MAEA FALL 2006 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Registration – 8:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Session A – 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. (1 hour sessions)
Infusing Pre-AP/AP Content in the Elementary Curriculum: A Case for Vertical Teaming in Art –
Lori Kessler
Elementary
Presentation showcases a model advanced art class using concepts from AP Art curriculum as implemented in an elementary program including: background knowledge to identify gifted art students; strategies for differentiating instruction in the arts; how to design curriculum that aligns with and incorporates AP content and concepts in the arts. Participants receive a CD with suggestions for adjudication; scheduling; electronic portfolios; research links and art exhibits.
Mini Book Making - Susan Van Eseitine
Elementary
This workshop introduces various types of miniature handmade books. Participants will learn how to make several of these books as well as tips and adaptations in working with first through fifth grade students.
Limit: 15
Exploring the Rainforest at Imagine Art Camp – Joan Newcomer & Beckie Lamborn
Elementary
“Exploring the Rainforest” was the theme for our one week summer art camp. This presentation will share what we did with elementary aged campers, as well as give you a chance to design your own mola with cut paper.
Limit: 20 Supplies: scissors, glue stick, 5 squares or origami paper
Mythological Clay Bells - Janice Ford
Elementary Middle
Participants will use slab construction to create a clay bell. A scriptural handle of mythological creature will be added to the bell.
Limit: 24 Supplies: plastic bag
McDonald’s Still Life – Melinda Glackin
Middle
If you need a way to hook your students on still life drawing and “wow” your administration, then this session is for you! During this session, we will explore the realm of still life drawing, McDonald’s style. You will leave this session with a way to motivate your middle school students to do observational drawing, lesson plans, rubrics, and an easy art show that will excite your students and impress parents, peers, administrators and the community.
How do We Teach the New Visual Grammar of Contemporary Art – Dr. Sharon Johnson
Secondary
Using samples of contemporary narrative artwork and samples of adolescent art, the presentation describes how the compositional devices of juxtaposition, layering, appropriation, ironic reference and ambiguity can be used to construct narrative meaning in artwork.
Altered Maps – Elizabeth Dunlap
Secondary
This presentation maps out proven strategies to creating a narrative work of art on an altered surface, one that incorporates artist research, journal writing, drawing and painting.
Limit: 20 Supplies: a variety of drawing media
Assessments that Drive Instruction – Helen Smith
Secondary
A core unit protocol is used to help teachers reach consensus about the characteristics of high quality work. Participants will view advanced proficient artwork produced by entry-level high school art students and gain knowledge about the assessment process.
Art Cards: Exploring Series in a Miniature Format – Caryn Martin
Secondary
What brings you joy? Students in a Fundamentals course (Art I) explore their own answer to this question through the process of idea generation, searching for visual references, and completing a series of miniature drawings that are unified through concept, color, and mark. This session includes a brief hands-on activity and will explore the objectives, sequence, challenges, and successes of this unit.
Limit: 30 Supplies: pencil
Stop Motion Animation for the Classroom - Katie Gill-Harvey
All levels
Flipbooks, claymation, and collage animations are art projects with endless possibilities that students love. Teachers will learn the process of stop action animation from brainstorming, filming, editing and viewing. If you can use a digital camera you can use this process in your classroom. Teachers do not need to have any experience in animation or advanced technology skills to find this workshop useful.
Two Perspectives on Teaching Fashion as Art - Diane Margiotta and Pamela Crockett
All levels
Two lessons on teaching fashion as Art will be presented. The mixed media Fashion show from St. Tim’s and a lesson on making surrealist dresses in clay will be discussed.
Exploring the Voluntary State Curriculum Through . . . Patterns, Geometry, History & Culture –
Dr. Kay Broadwater
All levels
The ancient multicultural Art of Paper Cutting will be opened up using the Voluntary State Curriculum. Participants will have the opportunity to experiment with flat & folded paper cuts. Styles from many nations will be explored in this hands-on workshop.
