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10:15am EST

Can You Teach About Hope Through Fashion?

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 10:40am EST

Hardie Building / Main Library / First Floor

In Fashion, Design, and the Circular Economy, I taught students to position themselves as changemakers and pioneers. The underlying course theme was the power of hope in creativity and change.

Speakers

Alison Safford

Art Educator, The Cambridge School of Weston

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 10:40am EST
Hardie Building / Main Library / First Floor 23 Essex Street, Beverly MA

Best Practice Lecture

10:15am EST

Building Community: A Special Education & 3D Printing Collaboration

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:05am EST

Bank Building Room #B216

Engage with a city building unit where Gen Ed students and students with disabilities worked together to bring an inclusive city to life. See student growth through our 3D Printing design process. Leave with inspiring creative tools and techniques for your own classrooms.

Speakers

Jessica Lazarus

Digital Arts Teacher, Pembroke High School

Looking to share my love of digital and fine arts. Integrating new platforms for authentic student learning and engaging with other passionate art teachers.

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:05am EST
Bank Building Room #B216 248 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915, USA

Best Practice Lecture

10:15am EST

Meeting Diverse Needs: Using DEI Principles in Lesson Content, and Classroom Management

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:05am EST

Hardie Building Room #H303

This presentation explores DEI principles in classroom management and lesson content selection, focusing on rendering human skin tone and self-portraiture.

Speakers

Christopher Spinozzi

Art Teacher, Amherst Regional Middle School

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:05am EST
Hardie Building Room #H303 23 Essex Street, Beverly MA

Best Practice Lecture

10:15am EST

Student-Centered Active Learning Approaches for Teaching Art History

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:05am EST

Bank Building Room #B225

Learn how to incorporate student-centered active learning approaches while teaching art history to provide greater engagement and deeper learning in the art and art history classroom along with the museum.

Speakers

Patricia Morchel

Assistant Professor of Art and Art Education, Bridgewater State University

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:05am EST
Bank Building Room #B225 248 Cabot St.

Best Practice Lecture

10:15am EST

Cohorts in the Classroom

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:35am EST

Hardie Building Room #H204

When we approach our classes as a collective cohort, we unlock the potential for vibrant and authentic learning environments. Tackle essentials like building trust, asset inventories, and constructive critique.

Speakers

Peter Curran

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:35am EST
Hardie Building Room #H204 23 Essex Street, Beverly MA

Best Practice Lecture

10:15am EST

Contemporizing Foundational Skills for the 21st Century Student-Artist

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:35am EST

Hardie Building Room #H101

Where do/did foundational skills come from? What could/should they look like for our 21st century student-artists? How are they different from when we were in art school/starting our teaching careers? What are some strategies in keeping them evolving and relevant?

Speakers

Richard Kim

Art Teacher/Lecturer, Walpole HS/Tufts University

Rich has been an art educator for over 20 years at Walpole High School. He is also a lecturer in the graduate program at SMFA-Tufts University and previously taught at Montserrat College of Art. He received his BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts - Rutgers University (NJ), and... Read More →

Sunday November 10, 2024 10:15am - 11:35am EST
Hardie Building Room #H101 23 Essex Street, Beverly MA

Best Practice Lecture, Research Lecture

11:15am EST

Self Portraits for Connections and Assessments

Sunday November 10, 2024 11:15am - 11:40am EST

Hardie Building Room #H302

This presentation outlines the significance of self-portraits as a pedagogical tool for building strong student-teacher relationships and fostering comprehensive assessment across all grade levels.

Speakers

Bridget O’Leary

Sunday November 10, 2024 11:15am - 11:40am EST
Hardie Building Room #H302 23 Essex Street, Beverly MA

Best Practice Lecture

11:15am EST

Mini Workshops with Guest Artists in the Classroom

Sunday November 10, 2024 11:15am - 12:05pm EST

Bank Building Room #B225

This session covers the successful program at Falmouth High where guest artists' taught workshops and ceramics students made artwork inspired by the workshops. The session will discuss the benefits, show student work, and how to find funding to pay the for workshops.

Speakers

Corine Adams

art teacher, Falmouth High School

Corine Adams teaches ceramics at Falmouth High School. She has a degree in Graphic Design from the Netherlands and a BFA and MAE from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. In 2015 she was awarded the MAEA Secondary Art Educator of the Year.

Sunday November 10, 2024 11:15am - 12:05pm EST
Bank Building Room #B225 248 Cabot St.

Best Practice Lecture