2008 Programs

Drawing can help students learn in a wide variety of subject areas. You don't need vast art-making experience to effectively incorporate drawing into your lesson plans. In fact, in just two days, you can learn basic drawing techniques and vocabulary and apply them to create a portfolio of samples for your students. Brainstorm with your colleagues about
how to use drawing to make your classroom more engaging. Evaluate which materials are most appropriate for your subject and grade level. No drawing experience is necessary.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Explore creative methods for blending digital art with the written word in Marwen's state-of-the-art technology studio. Work with a variety of computer-based applications that are particularly useful for the development of curricular materials, including Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Teaching through sculpture and facilitating related art activities is fun and affordable! Introduce low-cost, easy-to-find materials in a variety of hands-on projects that become independent activity centers in your classroom. Practice basic construction methods, experiment with a range of materials, and prepare to engage your students in a variety of arts integrated units. Best of all, you will have created your own examples to show your students.
No art-making experience required.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Use a digital camera as an effective teaching tool. Stage and create digital photographs, then manipulate them further in Adobe Photoshop. Explore how to use digital photos in a variety of classroom applications, including sequencing images to create simple books with text.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Use a digital camera as an effective teaching tool. Stage and create digital photographs, then manipulate them further in Adobe Photoshop. Explore how to use digital photos in a variety of classroom applications, including sequencing images to create simple books with text.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Examine contemporary drawings and prints to understand materials, techniques, and subject matter unique to American artists. Then create drawings, prints, and simple books inspired by your observations and lessons learned from these American masters. Thanks to the Terra Foundation for American Art for generously funding this course.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

What makes a strong photographic composition? How is American photography unique? Focus on American artists such as Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Lange, Harry Callahan, and others as resources for creating dynamic images using basic digital and other non-darkroom photographic techniques. Thanks to the Terra Foundation for American Art for generously funding this course.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

How does an artist choose and use brushes? Mix colors? Make a painting? Are you intrigued by the idea of incorporating painting into your classroom or subject area? Here is your chance to learn which materials are most suitable for your classroom and to create a series of small paintings with water-based paints that can serve as demonstration samples for your students.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit,15 CPDUs

Learn mosaic, the ancient technique that combines parts and pieces to create a unified image. Analyze texture, color scheme, contour, and value in historic tesserae images and murals. Then, using ceramic and glass tiles, design and complete two works - a small two-dimensional project and a portrait.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Excite imaginations and expand art-making skills by challenging your students to illustrate books. This course, taught by a professional children's book illustrator, shows you how to creatively combine text and images to develop your own classroom book projects. Select a story or poem to illustrate with simple drawing and collage techniques.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Simple tools and basic printmaking techniques are all you'll need to produce an original book in this course taught by a professional children's book illustrator. You'll learn to create simple book forms and discover how to incorporate basic printmaking techniques into your curriculum. Explore books that use prints to tell a story and get your students reading, writing, and printmaking. No prerequisite; teachers who have previously taken Children's Book Illustration are welcome.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Forget expensive equipment and complex electronics - you and your students can make intriguing black-and-white images with a simple pinhole camera. In this course, you'll make your own camera from a basic container and capture images using film and paper negatives. Then, you'll move into the darkroom to see what develops from your experimental negatives. A brief history of pinhole photography will introduce you to the subtle possibilities of these dream-like images.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Help your students apply their investigative skills to discover the parts and pieces that make Chicago. With the guidance of a professional architect, explore the component parts of a city from individual buildings to neighborhoods to open spaces.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Examine the works of Edward Hopper and Winslow Homer, American artists who were also illustrators. You'll study the paintings and illustrations of these artists, then create a biography of the artist of your choice in children's book form, creating an eight-page reader complete with text and illustrations. Thanks to the Terra Foundation for American Art for generously funding this course.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Dig into some clay and gain insights into teaching ceramic arts. Leave this course with great resources for adding hand-building projects to any classroom, with or without a kiln. Demonstrations and hands-on activities will prepare you to present basic coil-building, slab-building, surface techniques, glazing, and firing. Create samples to take with you and receive a handbook on teaching ceramics complete with handouts, a CD-ROM on ceramic artists, a list of ceramics websites, and lots of ideas for lessons.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Practice wheel throwing! Create a collection of vessels and sculptural portraits using a variety of ceramic techniques. You'll take away beautiful samples for your classroom, a handbook of useful teaching handouts, a CD-ROM on ceramic artists, and lots of ideas for creative ceramics projects.
No experience is required.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs

Enhance your students' observation and critical thinking skills, as well as their ability to use context clues for interpretation. Examine and discuss artworks that are related in theme at local galleries and museums, then use the same theme as inspiration to create your own personal mixed media artwork. You will focus on simple, inexpensive materials and collage and transfer techniques that can be applied in any classroom. Thanks to the Terra Foundation for American Art for generously funding this course.
Lunch provided. One lane promotion credit, 15 CPDUs