Evening for Educators

Teachers and administrators of every discipline are invited to join us at the Center for an evening of creativity, exploration, and inspiration. Join fellow educators to learn how to engage your students with art from the region. Discover creative ways to engage with art across the curriculum, like math, creative writing, and more! 

Through guided discussion, close looking, and hands-on activities, you'll see how visual art can make complex concepts more accessible, memorable, and engaging for students. Choose from a range of sessions covering ekphrastic writing, math in art, literary devices, sustainable architecture, visual thinking strategies, and the dialogue between art and science; plus drop-in artmaking experiences you can explore at your own pace throughout the evening.

This event is free for all teachers and administrators.

Free parking. Lite refreshments will be provided.

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Schedule:  

Choose one or more tours throughout the evening, drop in for artmaking too!

4:00 – 4:30 Welcome and Registration

4:15 – 5:00  Ekphrastic Writing: Creative Storytelling Inspired by Art

4:30 – 5:15  Everyday Mathematics: Math Hiding in Plain Art

4:45 – 5:30  Discovering Architecture: What Makes the Art Center Green?

5:00 – 5:45  Visual Thinking Strategies: Looking Closely, Thinking Deeply

5:15 – 6:30   Reading Art: Literary Devices in Concrete Visual Form

5:30 – 6:15   Paradigm Shift: Art & Science in Dialogue

4:30 – 7:30 Drop-In:

• Inspired by the Collection: Artmaking Experiences for the Classroom (located in Useum Studio)
• Threads of Nature: A Felted Interpretation of Burchfield's World (located in Reception Space)