September 2008
ArtsEd Washington Principals' Arts Leadership Program Begins for 2008-09
Is your school ready to teach the arts? ArtsEd Washington is about to embark on its fifth year of providing program support for elementary school principals and their faculty eager to improve the provision of arts programs to all their students by creating and implementing multi-year arts plans.
This is our largest and most intensive program, focusing on developing leadership in arts education at the local school level. We works to inform, guide, inspire, and support elementary school teams, led by principals, in the development and implementation of multi-year arts plans. Each plan identifies the unique pathway for that school to offer high quality instruction to their students in all four arts disciplines using existing and new resources. Schools that have created plans become part of our Alumni group, eligible for ongoing support and assistance to implement their plans.
Learn more about the program by contacting Gail Frasier at 206.441.4501 or visit our Programs page.
University of Washington Certificate Program in Arts and Creativity for Children and Youth
Tuesday Evenings, September 2008 through May 2009 / UW Campus, Seattle
In this 9-month program starting in September, you will learn how to integrate creativity and the arts into activities, materials and lessons that engage children and youth, and you will discover what sparks their creativity as well. The curriculum spans a variety of media including visual, performative and narrative composition. Courses include Concepts and Developmental Activities in the Arts for Children, Practices in Developing Arts and Creativity for Children, and Targeting the Children’s and Youth Audiences.
The application deadline is August 25, 2008. After August 25, 2008, call (206) 685-8936 or email extnadvising@extn.washington.edu to learn if a program is still accepting applications. For more information, please visit http://www.extension.washington.edu/seg/art_write.asp.
University of Washington Certificate Program in Professional Dance Instruction
Sundays, September 2008 through May 2009 / UW Campus, Seattle
Develop a more in-depth knowledge of dance and movement education in this 9-month program starting in September designed to provide professional development to dance and movement instructors. Learn best practices that will give you the skills to teach dance and movement arts in the private and professional sectors, working with either children, adults or both. You will examine classroom dynamics, create lesson plans and explore careers in dance and movement instruction.
The application deadline is August 25, 2008. After August 25, 2008 call (206) 685-8936 or email extnadvising@extn.washington.edu to learn if a program is still accepting applications. For more information, please visit http://www.extension.washington.edu/seg/art_write.asp.
Teachers as Scholars: Understanding Evolution
Saturdays, September 20 and October 4 / 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. / UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, Seattle
How do big changes in life forms evolve over time? How can our closest living relations be chimpanzees if we look so different? Aimed at teachers wishing to connect the study of natural history with scientific concepts, this partially lab-based seminar reveals how evolution works by studying casts of chimpanzee skulls, fossil humans—including Lucy, the most complete and best preserved of any erect-walking human ancestor—and modern humans. We will engage the burgeoning field of evo-devo (evolutionary developmental biology) as we explore fundamental mechanisms of evolution. Understanding Evolution is taught by Becca Price, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (UW Bothell), and Adjunct Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture.
Teachers as Scholars is a professional development program that joins K-12 teachers with university faculty in an educational environment that enriches the teaching and learning of both groups. TAS is jointly sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington and Seattle Arts & Lectures. For more information, email the TAS Program Coordinator at taspuget@u.washington.edu, call 206-616-3151, or visit http://www.lectures.org/0809seminars.html.
October 2008
Back to School Night for Tacoma-Area Educators
Wednesday, October 1 / Open House 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Back to School Night is an exciting opportunity for Tacoma-area educators to relax and mingle while learning more about the resources and programs offered by prominent organizations in the Puget Sound area. Discover engaging, innovative, standards-based ways to bring the arts, social studies, science and other subjects into your classroom – or to bring your students out into the community!
Please join ArtsEd Washington and more than 30 organizations for a fun, free evening at the Tacoma Art Museum. You'll also enjoy complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres, a private viewing of new exhibitions, and an entry to a raffle to win fabulous prizes! Learn more at http://www.museumofglass.org/education/back-to-school-night.
