Directions:

Please follow the pages through to the end to make sure you have all of you options selected for the conference:

1. AM workshop
2. PM workshop
3. Lunch menu
4. Check Out

WORKSHOP 1B: CREATING A PAPER CAST FROM A CLAY RELIEF ORIGINAL

LEVEL: 6-12

FACILITATOR:Lou Fuchs, Artist, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts

Back due to popular demand. This workshop will provide step-by-step instructions and demos for making a plaster cast relief. We will discuss how to make a quick plaster mold from a clay relief and talk about using paper pulp to create a paper cast of the relief.Participants should bring a notebook.

Limit: 24

WORKSHOP 2B: WOOD SCULPTURE TECHNIQUES FOR THE ART ROOM

LEVEL: 4-12

FACILITATOR: David Holtzman, Central School, Simsbury, CT

This workshop will demonstrate simple woodworking techniques for application to sculpture in the classroom. The fundamentals of this approach are based on a simple assortment of tools available with modest budgets. Application processes will emulate the look of contemporary sculptural artists Deborah Butterfield and Mel Hendrick. Participants should bring a work clothes/ apron.

Materials fee: $5.00 Limit: 18

WORKSHOP 3B: GYOTAKU FISH PRINTING

LEVEL: K-5

FACILITATORS:Carolyn Olivieri & Chris Beebe, Latimer Lane Elementary School, Simsbury, CT

Art teacher Carolyn Olivieri and visiting artist Chris Beebe will present a workshop discussing collaborative teaching of Japanese Gyotaku fish printing inspired by a third grade interdisciplinary unit of study on Japanese culture. This will be a hands-on workshop creating prints with a variety of rubber molds of fish and acrylic paints.

Materials fee: $3.00 Limit: 20

WORKSHOP 4B: “HOW PICTURES WORK” AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT COMBINING ART AND LANGUAGE ARTS

LEVEL: 5-8

FACILITATORS: Patricia Watt and Helen McDonald, Center School, Old Lyme, CT

In her book for adults, “Picture This,” children’s author Molly Bang analyzes in simple terms, using a scene from Little Red Ridding Hood, how the structure of a picture affects our emotional response. Participants will work cooperatively in small groups using only basic shares and a limited color scheme to create a collage which evokes an appropriate emotional reaction to a scene from a fairy tale. The creative process of each group will also be documented with journal entries and digital photographs.

Limit: 20

WORKSHOP 5B: FAUX METAL

LEVEL: 6-8

FACILITATOR:Sherri O. Nieves, Vernon Center Middle School, Vernon, CT

Create artwork that looks like incised metal by simply using layered cardboard, aluminum foil and your imagination.

Limit: 20

WORKSHOP 6B: BEYOND FEBRUARY: INSINUATING AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART INTO THE ART CURRICULUM

LEVEL: 6-12

FACILITATOR:Cora Marshall, Art Department Faculty, CCSU, New Britain, CT

This presentation offers a variety of ways that teachers can insinuate African-American artists into the regular art curriculum by offering appropriate pairings with existing curriculum areas, such as drawing, painting, landscape, abstraction, etc.

Limit: 25

WORKSHOP 7B: MASTERING COLOR MANAGEMENT IN THE DIGITAL STUDIO

LEVEL: 9-12

FACILITATOR: Michael Gallagher, Westover School, Middlebury, CT

A soup to nuts introduction to color management! This presentation will cover the topics of theory and practical application, while demonstrating calibrating and creating profiles, as well as applying management techniques to input, monitors and output devices.

Limit: 18

WORKSHOP 8B: CREATING DISTRICT-WIDE ASSESSMENTS IN VISUAL ART EDUCATION

LEVEL: ALL

FACILITATORS:Scott Shuler, SDE, Cindy Rehm & Cindy Parsons, Simsbury High School, Simsbury, CT

Participants will be engaged in discussion and activities supportive of assessment initiatives, review effective models in CT districts as well as strategies that support arts assessments when addressing school boards and administrators. Learn how one school district is implementing District-Wide Assessments which measure student achievement in ‘responding to’ and ‘creating’ visual art across, schools, grade levels and courses. The district Art Leaders will ‘unveil’ newly developed assessments, inform participants of the process employed as well as provide examples. Get involved in a new project to develop practical district-wide art assessment systems!

