Saturday Workshop Descriptions

PRESENTER: Megan Morgan FEE: $45 (must pre-register) AUDIENCE: Genral Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:15am-1:15pm LOCATION: IMPERIAL BALLROOM 1

EMAIL: megan@meganmorganfineartist.com

Master Class: Oil Pastel on Burlap

Learn to hand stretch repurposed burlap onto wooden canvases and draw on the surface with oil pastels. MATERIALS TO BRING: Staple Gun – with staples, Wood Panel: any size ok- sizes to start with: 8 x 8”, 12”x 12- 7/8” depth), Oil Pastels – any brand, Objects for still life, Pictures for drawing references, Long Nose Pliers – for canvas, Scissors, Sennelier D’Artigny Pastel Fixative

9:30AM

PRESENTER: Robert Schroeder FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-11:30am LOCATION: PEAK 1 EMAIL: info@lockstockstudios.com

PRESENTER: Jenni Halsted CO-PRESENTER: Travis Hill FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-11:30am LOCATION: PEAK 6/7 EMAIL: thill1441@gmail.com

PRESENTER: Deborah Abbott FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: High School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-10:30am LOCATION: PEAK 8

EMAIL: deborahabbott66@gmail.com

PRESENTER: Karl Horeis FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-10:30am LOCATION: PEAK 9 EMAIL: karl_horeis@dpsk12.org

Pinching Big Pots

3D This workshop will focus on what I feel is an often forgotten/neglected building technique, pinching. I will show how to use the technique to control the clay, and to move the clay up rather than out. Each participant will begiven a ball of clay and instructed on how to make a mug using the pinch pot technique. I will end with showing how pinching can be combined with coiling to build large pieces. MATERIALS TO BRING: Camera or Phone

Adaptive Art

Adaptive/Special Needs Jenni Halsted, Special Education Art Teacher at Fletcher Miller School, shares stories from her time working with students with varying special needs, specifically significant support needs, and how she has adapted the environment, curriculum, media, and equipment, to help them find success, and connection on their art education journey. Jenni will share some of her favorite projects and adaptive devices followed by ample time to ask questions, get advice, and get some hands-on experience with some of her adaptive tools. MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook, Camera or Phone, Way to take notes

Colorado Technical Education Funding and the Arts

Funding Did you know Colorado Technical Education funding can fund the arts? Yes is can. The state has revamped itself 3 times in the last 5 years and it has been hard to keep up but there is still funding out there. Learn out to shift your program just a bit to keep the money flowing. High School and Middle School teachers - check this out! MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop

Nature Notebooks

Drawing Take your students outside with a sketchbook and amazing things can happen. Students excitedly point out spiders or flowers or sit and draw one small plant for ages. In this workshop you will learn and try some ideas for getting your students started with nature notebooks. This practice will help your students develop as artists, writers and scientists and even support their social-emotional well being.

MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, Sketchbook, Drawing Supplies, Glue/Adhesives, Collage Materials

PRESENTER: Nancy Erekson CO-PRESENTER: James Erekson FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: Elementary DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-10:30am LOCATION: PEAK 10 EMAIL: nancyerekson@gmail.com PRESENTER: Dr. Alexandra Overby FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-10:30am LOCATION: PEAK 11 EMAIL: alexaoverby@gmail.com

Art, Literacy and English Language Learners

Art and English Learners Explore how to support young English Learners and their families through scaffolded art experiences in the classroom. For young students, art is an invitation to participate as they acquire cultural and linguistic knowledge of the new community. Art teachers can design projects to enhance language learning, meeting ELA requirements. Learn how art and literacy research converge. Create some fun stenciled word art from one of our community projects. MATERIALS TO BRING: Camera or Phone

Take Over Your Community For a Night of the Arts

Advocacy Come hear how Denver East High plans and runs their annual Artswalk. This event is a collaboration with the fine arts department, school, and community to “take over” the local area around the school for one night for a celebration of the arts that typically sees about 500 people in attendance. Participants will learn how to start developing a similar event, what the timeline looks like, and tips and tricks to running a successful event. MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, Sketchbook

