Detroit Connections
Detroit Connections is an arts outreach program that was started in 2000, with the aim of connecting undergraduate Art & Design students with the city of Detroit, and of providing high-quality arts programming to a resource-poor elementary school in the city.
Over the past eight years, our curriculum has evolved to meet our partnering school’s needs—working to support other areas in the school’s programming, and also providing a much-needed opportunity for the participating children to bring their interests and lives into the classroom.
Our curriculum embraces activities that promote creativity, free-form expression, one-on-one collaborations with college mentors, and multidisciplinary processes such as measuring, planning, and creative writing.
This fall, we will be partnering with Communities in Schools and Butzel Elementary in Southeast Detroit.
Related Links
Art gallery cultivates A2, Detroit connections (University Record article).
Harms Elementary School Detroit Connections website
Greenfield Union Elementary School Detroit Connections website