Teachers and Tapas: An Evening for Educators
Tuesday, October 7, 5:30–8 p.m. / Frye Art Museum
Learn about the Frye Art Museum’s K–12 education programs and resources and enjoy a number of exciting programs and activities. Welcome and overview of upcoming exhibitions begins at 5:30 p.m. in the museum’s auditorium. Teachers and Tapas is a free event with complimentary tapas and drinks; however, reservations are required. Click here to register for this event. (One person per registration, please).
Dia de los Muertos: Artistry of the Tapete
Friday, October 10 (State Inservice Day for Teachers) / 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / Tacoma Art Museum
How do artists create fantastic, brightly colored tapetes, or sand paintings, such as the one on display during Tacoma Art Museum's Day of the Dead installation? Under the guidance of Mexican-born artist Fulgencio Lazo, design and create your own tapete. Learn how to bring the arts and culture of Dia de los Muertos to your classroom. Preregistration required; clock hours available. Contact Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org or 253.272.4258 x3038. For more information about the Tacoma Art Museum's Education Programs, please visit http://www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators.
Teachers as Scholars: Young People, New Technologies
Saturdays, October 11 and 25 / 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. /
UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, Seattle
Wired whizzes or techno-slaves? Today’s communication technologies—cell-phone texting, social networking, and online gaming—generate daily media reports which invariably position young people, parents, and teachers between a rock and a hard place: how to keep up without selling out. How can educators engage technology in ways useful and meaningful to young people? Through cultural, historical, and experiential approaches, this seminar examines popular (mis)perceptions of new communication technologies, their increasingly prevalent role in daily life, and effective ways of framing the technology/education relationship. Young People, New Techologies is taught by Crispin Thurlow, faculty in the UW's departments of Communication and of Linguistics.
Teachers as Scholars is a professional development program that joins K-12 teachers with university faculty in an educational environment that enriches the teaching and learning of both groups. TAS is jointly sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington and Seattle Arts & Lectures. For more information, email the TAS Program Coordinator at taspuget@u.washington.edu, call 206-616-3151, or visit http://www.lectures.org/0809seminars.html.
Educator Evening: Henry Art Gallery
Wednesday, October 15, 4-6:30 p.m.
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 15th Ave NE +NE 41st St Seattle, WA 98195
FREE FOR ALL TEACHERS! This special preview evening for teachers and educators will introduce the Richard Misrach and Liz Magor exhibitions with a gallery tour, background information, and suggested lesson approaches for integration with curriculum. Teachers will also have a chance to study other curriculum guides available to borrow or purchase. RSVP by emailing mariareyna@henryart.org or by calling 206.616.9894. For more information about the Henry's education programs, please visit http://www.henryart.org.
Educator Open House: EMP|SFM
Friday, October 17, 5:30 - 8:30 pm / EMP|SFM, 325 5th Ave. North, Seattle WA 98109
EMP|SFM is opening its doors to educators for our Educator Open House. The evening will feature delicious food, live music, gallery tours and of course the opportunity to visit our new and permanent exhibitions. A highlight of the evening is the new exhibition "American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print," which features the work of one of the nation’s oldest operating printing shops in Nashville, Tennessee.
Educators are welcome to bring one guest. Please RSVP at celebrateeducators (at) empsfm (dot) org or call 206.770.2765. For more information about EMP|SFM's Education Programs, please visit http://www.empsfm.org/education/index.asp?categoryID=23&ccID=190.