PRESENTER: Dana Goodier FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30am-10:30am LOCATION: PEAK 12 EMAIL: dagoo_1999@yahoo.com

PRESENTER: Joyce Baker FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-10:30am LOCATION: PEAK 14 EMAIL: jblupwe2@gmail.com PRESENTER: Karen Patrum FEE: None AUDIENCE: Elementary DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-10:30am LOCATION: PEAK 15

EMAIL: kpatrum@durangoschools.org

PRESENTER: Crystal Hinds FEE: $7 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-11:30am LOCATION: PEAK 16 EMAIL: crystal.hinds@gmail.com

PRESENTER: Tiffanie Davis CO-PRESENTER: Greg Custer FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: High School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30am-11am LOCATION: PEAK 17 EMAIL: tplbstarck@aol.com PRESENTER: Pam Farris FEE: $3 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-10:30am LOCATION: COPPERTOP 2

EMAIL: arcadiademedina@gmail.com

PRESENTER: Colleen Lam FEE: $2 AUDIENCE: Elementary DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-10:30am LOCATION: COPPERTOP 3 EMAIL: Capskiski@gmail.com PRESENTER: Laura Thompson FEE: $4 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 9:30-11:30am LOCATION: IMPERIAL BALLROOM 2

EMAIL: laurathompsonartwork@gmail.com

More Time on Task in Art Class!

classroom management, student engagement Participants will gain strategies to increase time on task in their art classes. While many art teachers have tools to help keep their students for the most part engaged in their projects, this session will provide you with additional tools to reach and engage every student, especially those displaying both low- and high-level misbehaviors. All teachers, both new and experienced, will encounter that student (or several) who “pushes their buttons”. Learn how to improve your relationship with this student and eliminate their problem behavior by using these simple steps! MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, iPad

Walk the Line

Squiggly, wiggly, thick, thin, soft, sharp, topsy turvy and very curly! Exploring mark making using a variety of materials will deepen our understanding on the visual impact of line quality in a work of art.

Exploratory “Mondays”

Mixed Media Scared of diving into TAB? Interested in the creative and problem solving side? Come to my class and find fun ways to explore a variety of mediums while problem solving and being creative. Come explore! MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook

Paper Sculptures

3D In this workshop participants will discover a new way to include paper folding in their curriculum. Through research, exploration and experimentation each participant will create their own folded paper sculpture. Too often we discount origami, but it is used in all kinds of works. Including but not limited to architecture, tool development and the fashion industry. We will discover together some inspiring images and design our own small scale 3D paper sculpture. The instruction will cover some basic folds to try together, a short presentation of information with handouts containing more interesting folds to try and links for inspiration.This workshop’s content can be scaffolded for any level of learning and most ability levels. MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, iPad, Sketchbook, Drawing Supplies, Camera or Phone

Expressing Personal Voice in the classroom

Assessment -teaching students to find their personal voice through artistic expression -teach students to evaluate and look at peers work-how to communicate through narrative in art-student self reflection and emission of ones life MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, iPad

Seed Bead Mosaic Pendant

Mixed Media Come play with epoxy sculpt, a bezel, and some seed beads to make a necklace you will take with you. No experience required MATERIALS TO BRING: None

One Point Perspective for Elementary

Painting Working with one point perspective, color mixing, geography, and history all in one! This will be a drawing then painting lesson that will use many skills that is a great way to introduce one point perspective! MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook, Paint Brushes

No more “Projects’’ in art class? Creating artwork with Inquiry and Personal Meaning

Although we will spotlight AP, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to help students develop their own ideas for artwork, and have fun while doing it!! If you are interested in transitioning to a TAB based format, this could be a way to introduce your students to the premise. AP Studio Art changed to AP Art and Design. The new focus is on the development of inquiry allowing time to research ideas, concepts, media, processes, practice and other important play! Using questioning techniques, we will unlock what drives you to create, what your interests are, what materials you want to use, and get you started on a line of inquiry to create your own artwork. Using art supplies we will get started on actual pieces that you will continue to work on with your students in class.

