Affiliated with the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network
Using storytelling, improvisation, and movement we will create new stories and scenes influenced by our own lives. Share your experiences through play and learn to craft a narrative with or without text. All levels welcome!
Hand2Mouth (H2M) is an organization that has committed to telling stories from new perspectives and vantage points that offer insight into the human condition; their work sheds light onto unearthed feelings and human emotions; and H2M creates original devised work driven by cultural narratives that are urgent and necessary to challenge and reconstruct who we are as a community.
H2M’s educational program Student Voices welcomes students to embark on a narrative experience utilizing the tools that fostered their unique theatrical identity in Portland and beyond. Their storytelling tools will enable students to look beyond their known perspectives to investigate and tell the stories they hold inside.
H2M residencies most often draw from blending student research into historical, literary or cultural studies with details, opinions from their own life experience. Curricular content includes social issues, studies of history or political structures, classic mythology, history of science exploration or famous scientists, research into the ‘big ideas’ behind literature, music or art, etc.
This program may be done as a residency or a single session workshop.
Program Model: In Class
Art Form(s):
Curriculum Connections: Community Building, Social Justice
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Program Requirements: Room to Move (desks pushed aside works); Sometimes we bring audio or visual mediums to share or create with; Do not NEED ipads, but happily will use!
Instruction Language(s):
Min. Residency Sessions/Classroom: 3
About the Artist
Hand2Mouth is an ensemble of artists founded in 2000 and led by Jonathan Walters. H2M's teaching focuses on facilitating collaborative learning and inspiring groups to work together to craft theatre based on their own unique perspectives.
Please note that the cost of a program is determined based on a variety of different factors including number of sessions, planning hours needed and material costs. Please contact Arts for Learning NW for help determining the actual cost of your programs. Email us at [email protected] or call 503-225-5900, ext 705
| Delivery Method | Type | Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Class | Mileage/Travel Costs | $15 per hour of drive time (based on typical time listed on Google Maps) from Portland. This program is only available within 30 miles of Portland. | |
| In Class | Prep Hours | 36.00 | Time spent on activities in support of the program (e.g. setting up/cleaning a classroom, research, curriculum development, etc.) |
| In Class | Additional Planning | 36.00 | Additional planning time with teachers or volunteers, etc. |
| In Class | Planning Meeting | 36.00 | An in person planning meeting with partnering teachers is required for residencies. |
| In Class | Teacher Workshop | 143.00 | A 90 minute workshop for teachers. |
| In Class | Workshop Session | 71.00 | Workshops can be one or two sessions per class. Each session is 50 minutes long. |
| In Class | Residency Session | 71.00 | Residency session prices are based on a 50 minute session. Some artists may prefer different session lengths and will pro-rate the cost. |
| In Class | Culminating Event | 71.00 | Artist time to oversee a student performance, gallery event, etc. |
| In Class | Family Arts Night Workshop | 143.00 | A 90 minute workshop for students and families, typically in the evening or on weekends. |