The
Arts Educators Professional Network
Development and networking opportunities for
teachers of art, music, theater and dance. The professional
development programs are sequential and cumulative with plans
to formalize the required 175 hours over 5
years of professional development for arts
educators to stimulate enthusiasm, skill and effective
curricula for the visual and performing arts classrooms.
The Arts Educator Network offers arts professional development
to an extended region through the Greater Capital Region
Teacher Center and Capital Region BOCES through continued
efforts to explore collaborative efforts with other BOCES.
Contact: Sharon Siegel (518)-464-3929 Fax: (518) 464-3909 Email:
ssiegel@gw.neric.org
Art
Making Series with Digital Applications
In response to many requests from art and graphic
design teachers for professional development that bridges
traditional and new media this series of retreats offers
hands-on practical workshops in a variety of traditional art
media with a parallel digital component. These programs are
co-sponsored by Greater Capital Region Teacher Center and the
Arts Educators Network of the Capital Region BOCES. Art
Teachers are required to instruct media that may or may not be
their area of expertise. Learn how to handle a variety of art
materials and techniques and how to apply them to your
classroom. Quote from a teacher who participated in past
workshops: “These workshops have been an inspiration...
It’s been extremely motivating throughout the year to work
with a variety of media and learn techniques that excite me.
My enthusiasm is shared with my students... It has been one of
the most satisfying professional development experiences I
have had in years.” The excitement at the end of each
workshop is palpable. Though a medium may have been strange or
unfamiliar, each teacher leaves with lessons, their own
finished examples and technology applications that he/she will
incorporate into the classroom.
October
PREPARING
AND USING DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS WITH STUDENTS
For
students, learning to organize artwork in a dynamically
effective and efficient way is essential in their preparation
of a portfolio for art school or as a supplement to their
application for college. Using iPhoto you will learn how
students can develop their portfolio digitally and maintain
and add to it as part of the art learning process. Learn how
you and your students will be able to access their work
immediately for print or CD and webpage presentations. You
will also discover how this digital “cataloging” method
can be used to simplify the grading process and the selection
of artwork for district level and regional art shows.
Location:
Niskayuna High School Room - F107 (Electronic Arts Studio)
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008
Time: 4:30 -6:30
Fee: $15/2
hrs
Registration: Register with Capital Region BOCES ONLINE,
Print from PDF
Contact
Sharon Siegel, ssiegel@gw.neric.org
Instructor:
Scott Walroth
is currently the Director of Art for the Niskayuna Central
School District. He is responsible for the K-12 art curriculum
and teaches two sections of Advanced Studio Art Honors. Mr.
Walroth attended Suny Potsdam, St. Lawrence University,
received an MFA with honors in papermaking/printmaking from
Syracuse University and holds an S.A.S from the college of St.
Rose. Mr. Walroth has been an advocate for the use of
technology in Art since 1986 and has developed and offered
numerous workshops combining the two. He continues to pursue
his own work as an artist in a variety of mediums.
Directions
to Niskayuna High School:
From Western New York: From
Thruway (I-90) going East, get off Exit 25.
Follow I-890 East to exit for Rt. 7 (Troy). Follow Rt. 7 until Balltown Rd. (Rt. 146).
Turn left onto Balltown Rd.
Follow Balltown (Rt. 146) to Nott St. (Third stop light
on right). Turn right on Nott St., proceed past the post
office and shopping center, turn left at the HS sign. You will
enter the back of the building to avoid the construction.
Enter through the Media Center Doors (last set of doors in
back of school.) The gallery is straight ahead.
From North: From Northway - Get
off at exit 6. Turn
right on Rt. 7 for approximately 7 miles.
At the fork (Rt. 7 to the left and Union Street to the
right), bear right onto Union Street to Balltown Road.
Turn right onto Balltown (Rt. 146.) See above.
From South: From Northway - Get
off at exit 6. Turn
left on Rt. 7 for approximately 7 miles.
At the fork (Rt. 7 to the left and Union Street to the
right), bear right onto Union Street to Balltown Road.
Turn right onto Balltown (Rt. 146.) See above.