PRESENTER: Connie Stewart FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 10:45-11:45am LOCATION: COPPERTOP 3 EMAIL: connie.stewart@unco.edu

PRESENTER: Michelle Taylor FEE: $1 AUDIENCE: Elementary DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 11am-12pm LOCATION: PEAK 8

EMAIL: taylormichelle22@yahoo.com

PRESENTER: Virginia Schick FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: High School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 11am-12pm LOCATION: PEAK 9 EMAIL: tplbstarck@aol.com PRESENTER: Jennifer Tjornehoj FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 11am-12pm LOCATION: PEAK 10 EMAIL: jen.tjornehoj@gmail.com PRESENTER: Dr. Alexandra Overby FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 11am-12pm LOCATION: PEAK 11 EMAIL: alexaoverby@gmail.com

PRESENTER: Dana Goodier FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 11am-12pm LOCATION: PEAK 12 EMAIL: dagoo_1999@yahoo.com

PRESENTER: Kari Pepper FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 11am-12pm LOCATION: PEAK 14 EMAIL: stumperita@gmail.com PRESENTER: Donna Goodwin FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 11am-12pm LOCATION: PEAK 15 EMAIL: colo.donna@gmail.com

Contemporary Art for Young People through Themes, Ideation, and Questions

Contemporary Art Find new discoveries and relevancy in contemporary art by using generative themes, questionable questions, and mind mapping strategies. This presentation will use artists and teaching strategies presented in Contemporary Art with Young People by Julia Marshall, Anne Thulson, and Connie Stewart (2021). Participants will be able try out some of the strategies and learn about contemporary artists and themes that could be included in their teaching practices. MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, iPad

The ABC’S of Art

Kindergarten art curriculum Are you on the struggle bus with kindergarten? Welcome to the ABC’S of Art. Learn art lessons to go with 26 letters of the alphabet. Each lesson has skills that kindergartners can use to build upon as they grow as students and artists. Each lesson covers an art concept and and animal. Many have stories and songs included. MATERIALS TO BRING: No supplies necessary

Creating a Gold Key Portfolio

Assessment “Creating a Gold Key Portfolio” The creation of a Scholastics Portfolio is a valuable way for Seniors to develop a capstone art collection for their high school careers. Join me for an in depth look at the key components of a Scholastics Gold Key and Gold Metal Portfolio. MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, iPad

Art in the Key of Me

SEL, 2D, TAB Learn techniques to bring feelings to the foreground of your art classes. You will leave this workshop with methods to teach your students to respect and express their emotional state through (or alongside) their art. Come exactly as you are! MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook, Drawing Supplies

Expanding Your Curriculum to Include Diverse and Underrepresented Artists

Curriculum The events of 20/21 have emphasized the opportunity for revising our curriculums. Let’s meet the needs of our diverse students by offering a view into the art world beyond the Western Canon. Come learn about some new artists and how to incorporate contemporary art into your classroom. There will be time to talk together and come up with even more ideas! Participants will walk away with links to artists and resources to start implementing right away in their art room. MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, Sketchbook

More Time on Task in Art Class!

classroom management, student engagement Participants will gain strategies to increase time on task in their art classes. While many art teachers have tools to help keep their students for the most part engaged in their projects, this session will provide you with additional tools to reach and engage every student, especially those displaying both low- and high-level misbehaviors. All teachers, both new and experienced, will encounter that student (or several) who “pushes their buttons”. Learn how to improve your relationship with this student and eliminate their problem behavior by using these simple steps! MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, iPad

How do I keep teaching in today’s world?

Do you want to transform your classroom? Your style of teaching? Spark your student’s creativity? Consider a Choice-Based approach to teaching as the solution. This session will give you the tools to make the change that will bring an exciting change to your classroom.

