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Literacy Residencies at Kirkbride Elementary School
Second and Third Grades
Teaching Artists: Alyse Bernstein, Kate Kern Mundie and John Giordano
Developed in conjunction with a Reading Excellence grant, Fleisher teaching
artists created six residencies linking visual art and literacy building in the second and
third grade classes at Kirkbride Elementary School during the 2000-2001 school year.
The projects incorporated drawing, painting, sewing and fabric printing with reading,
storytelling, story writing and museum visits.
Right: Prakab and his Story Quilt, Kirkbride Literacy
Residency