Limit: 20

WORKSHOP 9B: COLORED PENCIL

LEVEL: 6-12

FACILITATORS:Pat DiCosimo & Marty Koons, Retired Art Educators

Learn multiple aspects of working with colored pencils. Participants should bring colored pencils and a drawing pad of Bristol Board.

Limit: 24

WORKSHOP 10B: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE ELEMENTARY ART CURRICULUM

LEVEL: K-5

FACILITATOR:Patty Piellucci, A. Ward Spalding, Suffield, CT

Computer lab? Multi-media projector? Smart board? Discuss how current and emerging technologies can enhance your existing elementary art curriculum. Specific successfully implemented units for Grade 2 and 4 will be presented. Kid friendly web sites will be explored. Participants should bring a notebook.

Limit: 25

WORKSHOP 11B: DECORATIVE ‘MAJOLICA’ WARES

LEVEL: 6-12

FACILITATOR:Michael Earley, Cheshire High School, Cheshire, CT

Create the look and feel of Majolica pottery with this easy, fool-proof method; white clay, masking tape stencils and underglazes. Participants will learn to create highly patterned surfaces on simple forms. Ceramic bisque tiles will be used for this workshop.

Limit: 18

WORKSHOP 12B: TEACHING ART OF THE MIDDLE EAST

LEVEL: 1-6

FACILITATOR:Susan S. Kopecki, Hillcrest Elementary School, Wethersfield, CT

Looking for lessons that focus on the art of the Middle East? Then follow my tour as I share my Fellowship to Turkey, a 21⁄2 week journey through the cradle of civilization. Participants will leave with many new and exciting interdisciplinary lessons, examine lots of visuals from this culturally rich region and participate in a hands-on component.

Limit: 24

WORKSHOP 13B: USING TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN ART TO TEACH DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE & RESPECT

LEVEL: 6-8

FACILITATOR:Joyce St. Germaine, Bristow Middle School, West Hartford, CT

Native American art includes symbols that honor the equality of all races, show respect for elders, and remind us to embrace our personal imperfections. When this art includes depictions or parts of certain animals, it also brings to life qualities such as leadership, gentleness, self esteem, or love. Learn about these symbols and see how to use them by creating a dream-catcher and transforming it into a Medicine Wheel of diversity, tolerance, and respect.Participants can bring an optional feather 3” – 6” long.

Materials fee: $5.00 Limit: 33

WORKSHOP 14B: WIRE JEWELRY- TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

LEVEL: 7-12

FACILITATOR:Joanne Barry-Dutro, Hall High School, West Hartford, CT

This workshop will introduce basic tools and materials for designing and forming a simple wire pin. Planning, filing, hammering and finishing will be demonstrated. Workshop participants will create their own wire pin using these basic ideas, materials and techniques.Participants should bring a ball-peen hammer and a mini anvil (if you have one).

Materials fee: $2.00 Limit: 18

WORKSHOP 15B: WORKS OF THE GREAT MASTERS: PARTNERSHIP OF VISUAL ARTS & MOVEMENT

LEVEL: K-12FACILITATOR: Jo McGinnis & Debby Szajnberg, Wolcott Elementary School, West Hartford, CT

Works of the Great Masters is a performance group in which students select, analyze and interpret a piece of visual art, then create an original dance based on their insights into that piece which they perform for the whole school. The process uses visual arts as the inspiration for movement and heightens students’ awareness of how the visual arts and dance interrelate. Attendees will actively participate in the entire process and view student created performance pieces.Participants should wear clothes that are easy to move/dance in.

Limit: 24