Art and STEM: A Logical Connection

Various media A workforce that is skilled in creative, interdisciplinary, and collaborative approaches to innovation is increasingly in demand. This session is about dismantling the artificial boundaries between subject areas and developing and nurturing the creativity found in our students and in ourselves as teachers. We will explore integration of traditionally STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematical) concepts with artful ideas and design thinking, expanding perceptions of what art can be. MATERIALS TO BRING: nothing special

PRESENTER: Pam Farris FEE: $3 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 11am-12pm LOCATION: COPPERTOP 2

EMAIL: arcadiademedina@gmail.com

11:15AM

PRESENTER: Christine Loehr CO-PRESENTER: Jesse Bott, Rachael Delaney FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 11:15am-12:15pm LOCATION: PEAK 17 EMAIL: christyloehr@gmail.com

12:45PM

PRESENTER: Heather Williams FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 1

EMAIL: turquoisesparkles22@gmail.com

Seed Bead Mosaic Pendant

Mixed Media Come play with epoxy sculpt, a bezel, and some seed beads to make a necklace you will take with you. No experience required MATERIALS TO BRING: None

Missing: The Reasons Why

Theory and Practice This session will examine the pressure that art teachers have to produce student work catering to adult aesthetics. We will discuss, explore and reflect on ways to combat these predispositions. Participants will have a taste of our “Thinking Sandwich”, a delicious combination of inquiry, problem solving, and exploring with dabs of artistic skills layered between ideation and storytelling. MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook

Woodland Art- Arts Integration

Drawing or Painting Spark your students art skills and global perspective of Native American knowledge through this interdisciplinary lesson using the vibrant and meaningful Legend and Medicine Art of the contemporary indigenous Anishinaabe people known as Woodland Art. This lesson is created for Middle School but can easily be adapted for any level. Interdisciplinary concepts- Visual Art, Language Arts, History, Social Studies, Ethnic Studies. Drawing or Painting. MATERIALS TO BRING: self

PRESENTER: Shay Guerrero FEE: $5 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 6/7 EMAIL: shaynsal@q.com

PRESENTER: Kelly Lewis FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 8 EMAIL: klewis@pagoa.k12.co.us

PRESENTER: Virginia Schick FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: High School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 9 EMAIL: tplbstarck@aol.com PRESENTER: Melissa Calvert FEE: None AUDIENCE: Hands-On DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 10 EMAIL: melissa_calvert@dpsk12.org

Lines That Feel - Abstract Art Lesson

2D Struggling to teach your students to think out of the box when creating Abstract art? This lesson is guaranteed to help you and your students let loose and create not only beautiful but unique results of Kandinsky-esque Abstract creations! “Lines that feel” offers prompts much like sentence starters that will allow your students to create abstract art with meaning! We will also try our hand at Synesthesia listening to different types of music to add color! MATERIALS TO BRING: Paint Brushes, Watercolors & Variety of paintbrushes if you want to use different sizes than the one given to you with workshop fee.

Art of Ed Saved My Life

Professional Development and Curriculum I can’t even begin to tell you what an incredible resource I have found the Art of Ed to be. It has intentional PDs on pretty much anything you might want to learn or dive deeper on. The Flex curriculum is a great resource for lesson plans, units, and scaffolding, and does much of the heavy lifting for assembling curriculum. Their grad classes are nothing short of phenomenal. Come learn more about this awesome resource! MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop

Creating a Gold Key Portfolio

Assessment “Creating a Gold Key Portfolio” The creation of a Scholastics Portfolio is a valuable way for Seniors to develop a capstone art collection for their high school careers. Join me for an in depth look at the key components of a Scholastics Gold Key and Gold Medal Portfolio. MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, iPad

Soap Carving

3D Carving with soap will enable you to experiment, practice and explore subtractive sculpting using inexpensive materials and tools for all grade levels. MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook

PRESENTER: Connie Stewart CO-PRESENTER: Anne Thulson FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 11 EMAIL: connie.stewart@unco.edu