Elegant Problems at Work – Dr. Karen Carroll & Dr. Joan Gaither
All levels
MICA art education alumni and students will present elegant problems tested with different age learners. Find out what constitutes an elegant problem and how they can be adapted to different age and developmental levels.
Artist/Art Educator: Making Sense of Identity Issues – Valerie Montana
All levels
Have you ever struggled with the goal of being both an artist and an educator? Please attend this presentation to hear about how other art educators have dealt with this issue and learn strategies to manage the conflict. A short hands-on activity is included in the session.
Supplies: glue & scissors
Ceramic Box Project – Campbells Ceramics
All levels
This lesson plan is easy to follow, fun to make and appropriate for all age groups. Beginners will learn basic hand building skills like slab rolling, cutting clay, scoring, slipping, adding texture and handles. The scale and difficulty of the lesson plan can be altered to change skill level.
Keynote and Awards – 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch – 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
In the afternoon, you may choose two 1 hour sessions (B & C) or one 2 hour session (D).
Session B – 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. (1 hour sessions)
Colorful Kaleidoscope Painting – Riselle Abrams
Elementary
Participants will create a colorful kaleidoscope painting while integrating science, math and art in a lesson. Symmetry, fruit and fractions are a part of this process. Refining painting skills and composition are key.
Limit: 20 Supplies: watercolor set, brush, pencil and black crayons
Portfolio Development and Authentic Artwork – Stacey McKenna
Secondary
Portfolio development and the senior year independent study will be the focus of this presentation. McKenna will share practical techniques that are successful in her high school, and which might be easily adapted to other high school programs.
Drifting Towards a Holistic Paradigm in Art Education: What Does that Mean? – Dr. Karen Carroll
All levels
What does it mean to teach holistically? How do holistic approaches deepen engagement with art? What can you do to teach more holistically?
Educating the Art Teacher: Student Art Made at Home –Jennifer Crum
Elementary All
An elementary art teacher questioned the art experiences engaged in by students in their rural homes. A case of five families will be described, in relation to the family influences of values the art students have.
Session C – 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. (1 hour sessions)
How to Make Pop-Up Cards & Books – Carol Barton
All levels
A special kind of creative magic awaits you in this workshop. You will learn basic on-the-fold pop-up structures. These can be included in book formats or work alone as paper sculptures.
Limit: 20 Supplies: scissors
Artists’ Books: Artists Inspiring Artists - Elisa Patterson
Secondary
Using the National Gallery of Art’s High School Seminar program as a case study, we will show how taking inspiration from an artist can inspire your students to create books in a variety of formats. Presenters will discuss how to determine what to include on the pages of the books, book construction, how to display the books, and
Teaching and Assessing Drawing Skills – Cindy Walker
Secondary
High fidelity drawing skills focus on the ability to reproduce objects two-dimensionally with quality and accuracy. This workshop and program concentrate on successfully teaching and assessing perception, knowledge and realistic drawing, and present examples of student works.
Sources and Influences in Adolescent Artwork – Dr. Mary Hafeli
All levels
What aspects of the studio process and what conceptual themes do teens cite as inspiration for meaning in their own artwork? These are the results of a multiple case study.
Session D – 1:15 – 3:30 p.m. (2 hour sessions)
Putting on a New Face – Shawn Costello
Elementary/Middle
This class will show teachers how to go beyond the typical instructions of showing how to draw a face in sections with the line down the middle axis etc. By looking at children’s art work, book illustrators, post-impressionist painters, and current artists in America, we will think outside the box (or oval), and see new and different models for the face. Participants will work with a variety of materials to make examples for visuals to take back to their art room. Limit: 30
Visual Journaling for the Middle School – Ann Summerson
Middle
Participants will be introduced to methods and strategies for developing a visual journal for middle school art students. We will deal with the uses of a visual journal as a tool to enhance classroom management, student organization, visual research and studio production.
Limit: 20 Supplies: sketchbook and drawing/painting materials
The Life of Fossils – Louis West
Middle
This will be an interdisciplinary session based on the stuff of fossils. Informed by the study of real bones and fossils, participants will imagine and create a fossil using linoleum plates and clay. The session will be conducted as a lesson and will include brainstorming, drawing, linoleum printing, and clay techniques.