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Yearlong Institute for Elementary Teachers
First session: Saturday, October 18* / 9:30 am-3:30 pm. / Tacoma Art Museum
*Dates of additional sessions to be determined in concert with participants
VTS is a student-centered, research-based curriculum that uses art to foster students' capacities to observe, think, listen, and communicate. This year, Tacoma Art Museum partners with the developers of VTS to offer and in-depth training opportunity for teachers that is available for clock hours and university credit. The program consists of a day-long training on October 18, four two-hour debriefings during the year (dates TBD during the first session), and a free self-guided museum visit for each teacher's class. Sign up soon! The capacity of the institute is 20 teachers. Preregistration required; clock hours and credit available. Contact Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org or 253.272.4258 x3038. For more information about the Tacoma Art Museum's Education Programs, please visit http://www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators.
The Stem: National Arts Assessment Conference
Los Angeles, CA / October 21-22, 2008
The California Department of Education, The California Arts Project, and the State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards are hosting a conference on assessment for K-12 administrators, arts teachers and coordinators and arts leaders. Four assessment strands will be highlighted: classroom assessment, districts/school management systems, large and high stakes tests, and California assessment. The Stem will be held October 21-22 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit http://csmp.ucop.edu/tcap/
SAM Educator Preview Evening: S'abadeb–The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 / 6-8 p.m. / SAM Downtown
Be one of the first to explore the Seattle Art Museum's fall special exhibition S'abadeb–The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists. This exhibition is a must-see for teachers with students studying Washington State's Native history. Enjoy art making, live music, a raffle, educational resources, refreshments and light eats. Free admission; online registration is required.
71st Annual Conference for Community Arts Education
Philadelphia, PA / October 29-November 1, 2008
Presented by the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, the Conference for Community Arts Education is the preeminent gathering of community arts education leaders in the United States. As a delegate, you’ll develop new skills, share best practices with over 500 peers, and identify new opportunities for collaboration and growth. Join us in Philadelphia and learn how to attract new students, recruit and retain talented faculty, establish successful partnerships, employ the latest technology, raise more money, fill studios in off-peak hours, diversify your program offerings, and increase access to quality arts education in your community! http://www.communityartsed.org/
November 2008
Arts Impact Offers "Creative Pathways to Math"
Saturday, November 8, 2008 / 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. / Puget Sound ESD, Renton
The Puget Sound ESD Arts Impact program is offering a workshop that provides K-6 teachers with strategies to infuse the arts into math. Using various media and visual art techniques, the workshop presents strategies to introduce, present, or reinforce visual art and math infused concepts. Each workshop produces works of art to serve as a model for the lessons back in the classroom.
Performance based assessments are modeled and included with each lesson. Workshop presenters Susy Watts and Meredith Essex will model and lead criteria based reflection of completed artwork. Each lesson is supported by examples of artwork from Tacoma Art Museum and/or Seattle Art Museum permanent collections. Art materials for the workshop are provided.
The workshop fee is $100 (includes a light breakfast and class materials). You may register on-site for six clock hours of credit ($12) at the Puget Sound ESD, 800 Oakesdale Ave. SW, Renton, WA 98057. Registrations are accepted in the order in which they are received by mail, fax (425) 917-7810, or online at http://www.psesd.org. Register early. Class size is limited.
SAM Educator Workshop: S'abadeb–The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists
Saturday, November 8, 2008 / 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. / SAM Downtown
Explore issues of identity, relationships with the land, cultural history and material culture through presentations and hands-on demonstrations in this one-day professional workshop featuring the Seattle Art Museum's fall special exhibition S'abadeb–The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists. Participants receive teaching materials, four Washington State Clock Hours and lunch. Cost is $20; online registration is required.
Teachers as Scholars: Artists and Intellectuals as Icons
Saturdays, November 8 and 22 / 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. /
UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, Seattle
When Oscar Wilde quipped that “only shallow people do not judge by appearances,” he captured something central to a media culture of modern celebrity. Why do we keep looking? In this seminar we’ll look at artists and intellectuals as style-makers and theorists of style. Tracing a history of fashion and self-fashioning that begins with Wilde and ends with Annie Leibovitz, the seminar will provide a vocabulary and framework for reading images—specifically, photographic portraiture—and our fascination with particular figures. Trendsetting literati such as Walter Benjamin and Susan Sontag will guide our readings. Artists and Intellectuals as Icons is taught by Jessica Burstein, UW Associate Professor of English and Women Studies.
