June 6-7, 2018

The Institute provided four professional development workshops for art educators at Mabank ISD’s annual Know Your Impact conference. These workshops held at Mabank High School spanned studio and pedagogical practices encouraging the participants to think creatively as well as critically. 

June 6, 2018

The Chinese Traditional Ink Painting and Western Watercolor workshop was led by artist and UNT CVAD alum Longhui Zhang. Participants experimented with these two types of painting considering ways to demonstrate and integrate these techniques while promoting understanding of different cultural backgrounds and artistic traditions in their classrooms.

The Creative Teacher vs. Teaching Creatively workshop was led by Lucy Bartholomee, a recent UNT Art Education doctoral graduate. During the workshop educators examined their own beliefs about creativity, considering new research and philosophy, and then developed strategies for teaching their students how to bring out their own unique creative attributes.

June 7, 2018

TheExploring Line workshop was led by UNT’s Senior Lecturer and Drawing I Lead Faculty Rachel Black. Through gesture, contour line, and organizational line drawing in graphite, ink, and charcoal, Black asked educators to explore markmaking as a means to hone hand-eye coordination, while also considering how we observe and perceive the world around us.

The Artful Thinking workshop was led by UNT Art Education graduate student Shoshana McIntosh. Using interactive “thinking routines” McIntosh introduced educators to the Artful Thinking methodology developed by Harvard School of Education’s Project Zero which promotes close observation and higher order thinking through engagements with the visual arts.