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K-12 Global Art Exchange

K-12 GLOBAL ART EXCHANGE

Program Overview

Share student artwork, via regular mail, with schools from around the world! Then, optionally, travel electronically to the schools you have exchanged with and interact with students who have participated in the exchange.

The K-12 Global Art Exchange is:

  • an easy way to collaborate with K-12 classrooms around the world and develop related curriculum-based lessons
  • an authentic source for learning about global cultures
  • aligned with art, language arts, foreign language and social studies curricula
Download a flyer to print and distribute to teachers at your school or in your district!

How To Participate

Step 1: Choose a participation level (see chart below) and REGISTER HERE.

Step 2: Follow our specific participation guidelines.

Step 3: Mail your students’ artwork via regular mail directly to OneWorld Classrooms (in Massachusetts, USA).

Step 4: We  mail your students’ art to a variety of participating schools around the world AND we mail you artwork created by students of a similar grade level from a variety of locations around the world.

Step 5 (optional): Travel electronically to participating schools and interact with participating students around the world!

Registration

Registration is now open for the 2012-2013 K-12 Global Art Exchange!  The K-12 Global Art Exchange is FREE or 1/2 price for schools in some countries/regions (see registration form for more details).

Participation Options and Fees

Participation Level

What’s Included

Fees*

Standard Exchange

  • For each exchange, you mail us up to 25 pieces of your students’ artwork, and we will mail you up to 25 pieces of student artwork from 6-12 countries around the world that match or are close to your students’ grade level.
  • Global Art Google Earth Tours – We provide password-protected access to Google Earth tours that allow you to visit all participating schools around the world, read letters from participating teachers, and see photos and scanned art from some of the schools.
  • Global Art PowerPoints – Password-protected access to PowerPoints featuring student art from different world regions.
  • We also provide specific participation guidelines, labels and email/phone support.

$200/

exchange

Tailored/Interactive Exchange

  • Standard Exchange benefits, plus:
  • Tailored Art Exchange – You email us a list of countries/ regions from which your students or their ancestors originated, and we will send you student art from 4-8 of those countries/regions (plus art from other countries/regions).
  • Interactive Art Exchange – We match you with one of the global schools from which you are receiving art for an Email Q & A exchange and/or a Skype exchange.
  • “Where in the World?” Student Art Tracking – We track your students’ art and send you a report listing the various schools and countries in which it has been displayed.  (For each exchange, your students’ art will typically end up in 6-12 schools in different countries.)
  • Global Roots Curriculum – We send you a set of activities that you may use before, during and after the exchange to explore the cultural origins of your students, their classmates and their global peers.

$400/

exchange

Registration and Mailing Deadlines

To participate in our spring exchange, please mail your art so we receive it by May 1, 2013. If you would like your student’s art to be considered for our Boston 140 exhibition (art from around the world will be displayed in schools throughout the Boston area), please send your art so we receive it by April 1, 2013.

Related Resources

•  Guidelines

•  Student Labels (English) - Labels that may be attached to student artwork.

•  Student Labels (Spanish) - Labels that may be attached to student artwork.

•  Participation Certificate

•  Global Art Galleries

•  Teacher Testimonials

•  List of Participating Schools (from previous exchanges)

•  Program Flyer