Kansas Wolf Trap Presented by Arts Partners

Arts Partners is home to the newest regional program of Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, one of the nation's leading arts education practitioners. In June 2006, Wolf Trap's master teaching artist Valerie Carroll conducted a week-long intensive training for Kansas Wolf Trap artists. Beginning in the fall of 2006, Kansas Wolf Trap artists will not only present high-quality arts experiences for young children, but will also provide meaningful child-centered residencies that support emergent literacy skills. These residencies have the added bonus of providing professional development for early childhood classroom teachers, thus extending the reach and legacy of the program.

Kansas Wolf Trap Teaching Artists
Seated (L-R): Valerie Carroll (Wolf Trap master teaching artist), Tasleem Muqtasid, Phylis Benner (Wolf Trap Assistant Director, Professional Development)

Second Row:  Judy Nichols, Amy Woolf, Twyla Smith, Varissa McMickens (Assistant Director, Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts)

Back Row:  Matt Maholland, Thad Beach, Pamela Lamont

Kansas Wolf Trap Objective
The ultimate goal of the residency is to encourage the teacher to use and expand upon demonstrated performing arts techniques after the artist has left the classroom – thereby making the arts an integral and ongoing component of the education of young children.

Kansas Wolf Trap Program Information
To receive information about a Wolf Trap residency for your early childhood classroom, please call Kansas Wolf Trap Regional Director Katie Lynn at

(316) 262-4771 or email info@artspartnerswichita.org