SCAVENGER
HUNT OF DIGITAL CAMERA TECHNIQUES
A self-paced tutorial to discover some
unknown, therefore unused, features hidden (and carefully
disguised as frustrating buttons) within your very own digital
A scavenger hunt of photo assignments to introduce you to your
camera functions advanced effects. Back in the portable
computer lab we will learn how to improve and alter the photos
to create interesting special effects. Assignments will have
artistic merit based on art curricular objectives and utilize
the superb Rensselaerville Institute surroundings. The
scavenger hunt assignments can be easily transferred to your
classroom. Come with your digital camera and its manual.
(Digital camera provided if you don’t have one at your
disposal.) Portions of this program generously underwritten by
Apple Computer.
Location: Bethlehem
High School, 700 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY 12054
Dates: October 18, 2008 (Sat)
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Fee: $25/6 hrs
Code: 2885
Register:
through the Greater
Capital Region Teacher Center, 479-4083
Instructor:
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 field 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 newfound
respect for digital imaging. Peter teaches photography and
computer graphics at Glens Falls City School District.
JAPANESE
ART PART 1: LET THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
TRANSPORT YOU TO JAPAN!
Immerse yourself in one of the largest
and most important collections of Japanese art outside of
Japan. Buddhist statuary, Japanese decorative arts, textiles,
paintings, and woodblock prints together provide a
comprehensive view of Japanese art at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston. Teachers will spend time in the Museum's galleries
with scholars and museum educators. They will look at the
collection as a whole providing the broad context of Japanese
art, while focusing on two special exhibitions: "Visions
of Kyoto: Scenes from Japan's Ancient Capital" and
"Zen Mind/Zen Brush: Japanese Ink Paintings from the
Gitter-Yelen Collection." In the studio art component of
the program, workshop participants will produce works of art
inspired by what they see in the galleries. They will try
their hand at traditional Japanese calligraphy and suminagashi
(Japanese paper marbling), and leave with lesson plan ideas
and resources to enhance their classroom teaching.
Around
80 percent of the Japanese art in the MFA is made up of
Japanese woodblock prints and books, including works acquired
in Japan in the late nineteenth century and the fabled
collection of John and William Spaulding, given in 1921. More
recently, donated prints and photographs depict the emergence
of Japan as a modernizing nation.
Don’t
miss this outstanding opportunity to experience an in-depth
look at Japanese art with outstanding experts form the BMFA
staff. There is time allotted to explore the collection on
your own in addition to work with curatorial staff. Lunch on
your own.
Location: Crossgates Mall outer lot on
ring road near Burlington Coat
Date: Oct 25 (Sat) 2008
Time: 8am prompt departure from Crossgates – 7:30pm departure
from Faneuil Hall in Boston
Fee: $55/6 hrs
(includes transportation, entrance fees, educational program
and
documentation of participation).
Code: 2883
Facilitator: Suzy Hokanson
Register:
through the
Greater Capital Region Teacher Center, 479-4083
Instructors:
Willamarie
Moore is Head of School Programs and Resources.
With a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.A. from George
Washington University, Ms. Moore has two decades of experience
in the field of education. She has taught students ranging
from elementary school-aged children to adults, in Japan,
Cambodia, Washington, DC, and throughout the greater Boston
area. She has over ten years of experience as a museum
educator in the Boston area, developing, teaching, and
consulting on a wide range of programs. Some examples include:
a yearlong intensive study including a seventeen-day study
tour to Japan for Boston and Cambridge public school teachers
(1998 – 1999); and more recently, a course called “A
Closer Look at American History Using Visual Thinking
Strategies” as an Adjunct Professor in the Division of
Graduate Education and Continuing Education at Framingham
State College (Fall 2007). She has published multiple teaching
kits and curriculum units for K – 12 educators to
effectively link museum and classroom learning.
Judith
King, Manager of
School and Teacher Partnerships, received her B.A. from
Wellesley College, her MBA from the University of Chicago, and
completed graduate work in Museum Studies at Tufts University.