PRESENTER: Michelle Zuccaro CO-PRESENTER: Karen Eberle-Smith and Kelly Mansfield FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 12 EMAIL: mdzuccaro@yahoo.com PRESENTER: Jenna Gannon FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: High School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-2:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 14 EMAIL: jenmwaite@gmail.com

PRESENTER: Jennifer McLees CO-PRESENTER: Sara Fadenrecht and Justin Warren FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: High School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 15 EMAIL: mclees_jennifer@svvsd.org PRESENTER: Lisa Adams FEE: $5 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-2:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 16

EMAIL: ladams7@cherrycreekschools.org

PRESENTER: Donna Goodwin, Teresa Lantz, Amy Felder, and Nate Abrahams FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-2:45pm LOCATION: PEAK 17 EMAIL: colo.donna@gmail.com PRESENTER: Dawn Feinberg FEE: $1 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: COPPERTOP 2

EMAIL: dfeinberg@greeleyschools.org

PRESENTER: Jenifer Newby FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-1:45pm LOCATION: COPPERTOP 3 EMAIL: jen.newby@asd20.org

Contemporary Art for Young People through Themes, Ideation, and Questions

Contemporary Art Find new discoveries and relevancy in contemporary art by using generative themes, questionable questions, and mind mapping strategies. This presentation will use artists and teaching strategies presented in Contemporary Art with Young People by Julia Marshall, Anne Thulson, and Connie Stewart (2021). Participants will be able try out some of the strategies and learn about contemporary artists and themes that could be included in their teaching practices. MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, iPad

How to make friends and influence your artist and teacher self

ArtSource ArtSource Colorado: Creating today to Inspire Art Education Tomorrow Connection! Art making! Community! Fun! Intentional practice! We cover it all. In this session we will demystify what ArtSource is, invite you to participate in the events we organize and show you how to find us. Don’t miss learning about this exceptionally rewarding opportunity to earn clock hours toward license renewal or even 3 graduate credits! Join us in making art while we answer your questions. Snacks and art making materials provided. MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook

Helping Students Embrace Vulnerability through Play

Creativity exercises and mixed materials both 3D and 2D This workshop will investigate how a play-infused curriculum allows students to embrace vulnerability while becoming more creative and engaging them in a more authentic way. We will also examine the effects of play and creativity on building a more psychologically safe environment within the classroom. This workshop will be interactive and playful. Participants will leave with a variety of exercises to infuse play into the classroom as well as a unit plan. MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, Sketchbook, Drawing Supplies, Mixed Media

Finally! High School Choice!

TAB Join us for an hour discussing and sharing ideas around high school choice! Start off getting your hands moving with some choice art making of your own (guided by Ian Sand’s “Media Fair” and “the Nine”). Then, move on to conversation where we share each other’s research, successes and failures around this awesome practice FINALLY making it’s way more and more into the secondary level! MATERIALS TO BRING: Any specific materials wanted for an hour of choice art making!

Inkspired Art

Mixed Media Using newspaper, ink, glue and mixed media participants will create beautifully inkspired artworks. Artists interact visually, not literally with text allowing them to develop authentic abstract or original representational illustrations. Moreover, this is an inexpensive and easy studio lesson to tier into multi-levels. The contextual elements are a collaged platform to create original compositions. This is a project where student artists work in tandem with their editorial or literary resource allowing the learner to develop authentic non-objective or depictive illustrations. No two projects will look the same. MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook, Drawing Supplies, Paint Brushes

Arts-based Research in Action

Graduates of the University of Northern Colorado MA in Art and Design program present their arts-based and action research findings. Topics include: Customer service in the classroom. 5 big themes of customer service that mimics classroom management; Research workbooks are a valuable tool for authentically assessing students’ artistic growth; and Experiences of viewing art digitally versus in real life in the postdigital age. The results of which are an emergent way of informing practice that are applicable to a variety of art educational settings as well as for personal renewal. MATERIALS TO BRING: Questions and conversations

