1. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
Date
Location
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation 1

2. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
Presented By:
Project 10: Transition Education Network
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
529 1st Street South, SVB 108
St. Petersburg, FL
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© 2009 ArtThread Foundation 2

3. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
Project 10 – ArtThread Foundation Initiative
for transitioning students
The Work of Art Program
A new program that fosters
creative expression
entrepreneurship
life-skills
self-reliance
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation 3

4. - Main features of the Gallery
Today’s Agenda
- Have fun!
- Scope and Purpose
- Main features of the Gallery
- Skill-Building and hands-on practice in using Splash and all facets of the Interactive Gallery
- Product-maker and Online Store

5. Roles and responsibilities Materials and Support
Today’s Agenda
- Have fun!
-Implementing and spreading the use of the Project 10 ArtThread Work of Art Program
Roles and responsibilities
Materials and Support

6. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
ArtThread is:
A 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation
Quick background
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation 6

7. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
Born from NIH-NCI-NTIA-funded research at University of Florida
N.I.H.-National Institutes of Health, medical research center
N.C.I.—National Cancer Institute
N.T.I.A.—National Telecommunications and Information Administration
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation

8. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
The ArtThread Foundation mission:
Making art and creative
expression more available...
to those impacted by illness,
physical limitations,
or social consequence.
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation 8

9. The ArtThread Foundation mission:
ArtThread uses the universal
reach of technology to nurture creative expression...

10. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
The ArtThread Foundation mission:
...and uses the spirit of social entrepreneurship to help other organizations fulfill their mission.
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation 10

11. Service, Education, Research

12. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
Service, Education, Research
Electric Owl Studios: Born from the Carnegie Mellon ETC program, this Pittsburgh-based company is solely dedicated to developing unique and innovative entertainment for children. Electric Owl believes that each child has a natural creative instinct, and they have made it their job to tap into this and provide an outlet for that expression. The Studio's design team is responsible for the creation of "Splash," and continues to develop and support ArtThread's online artmaking technology.
The Studio’s design team is responsible for the creation of “Splash”
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation

13. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
The mission of Project 10:
to assist Florida school districts and relevant stakeholders in building capacity to provide secondary transition services to students with disabilities in order to improve their academic success and post-school outcomes.
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation 13

14. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
The mission of Project 10:
…Project 10 serves as the primary conduit between the Florida Department of Education, specifically the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS), and relevant school district personnel in addressing law and policy, effective practices, and research-based interventions in the area of transition services for youth with disabilities.
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation 14

15. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
Project 10 – ArtThread Foundation Initiative
The Work of Art Program
Project10.ArtThread.org
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation 15

16. An innovative online technology and training program that serves transition-aged students with disabilities:
creative expression
social networking
21st century skill-building
school-based enterprise
self-determination

17. Think of the Gallery as:
an art-to-art conversation
an online graffiti wall
social networking with paintbrushes
a place to connect through creative expression

18. Let’s have some fun!

19. Gallery Roles:
Thrivor
Gallery Helper
Gallery Approver
Partner Manager

20. Project 10 / ArtThread Work of Art Program
The Gallery:
Uses the universal and safe language of art
Bridges the gap across language and culture
Provides a continuous means for support, connection, awareness, and expression
For the entire Project 10 community – students, teachers, counselors, staff, and family
In a nutshell…
© 2009 ArtThread Foundation

21. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
Andy Warhol

22. Benefits for everyone:
• School media coordinators:
Secure social networking for students that teaches technology and graphics skills while providing a safe and appropriate social media environment based on art rather than words.
• School administrators:
A new way to build community and connections for students, staff, and parents, and a way to bring the whole community together to support their students.
• Classroom teachers:
A 21st century skills building activity and an online school-based enterprise that helps level the playing field for students with disabilities.

23. Benefits for everyone:
• Art teachers:
Innovative, game-like art-making software and an online gallery to show off class work, all fostering creative expression that transcends disability.
• Counselors & behavioral specialists:
A hands-on, art-based activity offering a positive therapeutic activity as a reward, and a tool to help counteract negative behavior.
Families and friends:
A new way to communicate and connect with the student; and connect with their own creative side. They can register, create their own art, and engage in the art-to-art conversations, too!

24. Benefits for everyone:
• Students:
Empowerment and a sense of accomplishment as they learn new technology and micro-enterprise skills while sharing their creative expression with their peer community, and others.

25. Steps to training people on the Gallery
Pass it on:
Steps to training people on the Gallery
Tell the story
Browse the Gallery
Registration
Splash!
Save to My Gallery
Making and working with Threads
Sharing art with friends
Making products with your art
Where to get help
Tell the story again

26. Your Elevator Pitch
Students using creative expression to learn healthy ways to express themselves, transcend disability, and reach their own personal goals.
The Work of Art Program combines peer support and connectivity, social networking, and creative expression into a school-based enterprise and self employment track.
Centered on the ArtThread Interactive Gallery, the Project 10-Work of Art program offers a means for individual students to express themselves in a positive and healthy way, and to learn and practice skills for self-determination that lead to the attainment of their own personal goals.

27. Your Elevator Pitch Therapeutic Behavioral intervention
Teaches 21st century and business skills
Creative expression transcends disability
Builds community

28. Creativity, Connection, and Community
Empowerment through
Creativity, Connection, and Community

29. QUESTIONS?
CONCERNS / IDEAS?
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