Prior to joining the MFA, she worked at the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts and the Peabody Essex Museum in the areas of
student visits, tour development, and docent training. At the
MFA, Ms. King is responsible for all aspects of the Museum’s
Teacher Professional Development workshops and institutes,
from concept development to final execution. Recent workshop
and institute topics include: “It Speaks to Me: Literacy and
Art;” and “Art as History: Multiple Viewpoints and Voices
in the Creation of a New Nation.” She also manages the
MFA/Boston Public Schools Thinking Through Art Partnership
program, currently serving nine elementary schools. Ms. King
was the primary author/editor for the School
Arts Magazine series featuring the collections of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (March 2005).
November
JAPANESE
ART PART 2: WABI SABI: THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC
Participants will develop skills and
prototypes to be able to teach their students a variety of
Japanese art forms. These will include creating their own
individualized Hanko (signature seal), Ukiyo-e (images of the
floating world), Byobu (folding screens), Japanese batik,
Kanji characters and Sumi-e.
Participants will have an opportunity to mix their own
paints using traditional Japanese Materials (rabbit skin glue
and mineral pigments) to create their Byobu.
Participants will have the opportunity to see slides
and video clips of Japan and learn about the Japan Fulbright
opportunity. Participants
will brain storm how they can expand and improve these
activities to develop lessons age-appropriate for their
students. Materials fee: $10
Location: Teacher Center at
Rensselaerville Institute
Dates: Nov 14, 15 (Fri-Sat)
Time: 5pm Fri thru 4pm Sat
Fee: $99/15 hrs 1 in-service credit (inc meals and overnight
lodging)
Code: 2884
Register:
through the
Greater Capital Region Teacher Center, 479-4083
Instructor: Suzy
Hokanson teaches Art at Bethlehem Middle School
where she utilizes technology whenever possible. Each of her
lessons begins with a PowerPoint presentation that
incorporates the incredible information and images available
on the Internet as well as digital photographs and scanned
data. Suzy has also created an extensive website with
FrontPage that she uses to communicate with her students,
their families and the community… http://bcsd.k12.ny.us/middle/hokanson/hokanson.htm
She finds that it is a very effective method for organizing
her curriculum and showcasing her student’s work in an
easily accessible way.
Beyond
Paper and Pencil: Bringing Literacy to Life through the
Performing Arts
Are
you having trouble reaching any of your students? Are they
distracted and bored by traditional methods? Master teaching
artists Julie Kabat and Susan Griss will introduce teachers to
successful strategies of using movement, music, and poetry to
enhance student learning in English Language Arts, K - 5. The
integration of arts and curriculum allows teachers a practical
and fun way to develop academic skills, build community, and
cultivate creativity in the classroom. Some of the topics to
be covered include main idea, key details, vocabulary,
sequence, and reading with expression.
Location:
Capital Region BOCES, 900
Watervliet-Shaker Rd, Albany 12205
Date: Friday, November 14,
2008
Time: 8:30 am - 3:00pm
Cost:
$90 Enrollment limited to 35. Cost: $90.
Breakfast & Lunch
Register Online at http://arts.capregboces.org
Registration
Deadline 11/1/08
Susan
Griss,
educational consultant and choreographer, is the author of Minds
in Motion: A Kinesthetic Approach
to Teaching Elementary Curriculum,
works with children in the public schools, and is on the
faculty of Bank Street College of Education and Lesley
University.
Julie
Kabat is
Executive and Artistic Director of Concerted Effort and, as a
composer and teaching artist, draws on over 25 years of
experience working on creative projects in schools with
children and teachers.
Susan and
Julie are co-directors of BEYOND
PAPER AND PENCIL, a program of Concerted Effort, Inc.
ARTS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY
March 27,
2009
More
details to follow!
April
PRINT
YOURSELF A FLAG BOOK
Participants will use watercolors and
water-soluble crayons to create a few pages of monoprints on a
topic of their choice or using the presenter's guidelines.
Monoprints are drawings and paintings on Plexiglas that
are then printed on paper using a non-printing press technique
(Most classrooms don't have printing presses- so although we
have use of a press at the Arts Center, we will not be using
it for this class.) While the prints dry, we will put together
the cover and spine of the flag book.