Tempera Resist-Additive & Subtractive Painting

Painting Artists can break through that hesitation to start with this fun multi media painting technique. Through the use of many layers of tempera paint (yes that paint many feel is horrible) and India ink artists will create a slightly unpredictable stained glass like painting. Come ready with an image to paint and probably get a little messy. MATERIALS TO BRING: Paint Brushes, Image or idea to paint

Encaustic With Crayon

2D Get ready to turn one of the oldest artmaking processes into something new! Turn a nostalgic but inflexible medium into something new and exciting while also being incredibly forgiving and fun! Students at the middle and high school levels can experiment and explore possibilities with layers of color and texture. Have a project to create with students that can literally ignite and empower them to create art in response to their creative experiences with little to no cost. MATERIALS TO BRING: Crayons

PRESENTER: Laura Thompson FEE: $0 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-4pm LOCATION: IMPERIAL BALLROOM 2

EMAIL: laurathompsonartwork@gmail.com

Ink and PaintingTechniques, The Processes of Andy Warhol and Amy Ringholtz

This workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn some ideas using Ink! We will start with powerpoints of the artist’s work and processes, and talk about ideas for your classroom. All information shared will be on Google Classroom for you to use later. We will make an artwork using ink with watercolor, or ink with acrylic paint - your choice! I will have resource images that you can work from, but if you have an image that you want to use (8x10) bring it with you! You can use a baby nasal aspirator as a drawing tool!! Are you curious now?? Come join us and have fun!! Bring resource image (8x10), and your camera!

PRESENTER: Tiffany Holbrook CO-PRESENTER: Charlotte M Miller FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 12:45-2:45pm LOCATION: OFF SITE - MEET IN LOBBY EMAIL: cmmiller200@gmail.com

2PM

PRESENTER: Cory Montoya FEE: $5 AUDIENCE: High School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-3pm LOCATION: PEAK 1 EMAIL: montoya@aa.edu

PRESENTER: Nicki Dollard CO-PRESENTER: Sam Saxon FEE: Bar of soap AUDIENCE: Hands-On DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-3pm LOCATION: PEAK 6/7 EMAIL: Nicki.dollard@gmail.com

PRESENTER: Kelly Beach FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: Middle School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-3pm LOCATION: PEAK 8 EMAIL: kelly.r.beach@gmail.com PRESENTER: Ryan Talbot FEE: $3 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-4pm LOCATION: PEAK 10 EMAIL: rytalb@gmail.com

PRESENTER: Jamie Lynn CO-PRESENTER: Rebecca Craver FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: High School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-3pm LOCATION: PEAK 11 EMAIL: jamie.lynn@asd20.org

Sketch Crawl

Drawing Walk to a cafe/coffee shop, Capture the things you see, No rules, Draw whatever suits you, Use whatever medium you prefer, Share what you have created and glean ideas from others Very, very informal MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook, Drawing Supplies

Dot Painting and the DOODLE

This workshop explores the origins of traditional dot painting methods by Indigenous Aborigines of Australia as well as works created by Post Modern artist Vance Kirkland. Merging these influences will culminate in a beautiful finished painting that will explore color, variety, depth, movement, and rhythm in design (to name a few). Participants will also examine the concept of “automatic drawing” and the power of the “doodle” as illustrated by Sigmar Polke and other doodle theorists. This will offer the building block for the overall composition. Though this lesson was designed for high school students, it is easily adaptable to all grade levels. Participants will leave with not only a beautiful and colorful dot painting, but surely be inspired by how many ways the “doodle” can impact future lessons and works.

