ArtLink is Creative Connections’ award winning international exchange program designed for 3rd – 12th grade classes.
It runs in two cycles, fall and winter. Applications are accepted all year.
Cycle 1: Starts in September 2023 Cycle 2: Starts in January 2024
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Scholarship opportunities available! Please make your request on the application or reach out to Miguel Barreto to learn more.
Students in the program will:
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- Create art pieces that reflect their life and culture, and exchange their work with a partner class in another country
- Examine and enjoy the art from overseas, gaining new insights into both their own and their partner’s cultures
- Share their insights with one another: via Zoom in a fully facilitated interactive video conference (IVC) or asynchronously through posted responses
To learn more about any of our ArtLink programs, please contact Miguel Barreto at Mbarreto@creativeconnections.org

Introducing ArtLink Taiwan
A unique virtual exchange program for grades 7-12. Currently seeking partner classes for our pilot starting in January 2023 – in Cycle 2.
Additional Details:
Grade Suitability: Grades 7-12
Timeline: January – June 2023
Program materials: offered in English and Mandarin, Translation services as needed
Teacher Training: Available at the start of the program
Fees: $875 per class for full exchange facilitation, scholarship funding available
More Information
Global Competency
Cross-Cultural Engagement
Students will gain global competency by:
• Discovering the power of art to convey ideas
• Attaining a new perspective into their own culture
• Expanding their awareness, understanding and appreciation of the lives of their international peers
• Learning cross-cultural communication skills through written and video exchanges
Virtual Exchange
IVC Information
More information on ArtLink with Interactive Video Conferencing (IVC):
After receiving the art, students participate in a live virtual exchange in which they share their insights with one another face-to-face in real time.
This is fully facilitated interactive video conference (IVC).
Program Timeline
Two Cycles
Cycle One (September-December)
September: Program Launch
October/November: Create artwork and submit artwork and ADS.
December: Receive partners’ art digitally and exchange responses and/or IVC.
Cycle Two (January-June)
Teacher to Teacher
Introductions
A one-on-one virtual introduction of ArtLink partner teachers to one another.
An opportunity to meet your assigned partner teacher before you begin the program.
The virtual meeting time is 20 minutes.