ARTS-BASED LEARNING FOR ALL AGES

Blixt Locally Grown Associates have over a collective 20 years experience in working alongside schools, colleges, and organizations to create and implement specialized arts based curricula that focuses on five core competencies of social and emotional learning:  Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.  Arts based learning is an effective tool for creating authenticity and inclusion, and provides a safe space for vulnerability and connection.

Online  learning

Blixt Locally Grown has online curricula and courses available to our partners and clients. To learn more or to commission a curriculum, please email us here. 

Here are some of the sessions and programs we have created and implemented alongside our partnering schools and collaborators.  These existing programs have resulted in transformational results for participants and instructors.  We are also able to create new programs based on our partners' areas of interest and focus.

• Anger is Sad's Bodyguard - a written exploration of self​
• Storytelling is Problem Solving - integrating math and language learning with real life issues
• Oral History Collection - exploring storytelling, clean capture, and publication
• ​Rural Arts Integration - a variety of sessions that meet a community where they are 
• ​Exploration of Negative Space - nonverbal storytelling and connection
• ​Community Building from the Core - utilizing core assets to create action plans
• Intergenerational Collaboration - integrating young and old people into a creative task
• Schoolchildren's Blizzard of 1888 - multiple sessions based on this historical event
• Making Space for Grief - a deep dive into the topic of grief and ways to make space for it
• ​Snap, Slam, In Real Life - photographs and community reflections result in original poetry
• Lyric Writing - song structure, creative writing, and sharing
• The Dream Switch - all about dreaming big for your community
• Assets in Action - curating talent and creating a team
• Community Poetry Slam - learn how to create and share poems that connect community
• Tackling Fear With Creativity - exploring greatest fears and how to go fourth with courage
• One Act Camp - helping schools raise their one act game
• Production 101 - instruction on learning to produce live events
• The Intersection of Arts and Poverty - a variety of sessions tackling hunger and homelessness
• Fine arts standards -we help teachers integrate fine arts into existing curricula
• Playwriting - playwriting for experts and novices
• Taboo Poetry Salon - Theme based writing sessions culminating in performance
• Friends on the Floor - a session that turns strangers into friends
• The Creative Cure - curricula for health care providers and veterinarians 
• Raise Your Voice - the art of public speaking

 RECENT PARTNERS IN EDUCATION

• Lincoln Public Schools and Lincoln Foundation for Public Schools
• Ord Public Schools
• Arcadia Public Schools
• Auburn Public Schools
• Hay Springs Public Schools
• Peru State College
• Nebraska Wesleyan University
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Lied Center for Performing Arts
• Doane University
• Lincoln Arts Council
• Midwest Theater (Scottsbluff, Nebraska)
• The Merryman Performing Arts Center (Kearney, Nebraska) 
• Mourning Hope Grief Center
• Ord Public Schools
• The Fox Theater (McCook, Nebraska) 
• The Sheldon Museum
• Pathfinders
• Kearney West High School
• McCook Public Schools
• Flatwater Shakespeare Company
• Thayer High School
• Homestead National Monument
• Nebraska Community Foundation

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Getting started...

Have big dreams for your school or organization?  Email Petra Wahlqvist here or call 402.817.8176 to connect.