduce educators to the performing, visual, and literary arts and to explore the relationship of the arts to various areas of the curriculum.