Teachers as Scholars is a professional development program that joins K-12 teachers with university faculty in an educational environment that enriches the teaching and learning of both groups. TAS is jointly sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington and Seattle Arts & Lectures. For more information, email the TAS Program Coordinator at taspuget@u.washington.edu, call 206-616-3151, or visit http://www.lectures.org/0809seminars.html.
PEN 2008 Annual Conference
San Franciso, CA / November 16-18, 2008
The Public Education Network's 2008 Annual Conference will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the first local education funds. The conference will center around the legacy, focus, and impact of local education funds over the last 25 years. This exciting event will feature a number of notable speakers, including Susan Berresford, former president of the Ford Foundation; Carol Bellamy, President and CEO, World Learning President, SIT; and Ronald Ferguson, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard University. Learn more at the PEN website.
December 2008
Check back soon for 2008-2009 program information.
January 2009
Teachers as Scholars: Staging Shakespeare Then & Now
Saturdays, January 17 and 31 / 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. /
UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, Seattle
Elizabethan theatre culture profoundly influenced Shakespeare’s composition choices. This seminar will investigate the force of staging practices, theatre conventions, and architecture on the shape and meaning of his plays and will survey techniques employed by modern productions aspiring to recover Shakespeare’s theatre. Drawing upon Othello, Romeo & Juliet, Tempest, and Henry V, we will consider how directors then and now have confronted the difficulties associated with staging conflicts of sex, race, and empire. Staging Shakespeare Then & Now is taught by Odai Johnson, UW Associate Professor in Theatre History and Head of the Ph.D. program in the School of Drama.
Teachers as Scholars is a professional development program that joins K-12 teachers with university faculty in an educational environment that enriches the teaching and learning of both groups. TAS is jointly sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington and Seattle Arts & Lectures. For more information, email the TAS Program Coordinator at taspuget@u.washington.edu, call 206-616-3151, or visit http://www.lectures.org/0809seminars.html.
Teachers as Scholars: A Human Rights for the 21st Century
Saturdays, January 24 and February 7 / 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. /
UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, Seattle
Since the United Nations’ official declaration in 1948, basic human rights have become a movement, legal system, and moral call to action. But what are human rights? Is a global moral system possible in a culturally various world? This seminar investigates the philosophy, history, and evolution of rights in light of critical current issues from Darfur to Tibet, and asks how U.S. political and educational systems might answer the pressing question, “What is to be done?” A Human Rights for the 21st Century is taught by Bruce Kochis, a Senior Lecturer in the UW Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Bothell) Program.
Teachers as Scholars is a professional development program that joins K-12 teachers with university faculty in an educational environment that enriches the teaching and learning of both groups. TAS is jointly sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington and Seattle Arts & Lectures. For more information, email the TAS Program Coordinator at taspuget@u.washington.edu, call 206-616-3151, or visit http://www.lectures.org/0809seminars.html.
Calculated Masterpeice: The Science and Math of Creating Art
Saturday, January 24 / 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / Tacoma Art Museum
How do you create a curved sculpture from flat pieces of stone or work with glass as a hot, viscous material? Explore the ways that math and science may be integrated into an arts curriculum with Courtney Vowels, Manager of School and Teacher Programs at Tacoma Art Museum, certified teacher, and former science educator. Preregistration required; clock hours available. Contact Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org or 253.272.4258 x3038. For more information about the Tacoma Art Museum's Education Programs, please visit http://www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators.