Finally we'll cut the prints, make the flag inserts
using the prints and bind the book. What
is a Flagbook?: See The Flagbook Bind-O-Rama
Instructor: Joann Johnson
teaches art at Cohoes CSD.
Location: The Arts Center of the
Capital Region, 265 River Street, Troy, NY 12180
(518) 273-0552
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009
Time: 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Fee: $30/6hr
Registration: Register with Capital Region BOCES ONLINE,
Print from PDF
Contact Sharon Siegel, ssiegel@gw.neric.org
May
DIGITAL
CAMERA TECHNIQUES II: ELECTRONIC DARKROOM
“Now that I know how to take good photographs, how do I tweak them?”
Learn how to use Adobe Photo Elements (software under $100) to
enhance your photographs. Use tools and functions inside
Elements to be more expressive and creative! Starting with
basic dodging and burning like a traditional darkroom, we will
move on to exciting high tech features only available using
digital software.
Location: Bethlehem
High School, 700 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY 12054
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009
Time: 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Fee: $30/6hr
Registration: Register with Capital Region BOCES ONLINE,
Print from PDF
Contact Sharon Siegel, ssiegel@gw.neric.org
Instructor:
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 field 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 newfound
respect for digital imaging. Peter teaches photography and
computer graphics at Glens Falls City School District.
May/July
2009
SUMMER INSTITUTE AND ART MAKING RETREAT
This annual summer institute is being
offered for the ninth year. GCRTC and the Capital Region BOCES
Arts Educators Network are proud to present this outstanding
institute designed to support the particular needs of art
teachers in traditional media making or in integrating
multi-media in the classroom as a medium and teaching too.
Artistic
Renewal for Art Teachers: Art Making and Technology for you
and your students
In July 2009, participants will spend
four days creating original artwork and developing materials,
both digital and traditional, for classroom use.
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 then look at ways to strengthen the
activity for the classroom. 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. One day will
be devoted to a guest artist who will lead participants in a
hands-on workshop. The wonderful environ of Rensselaerville
Institute will act as inspiration and possible material
source. 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 and
digital art making, 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 medium of your choice. There will be ample time for
working on your own artwork as well as networking with others
about artwork and digital applications. Join your colleagues
to discuss your work and its application to the classroom.
SESSION
1: PREPARATION FOR THE SUMMER INSTITUTE
This is a 3-hour essential meeting to help
participants in the summer institute define and
prepare for their summer retreat experience.
The May 27, 2009 (Wed) meeting will center on:
• Deciding in which aspect of the retreat the participant
will engage: art technology curriculum writing; digital or
traditional media making
• Identify materials and resources needed for the Summer
Institute
• Determine key objectives and outcomes, which each teacher
considers most important
• Deciding what software/hardware will be used in the
summer; which applications are best for what tasks
• Consider what lessons to develop using traditional or
multi-media
Dates: May 27, 2009 (Wed)
Location: Capital Region BOCES School Support Services, 900
Watervliet-Shaker Road, Albany
Time: 4:00-7:00 PM
Cost: $10.
Registration: Please register for Session 1 with Capital Region
BOCES Arts Educators Network
Contact: Sharon Siegel (518)-464-3929 Fax: (518) 464-3992 Email:
ssiegel@gw.neric.org
Session
2: ART MAKING RETREAT: Artistic Renewal For Art Teachers: More
Art Making and Technology
Dates: July 19, 20, 21, 22, 2009
(Sun – Wed)
Location: Minnowbrook Conference Center, Blue Mountain
Time: 10am Sunday thru 3pm Wednesday
(inc. meals, lodging and materials)
Cost: $195/30 hrs
Code: 2892
Registration:
Please register for Session 2 with 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 got
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 field 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 at all, but had a newfound respect for
digital imaging. Peter teaches photography and computer
graphics at Glens Falls City School District.
Sharon
Siegel is
a Coordinator for the Capital Region BOCES. She has been an
independent artist; illustrator; founder and director of the
Albany School of Visual Arts; and an adjunct professor and
supervisor of art student teachers for the College of St.
Rose. She has led many professional development activities for
regional artists and art teachers.
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