ARTISTIC BEHAVIOR
TEACHING and LEARNING
CHOICE STUDIO CENTERS
ASSESSMENT
ARCHIVES
FALL CONFERENCES 2008
Wyndham Riverfront,
Michelle Yates
Thursday, November 13, 10 a.m.
Teaching for Artistic Behavior: Learn how to set up your classroom with art centers that replicate an artist’s studio, fostering creativity and individuality, while meeting state standards.
Marriot, Denver Tech Center, 4900 S.
Syracuse St., Denver, CO
Tuesday, October 14
This is not Art, It’s Engineering
http://www.coloradogifted.org/
Thursday, October 23, Time TBA
Is There a Scribble Stage for
Sculpture? Over 50
years ago, Victor Lowenfeld described developmental stages for
children’s
drawing. Do similar stages exist in the three-dimensional art of children?
Skills and strategies used by children
at various ages and stages will illustrate
the idea that there are indeed predictable stages of development in sculpture.
Friday, October 24, 10:45-11:45 Peak 2
Is Choice-Based Art a Good Fit for
your School? Three
instructors, from three diverse school settings (an urban
elementary school, a
suburban ID middle school, and a small K-8 independent school) share their
experiences after adopting
a Choice-Based Art Curriculum. Personal relevance,
student choice, and genuinely differentiated curriculum are assured in a
learning environment which honors students’ interests, innovations and queries.
Friday, October 24, 1:00-2:00, Peak 10
What is the Important Thing? What are the “important” things about teaching art? Does our daily practice do what we
intend it to? Inspired by Margaret Wise Brown’s “The Important Book.” As we help ourselves to identify what is essential in
our teaching, we can help students discover what is essential in their learning.
Terri Noell and Jan Hillmer
Saturday, October 18, 3:00-3:50 p.m.
Teaching for Artistic Behavior:
Choice-Based Art Education
Learn about providing choice-based art instruction to support your students as
they develop their own creative process.
Choice-based art instruction creates
opportunities for a variety of artistic processes to emerge and flourish in
each child.
Kathryn Antman
Friday, November 7, 2:00-2:55
Teaching with Choice. Ever wanted to really individualize your class for each
student? Want to give your students the
chance to make artwork that is
important to them? Tired of trying to make up projects your kids will enjoy?
Come learn about
using choice and centers in the art room to connect to each
child's imagination and creativity.
French Lick Historic Hotel, French
Lick, IN
Bret Bailey
Sunday, November 9, 6 p.m. TAB Roundtable
Monday, November 10, 3 p.m. Simulated TAB Classroom
Monday, November 10, 4:30 p.m. Meaningful Movement in the
John Crowe, Katherine Douglas and Diane Jaquith
Saturday, November 15,
“Art Teaching Has Yet to be Invented.” Today’s art teachers are asked to develop creative and
innovative thinkers who
will meet tomorrow’s challenges. Join in lively
collaborative action research exploring new directions in art education.
Keihle Hall,
Jeff Pridie
Saturday, November 8, 1:30-3:30
includes student evaluations of their TAB experience, examples of student work
selected for the art show, artist statements,
center layouts. Also: How to get
started, how TAB looks in elementary, middle school and high school, resources,
information,
and web connections. The two hour session will wind up with teachers
experiencing working in a center, working with menus
and the five-minute demo.
New Hampshire Institute of Art,
Sandy Stowe, with Kathy Douglas and
Diane Jaquith
Saturday, October 18, 10:15-11:45
for young artists in the classroom. Students choose their
themes and media from centers set up by the teacher. How to
get started,
organize the classroom, write lesson plans and more!
NEW JERSEY: Art Educators of
Double Tree Hotel and
October 6-8
Tuesday, October 7,
8:30-9:15 p.m., Hillsborough
What is IT? Teaching for Artistic Behavior offers multiple strategies and
successes for the difficult to teach student; what is IT
that makes the
choice-based art class work for these challenged kids?
Wednesday, October 8, 11:30 – 1:00 PM • Ballroom West
Advisory Council Presents Super Session
Art and 21st Century Thinking: The art room can be a leader for learning in
the new century. Choice- based teaching embeds
critical thinking, authentic
application and personal responsibility for creating life long
learners. Topics include the writings of Dan Pink
as well as Lois Hetland
et al. (Studio Thinking) and how
these behaviors are nurtured in student-centered art Classrooms.
Katherine
Douglas retired from 34 years of choice based public school art teaching in
currently a visiting professor at
October 10-11
Saturday, October 11,
11:15-12:15
Teaching for Artistic Behavior: “Teachin