February 2009
Reading and Writing Art
Saturday, February 28 / 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. / Tacoma Art Museum
How do artists and writers develop characters, sequence and pace events, and create dramatic tension in their work? Discover authentic connections between verbal literacy and visual art through interactive experiences in the galleries and studio. This class is taught by Beverly Harding Buehler, arts education consultant, mixed-media artist, and former Manager of Youth and Family Programs at Seattle Art Museum. Preregistration required; clock hours available. Contact Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org or 253.272.4258 x3038. For more information about the Tacoma Art Museum's Education Programs, please visit http://www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators.
March 2009
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April 2009
Teachers as Scholars: Graphic Novels: Reading the New Genre
Saturdays, April 18 and May 2 / 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. /
UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, Seattle
The graphic novel’s emergence as a popular reading genre challenges current concepts of reading and writing. Incorporating this genre into our classrooms may encourage student reading, but we must also cultivate critical approaches that simultaneously recognize graphic novels’ similarities to other narrative forms and their significant differences and departures from those traditions. Through the graphic novel, this seminar asks what it means to read or be literate and explores the implications of reading and writing as avenues to literacy in other forms. Graphic Novels is taught by Caroline Simpson, Associate Professor in the UW English Department.
Teachers as Scholars is a professional development program that joins K-12 teachers with university faculty in an educational environment that enriches the teaching and learning of both groups. TAS is jointly sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington and Seattle Arts & Lectures. For more information, email the TAS Program Coordinator at taspuget@u.washington.edu, call 206-616-3151, or visit http://www.lectures.org/0809seminars.html.
Teachers as Scholars: Youth in Global Times
Saturdays, April 25 and May 9 / 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. /
UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, Seattle
Global transformations in economic prospects and cultural possibilities have catapulted young people to the center of political life internationally. Tellingly, the World Bank focused its 2007 World Development Report on youth transitions to adulthood. But how can we connect the struggles of youth elsewhere with our own students’ concerns? Looking at challenges like privatized education, destabilized employment, and intensified policing here and elsewhere, this seminar offers comparative contexts for reflecting on and engaging with youth experiences around the world. Youth in Global Times is taught by Craig Jeffrey, UW Associate Professor of International Studies and Geography.
Teachers as Scholars is a professional development program that joins K-12 teachers with university faculty in an educational environment that enriches the teaching and learning of both groups. TAS is jointly sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington and Seattle Arts & Lectures. For more information, email the TAS Program Coordinator at taspuget@u.washington.edu, call 206-616-3151, or visit http://www.lectures.org/0809seminars.html.
May 2009
Teachers as Scholars: Ethics and Climate Change
Saturdays, May 16 and 30 / 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. /
UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, Seattle
Climate change ranks among the most important international problems today. Growing gaps in wealth and influence and the rise of consumer lifestyles globally only compound the challenges to moral understanding and action. This seminar examines the ethical dilemmas and philosophical questions that this environmental crisis poses—from the uncertainties of scientific knowledge and policy-making to the requirements of international and intergenerational justice and the moral responsibilities of individuals—so that we might better meet the future. Ethics and Climate Change is taught by Stephen Gardiner, UW Associate Professor of Philosophy and faculty in the Program on Values in Society.
Teachers as Scholars is a professional development program that joins K-12 teachers with university faculty in an educational environment that enriches the teaching and learning of both groups. TAS is jointly sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington and Seattle Arts & Lectures. For more information, email the TAS Program Coordinator at taspuget@u.washington.edu, call 206-616-3151, or visit http://www.lectures.org/0809seminars.html.
The Relucant Artist
Saturday, May 16 / 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. / Tacoma Art Museum
How do you integrate art instruction into a non-art-focused curriculum? Learn some of the basics, including how to align your lessons with the visual arts EALRs and how to do meaningful assessment of student learning in the arts. This class is taught by Beverly Harding Buehler, arts education consultant, mixed-media artist, and former Manager of Youth and Family Programs at Seattle Art Museum. Preregistration required; clock hours available. Contact Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org or 253.272.4258 x3038. For more information about the Tacoma Art Museum's Education Programs, please visit http://www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators.
June 2009
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July 2009
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August 2009
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