Limit: 20 Supplies: Drawing pencil, container for transporting your flat unfired fossil (approximately 6” x 8”)
Clay Vessels Revisited and Rooted in Design – Matt Voelker
Middle/Secondary
The coil pot has been extolled as the beginning standard in ceramic education. What other possibilities lie in design (form & function) while maintaining basic skill acquisition? Brainstorm a new solution with your colleagues and leave with a product example for your classroom.
Limit: 20 Supplies: Ceramic Tools (clay will be provided)
“Sketchbooks: Visual Journals v.20: Building a Unit from the Journal Up” – Craig Llewellyn Middle/Secondary/Higher Ed
Teachers will be introduced to methods and strategies dealing with the uses of a visual journal (sketchbook) as a tool to enhance classroom management, student organization, art research, visual research and studio production.
Limit: 25 Supplies: sketchbook, collage materials (photos, mags, news, doodles), scissors, glue, small paint set, endless possibilities)
Experiencing the Elements and Principles of Design Through Non-Objective Sculpture – Alice M. Yutzy Secondary
After looking at the work of Jean Arp, Constantin Brancussi and Isamic Noguchi, students will create small non-objective ceramic sculptures. All sculptures will then be discussed utilizing the elements and principles.
Limit: 20 Supplies: 2 – 3 pounds of clay
Create Hardback Sketchbooks from Recycled Book Boards – Jeff Sharp
Secondary
Does your school library have old hardback books ready to be discarded? Salvage the boards from old hardback books and create new hand-bound sketchbooks. Using a simple list of materials, Jeff Sharp will help you create a hand-bound hardback sketchbook of your own.
Limit: 20 Supplies: needle, thimble, white thread, duct tape
A Figure of Visual Speech – Jonathan Mann
Secondary/Higher Ed.
Why should anyone draw the figure? Are there differences/similarities in how and why the figure is represented visually across, cultures, time, history and through memory? Explore an abbreviated and unconventional history of the figure followed by hands-on approaches for discussion within the classroom. Supplies: pen/pencil & paper for writing
Being in the Moment: Kinesthetic Strategies for Responding to Art from Kindergarten to Adult –
Mary Mark Munday and Dr. Gail Herman All levels
Dr. Herman uses dance notation to create a menu of movement forces, speeds, and levels with which to respond to the formal and conceptual qualities of artwork exemplars. I have begun research this past school year with my kindergarten art classes, teaching them the fundamentals of Dr. Herman’s kinesthetic strategies. Students have become more attentive during art lessons, more empowered by beginning each class with some movement. When observing art exemplars, being asked to move in response has encouraged more perceptive experiences with the artwork’s formal elements affecting interpretation; the “story” of the work can be explored in various ways. Such response experiences affect the creative art making as well. Come prepared to find your Kinesphere and develop your repertoire of non-discursive strategies for engaging yourself and ultimately your students with artwork.
Limit: 20 Supplies: Comfortable clothes to move in
The Arts and Brain Based Teaching - Clare Grizzard and Dr. Mariale Hardiman
All levels
Educators are increasingly aware of the importance of new cognitive and neurological research on how the brain processes, stores and retrieves knowledge. This new frontier consistently validates the necessity of the arts in effective teaching. Topics of discussion will include the brain’s memory system, the impact of emotions on learning, the processes of higher order thinking and learning, and issues related to child development. Participants will apply these themes to opportunities for arts integration and the instructional models that are relevant to their teaching situation.
Wee Wacky Whimsies – Jaye Ayres
Middle and High School
Using Sax ultra-mache, foil, tape and wire, learn how your students can sculpt whimsical creatures full of humor, movement and personality.
Limit: 20 Supplies: needle nose pliers, newspaper
Vendors’ Reception – 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Silent Auction ends at 4:30 p.m.
Student Exhibit Reception – 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Student Award Presentation – 5:30 p.m.
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