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Summer
2010
2010
ART-Making SUMMER Retreat
Preparing Art Lessons with 21st Century Skills for a New
School Year
On August 23-25, 2010 (Mon-Wed), participants will gather at the Rensselaerville Institute and spend
three days creating
original artwork and developing materials
that include 21st Century Skills, both digital and
traditional, for their classrooms.
Developed
especially for art teachers, this retreat will allow the
participants to immerse themselves in their artwork, either
traditional or digital medium, share in group critiques and
look at ways to strengthen the activity for the
classroom. This year we will focus on the
21st Century Skills, what is
already being done and how better to embed them in
curricula. Participants will be given the opportunity to
observe, investigate, explore and link to technology with the
intent to see how digital media may enhance and strengthen
instructional strategies.
Participants
will have access to the Internet to locate resources; access
to film and flatbed scanners to input materials; use of
digital cameras for the making and recording of artwork; and
access to CD burners to store materials. Technical assistance
will be ongoing to be sure teachers are not derailed because
of computer problems.
For
Technology Curriculum Writing, participants should bring ideas
for lesson plans and any materials they need to develop them
participants should have basic computer skills.
For
Art Making, participants should bring
the medium of your choice.
There
will be ample time for working on your own artwork as well as
networking with others about artwork and
21st Century Skills
applications.
Join your colleagues to discuss your work and digital
possibilities.
PREPARATION FOR THE SUMMER ART MAKING RETREAT:
·
Identify materials and resources you need to
bring for the Summer
Institute
·
Determine key objectives and outcomes, which each
teacher considers most important
·
In preparation for the retreat, please let Peter know what
kind of hardware/software you will need and what you will
bring.
·
Consider what lessons to develop using traditional or
multi-media
ART
MAKING RETREAT
Dates:
August 23-25, 2010 (Mon-Wed)
Location: Rensselaerville Institute,
Rensselaerville
Time: Noon Monday thru Noon Wednesday (inc. meals and lodging)
Cost: $280 (+
$26.44
tax if not using a district PO) directly
to Rensselaerville Institute
Register:
through the
Greater Capital Region Teacher Center
Instructors:
Peter
Taylor
graduated from
the Art Institute of Boston in 1981. He worked as a
photojournalist for Picture Group Photo Agency shooting news
stories for publication in Europe and the US. In 1986 he
shifted into commercial photography shooting for clients such
as Johnson & Johnson, General Electric and Hearst
Publishing. After seeing an image he had produced mysteriously
altered on the cover of a magazine, he decided to investigate
the filed of digital artwork. He locked himself in his studio
with a computer and Adobe Photoshop. When he emerged, he
hadn't helped his business or sanity, but had a new found
respect for digital imaging. In 1991 he taught at the
Adirondack Community College and in 1993 became a fulltime
teacher of photography and computer graphics at the WSWHE
BOCES in Saratoga Springs.
Sharon
Siegel
is an
artist, illustrator, former director of the Albany School of
Visual Arts and supervisor of art student teachers for the
College of St. Rose, and currently Arts Coordinator for the
Capital Region BOCES Arts Educators Network. She has led many
professional development activities for regional artists and
art teachers.
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