ONE SCHOOL GOAL. A WHOLE CLASS IN THE CONVERSATION.
Choose a learning goal, from financial literacy and civil rights to history or language arts. Wildcard turns student responses into a private school insights site, faculty-guided follow-up prompts, and student-created art. Or run a classroom kit yourself.
BUILT AROUND YOUR LEARNING GOAL
CAREY-LED · TWO SCHOOL VISITS
Carey leads a large-group Wildcard activation. Student responses become a private insights site, a faculty review, an Exchange Board, and a student-created art session.
Two-visit pilot from $3,500 · large groups welcome
SCHOOL-LED · ONE CLASS PERIOD
Run Family Ties during a lesson or advisory block. Receive decks sized to your class, a ready-made topic pack, response sheets, and a guide with 30-, 50-, and 70-minute plans, rules, a pass option, and a debrief.
Optional: add a reusable Exchange Board with print-ready cards. Carey drafts any custom prompts for teacher approval.
EARLY SCHOOL PARTNER INQUIRIES OPEN · QUOTE BY CLASS SIZE
Ask about a school-led kitBuilt for the work schools already plan
Instructional fitStart with your unit, grade level, and target skill. A custom kit or Lab includes a short alignment note for the learning target your school supplies.
ParticipationSmall-group turns and guided questions give students practice listening, explaining, and considering another perspective.
Next-step evidenceA private school site links anonymous responses to prompts and themes so faculty can see what students explain, question, and need to revisit.
Choose a teacher-led kit or a Carey-led Lab. For school review, we can provide a one-page summary of the learning goal, student activities, schedule, deliverables, and an itemized quote. Carey drafts custom prompts for teacher feedback and approval.
Your team can review instructional materials, arts integration, or enrichment budgets. Depending on the school plan, Title IV-A or Title I may also be relevant. Existing after-school and summer programs may consider 21st CCLC funding.
Alabama's FY2027 Live Arts Learning grants accept rolling requests of $500–$5,000 for shorter artist-led school experiences, with no required match. Activities must be scheduled at least six weeks after application. The artist-led Lab may fit if the school and project meet the program rules. Read the current guidelines.
Your school or district approves the funding source and determines eligibility.
01 / YOUR CURRICULUM, OUR PROMPTS
Your school supplies the unit or priority skill. For a custom kit or Wildcard Lab, Carey drafts age-appropriate prompts and a short learning-target map. The teacher can edit the prompts and gives final approval before materials are made.
Carey drafts custom prompts. Your teacher has the final say.
A prompt in the experience
Applying a budget, explaining tradeoffs, and listening to different choices.
The reasoning students use, concepts they can apply, and questions to revisit.
02 / INSIDE THE ARTIST-LED LAB
The first visit generates the evidence. A faculty review shapes the board and final creative session. Explore each stage.
THE WILDCARD EXPERIENCE
Carey leads puzzle art and adapted Vibes & Virtues play around an approved learning goal. Students answer prompts, ask questions, and reveal the artwork. Their responses form the evidence for what happens next.
CAREY COLLECTS RESPONSES AND QUESTIONSCarey organizes responses by prompt, identifies recurring and contrasting ideas, and connects each theme to anonymous source responses. He builds a custom, school-accessible site with charts, questions, and detail faculty can explore.
RESPONSE COUNTS ARE NOT STUDENT HEADCOUNTS
FACULTY REVIEW + EXCHANGE BOARD
Carey meets with faculty to interpret the findings and agree on follow-up prompts. The reusable Exchange Board can live in a shared space or rotate among classrooms. Your school gets a printable PDF of approved cards, a blank template, and a refresh guide for use throughout the year.
THE SCHOOL APPROVES PROMPTS AND BOARD PLAN
STUDENT-CREATED ART
Carey facilitates students as they create original work in an agreed form, such as visual art, music, or poetry, inspired by the themes they explored. If funding permits, a student-designed mural led and facilitated by Carey can be commissioned separately.
STUDENTS DESIGN AND CREATE; CAREY FACILITATES03 / THE SCHOOL DATA SITE
After visit one, Carey compiles responses and questions by prompt, reviews recurring and contrasting themes, and links each theme to anonymous student words. Your school receives a custom site with visual summaries and detail faculty can explore.
Carey then meets with faculty to interpret the findings and choose the Exchange Board prompts and final creative direction together.
Counts describe recorded responses, not unique students or mastery scores. School responses stay in the school-accessible site, not the public Wildcard Cultural Archive. Access and sharing follow the school's approved permissions.
Explore the prompt, patterns, original words, and questions behind the summary.
A group has a $100 budget for an event. What would you prioritize, and why?
“Our group chose food before decorations because everyone needs to eat.”
Shown for illustration; the real site links themes to actual permitted responses.How do you decide what matters most when a group disagrees?
A hands-on group budgeting and visual decision-making activity.
A response may relate to more than one theme. The sample counts and words above are fictional.
04 / ARTIST-LED PILOT SCOPE
Designed for one school-selected topic and a large-group Wildcard activation. Carey has engaged 100+ students in this format. The participant flow, room setup, materials, and staffing are scoped with your school.
Your school provides suitable spaces, supervision appropriate to the group size, a location or rotation plan for the board, the schedule, and required participation and data permissions.
Optional additions include Carey-designed prompt packs for new topics, a topic specialist or guest speaker, additional activations, an exhibition, or a separately commissioned mural designed by students and led and facilitated by Carey if funding permits.
LED BY CAREY FOUNTAIN
Carey formerly led public programs and partnerships at the Birmingham Museum of Art and now directs programs and partnerships at Foot Soldiers Park & Education Center. He has brought collaborative art into schools and co-designed a financial literacy pilot with University of Alabama finance professor Joshua Pierce; Foot Soldiers Park reports that 111 high-school students joined the 2025 pilot.
2022 recognitionOutstanding Service Outside the Profession · Alabama Art Education Association
BRING VIBES & VIRTUES TO YOUR SCHOOL
Share your topic, grade level, and timing. Carey will recommend a teacher-led kit or artist-led Lab, clarify the deliverables, and provide a school-ready quote.
Prefer email? Write to carey@vibesandvirtues.com