Felted Soap

3D Felted Soap is just that! Using soap and water to cover the soap with vibrant colors using a wet felting technique. This is a fantastic lesson for upper elementary but can be super fun for Middle school level as well. You will be shocked with how fun and easy it is!! In the classroom, students can explore color families/combinations and composition. Students can also learn about sustainability and how to cut down on plastic use (bottled soaps, etc). Lesson plan print out and materials included with $5 fee. Bring your favorite scented bar soap if you’d like! MATERIALS TO BRING: Yes, on different days

6 Keys to Unlocking Middle School

TAB Learn 6 Keys to building a relationship centered classroom experience for your students. This will be presented through a middle school TAB lens but is applicable to all classroom philosophies and grade levels. MATERIALS TO BRING: Laptop, Camera or Phone

CUBISM

2D Learn how to introduce the Cubism style to your students with an easy step by step process. Start with a collage and then use that as a spring board to create a Drawing, Painting, Print, Digital and/or a Mixed Media piece for your wonderful Students. This is a guaranteed successful process that engages a wide array of talent levels and use of media :D MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook, Drawing Supplies, Paint Brushes, Mixed Media, Glue/Adhesives, Collage Materials

Exciting Exhibitions with Impactful Viewership

Exhibition Planning Help your students produce a thoughtful and intentional exhibition through imaginative planning. Bring together student artists and community members to form relationships in the artistic process through these exhibition practices. This presentation will highlight in depth activities to do with your students leading up to a senior or junior level exhibition, perfect for IB, AP, or any upper-level course. Leave this session with ideas on gallery guides, didactic plaques, and using technology in the gallery space. MATERIALS TO BRING: Sketchbook 55

PRESENTER: Rebecca J. Craver CO-PRESENTER: Jamie Lynn FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-3pm LOCATION: PEAK 12 EMAIL: becca.craver@asd20.org

PRESENTER: Jennifer McLees CO-PRESENTER: Sara Fadenrecht and Justin Warren FEE: NONE AUDIENCE: High School DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-3pm LOCATION: PEAK 15 EMAIL: mclees_jennifer@svvsd.org PRESENTER: Dawn Feinberg FEE: $1 AUDIENCE: General Audience DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-3pm LOCATION: COPPERTOP 2

EMAIL: dfeinberg@greeleyschools.org

PRESENTER: Janelle Sowers FEE: none AUDIENCE: General Audeince DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-4pm LOCATION: COPPERTOP 3

EMAIL: janellemariasowers@gmail.com

Spark Interest with Creative Critiques

Assessment Our session will delve into best practices for critiquing works of art that ultimately lead to empowered students ready to create and respond to their own creative experiences. We will present multiple unique critique processes as well as practice those processes with examples. The strategies presented can range from middle to high school. Attendees will learn how to incorporate music, physical activity, writing skills and much more through these critique activities. MATERIALS TO BRING: Cellphone

Finally! High School Choice!

TAB Join us for an hour discussing and sharing ideas around high school choice! Start off getting your hands moving with some choice art making of your own (guided by Ian Sand’s “Media Fair” and “the Nine”). Then, move on to conversation where we share each other’s research, successes and failures around this awesome practice FINALLY making it’s way more and more into the secondary level! MATERIALS TO BRING: Yes, on the same day, Yes, on different days

Tempera Resist-Additive & Subtractive Painting

Painting Artists can break through that hesitation to start with this fun multi media painting technique. Through the use of many layers of tempera paint (yes that paint many feel is horrible) and India ink artists will create a slightly unpredictable stained glass like painting. Come ready with an image to paint and probably get a little messy. MATERIALS TO BRING: Paint Brushes, Image or idea to paint

Secrets to Dye For!

In this one hour class, you will gain an introduction to natural dyes on fiber. Samples from my dye garden, an active dye bath, and other artifacts will be provided. This is meant to be a taste of what is possible in the world of color foraging.

PRESENTER: Tracey Hunter-Doniger FEE: none AUDIENCE: General Audeince DAY: SATURDAY TIME: 2-4pm LOCATION: IMPERIAL BALLROOM 1 EMAIL: hunterdonigertl@cofc.edu

Get Published!

You know how you love articles from art ed magazines like School Arts and Art Education Journal? Why not write one yourself? You know you have great ideas to share. Come to this session and realize how to write about your lesson or your research. Learn about the process, and how to give it a go.