The power of art - Arts Update - Brief Article

Arts & Activities, April, 2002

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation at the Lab School of Washington, D.C. is sponsoring a comprehensive, one-day workshop, "The Power of Art: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities," May 31, 2002. The program will present ways that art can be used to teach academic skills to students with learning disabilities.

Applicants must teach art to kindergarten through grade 12 students in a U.S. public or private school where some or all of the students have learning disabilities. For details about applying for this workshop, call (202) 965-6600. Information and the application is also available online at www.labschool.org, under "Power of Art." Application deadline is April 19, 2002.