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10:15am EST

Tips and Tricks for Working with an Art Cart

Saturday November 9, 2024 10:15am - 11:05am EST

Bank Building Room #B216

Participants will learn strategies and techniques to work successfully from art on a cart. A variety of tips and tricks will be presented related to organization of supplies, lesson planning/content, how to work with other teachers, and how to prep materials ahead of time.

Speakers

Simone Kivett

Elementary Art Teacher, Lynn Public Schools

I am in my 13th year as an elementary art teacher in two schools (Lynn Woods Elementary School and Hood Elementary School) for Grades PreK-5 including special education classes with Lynn Public Schools. I teach to approximately 600 students a week on art carts. I have a Bachelor of... Read More →

Saturday November 9, 2024 10:15am - 11:05am EST
Bank Building Room #B216 248 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915, USA

Best Practice Lecture

1:20pm EST

Maintaining your own Creative Practice as an Artist While Teaching

Saturday November 9, 2024 1:20pm - 2:10pm EST

Bank Building Room #B216

This session will cover sources of inspiration, ways to find balance, and how to motivate yourself to maintain or rediscover your own creative practice as an artist while teaching.

Speakers

Patricia Morchel

Assistant Professor of Art and Art Education, Bridgewater State University

Saturday November 9, 2024 1:20pm - 2:10pm EST
Bank Building Room #B216 248 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915, USA

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

11:15am EST

Teaching Visual Culture

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

Bank Building Room #B216

This practical approach to teaching Visual Culture asks us to examine the imagery we interact with daily. In turn asking students to explore the images and media they are viewing. This method creates awareness about who is saying what and why.

Speakers

Anne Charron

west springfield high school

Anne Charron has been teaching for 18 years in urban and suburban schools, pre K-12. She chairs the department of visual and performing arts at West Springfield High School. She has mentored numerous student teachers during her career, and finds that sharing her energy for teaching... Read More →

Sunday November 10, 2024 11:15am - 12:05pm EST
Bank Building Room #B216 248 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915, USA

Interactive Discussion