Artist-In-Residence Marianne McAuliffe, a Native American Folk Artist, was selected this year to come into Tyrone Area Elementary School for a two week residency and offer her knowledge and creativity in Native American culture and folk art.
\nSince October 25 and lasting until Thursday, November 8, McAuliffe has been working with a 15 member core group of fourth grade students learning to play the Indian flute and other art forms of the American Indian, with in-depth learning about the art form being presented.
\nMcAuliffe also works with all the students from second to fourth grade. The second graders have made Native American necklaces, and the third and fourth graders are making rattles out of gourds and dreamcatchers wrapped in leather.
\nAt the end of McAuliffe\u2019s stay this Thursday, November 8, there will be a recital in the high school auditorium at 9 a.m. for all elementary students featuring McAuliffe and the core group performing and sharing Native American songs and culture that they have learned over the past two weeks. The rest of the students participating in the residency will also sing a \u201cCherokee Morning Song\u201d.
\nFunding for McAuliffe\u2019s residency is being provided by a grant through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, SAMA (Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art), the Tyrone Area School District, and the PTO. These programs implement the PA Arts and Humanity Standards. Elementary Art teacher Ann Yaniello and Elementary Music teacher Myra Hess assist in finding an artist for the residency program.
\nMcAuliffe is being sponsored by SAMA, and she has been studying Native American culture most of her life. Much of her hands-on knowledge has been imparted by several prolific teachers, including R. Carlos Nakai, Navajo\/Ute, who introduced her to the magic of the Native American Flute, and has also taught her leather-working, music and philosophy. She also credits J.T. Garrett, Ed.D. M.P.H. and Michael T. Garrett, Ph.D., both of the Eastern Band Cherokee, for sharing valuable information. The two are her mentors in Cherokee medicine, the way of right relationship, and Cherokee life. She is currently learning the Cherokee language.
\nMcAuliffe\u2019s residencies incorporate performing and teaching Native American flute music, storytelling, creating authentic American Indian items such as rattles and dreamcatchers, and sharing a marvelous culture.
\nShe is an active member of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, SAMA and ArtsPath artist roster, the International Native American Flute Association, and the National Storytelling Network.
\nCurrently, McAuliffe has interrupted recording her music to work on a project to promote relaxation and healing through meditation and music. But, she also enjoys working with children and incorporating her knowledge as she is doing in her residency at TAES.
\n\u201cI love working with children and I love seeing them grow with the things that we do, things they have never done before,\u201d said McAuliffe. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful sharing the knowledge I\u2019ve garnered over the past 15 years. I found my niche, my path…and like any great joy, it\u2019s meant to be shared.\u201d
\nMcAuliffe said 20 years ago she never would have thought she\u2019d be doing something like this, sharing her knowledge of the Native American Flute with kids and adults who\u2019ve never played the instrument.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s very fulfilling. The flute is very easy to play, if you can breathe and move your fingers, you can play it – and the kids are having a blast with it,\u201d added McAuliffe.
\nMcAuliffe stated that her time at TAES has been wonderful and the teachers and staff have been so extremely cooperative. She has done other residencies at other schools that have all been good, but she said Tyrone has been exceptional.
\n\u201cAnn Yaniello (Elementary Art) and Myra Hess (Elementary Music) have been the most gracious and accommodating teachers I\u2019ve ever worked with – I\u2019ve just really enjoyed my time here,\u201d ended McAuliffe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Artist-In-Residence Marianne McAuliffe, a Native American Folk Artist, was selected this year to come into Tyrone Area Elementary School for a two week residency and offer her knowledge and creativity in Native American culture and folk art. Since October 25 and lasting until Thursday, November 8, McAuliffe has been working with a 15 member core […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}