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Teacher Workshops @ the Center!
Professional
development workshops for teachers demonstrate practical and proven
techniques for teaching in the arts, about the arts and through the
arts!Registration
is $12 per workshop, LPSS educators $7 per workshop, AcA member
discount is available. Materials and a light meal are
included, most workshops carry CLU credit.
January 17, 2013
Collections & Reflections: A Workshop Series on Literacy Development and Art Making Through Construction of Altered Books
Jennifer Herbert, Michelle Salts & Chrissy Soileau
  
4:30 - 7:30 PM
at Acadiana Center for the Arts
For teachers of grades 5–12
Even
as the world moves toward a paperless society, there is still much to
appreciate in the tangible collection of words and images between two
hard covers of a book! This series of workshops capitalizes on the
content and format of existing books as they are transformed into a
canvas for interesting words, writings and art. Each workshop can stand
alone, but enrolling in all three provides the richest array of
experiences to use in engaging students in meaningful and memorable work
in any content area.
Session 3: Collecting and Reflecting on Personal Writing and the Written Works of Others
January 17, 2013
Participants
are invited to bring copies of favorite texts, personal writing, photos
and memorabilia to this final session in the series. As they
concentrate on ways to respond to writing and images, they will also
learn about composition, techniques for embedding and creating haloes
around small objects, and connecting ribbon markers to content in their
altered books.
January 23, 2013
Say it with a Song: Building Language Skills Through Music
Johnette Downing
January 23, 2013
4:00 - 7:00 PM
For grades K–3
Evangeline Elementary
Music
is the universal language and is a wonderful vehicle for teaching
language. Through rhythms, rhymes, scarves, games and musical
instruments, teachers will help students sing their way through rhyming,
compound, color, pronoun, calendar and directional words as they
develop basic language building skills. Join Johnette as she shares her
classroom-tested techniques to make teaching language a song and a
dance! (Sponsored by ArtTime grant.)
January 24, 2013
Books Sing: Linking Language, Lyrics and Literacy
Johnette Downing
January 24, 2013
4:30 - 7:30 PM
at Acadiana Center for the Arts
For grades K–3
Books
come alive through song as we explore the link between language, lyrics
and literacy through story songs (stories based on songs). These story
songs can be read or sung. Using rhyme, repetition, rhythm, melody and
sentence structure, participants will collaborate to create an adapted
or original story song. Author and musician Johnette Downing draws on
students’ musical and linguistic intelligences for integrating music and
language arts.
February 6, 2013
Shadow Journeys: Exploring History through Shadow Puppetry
Daniel Barash
February 6, 2013
4:00 - 7:00 PM
For teachers of grades 4–12
Judice Middle School
Shadow
puppetry, with its bold shapes, vivid colors, and dramatic movement, is
a highly engaging art form that allows students to express their
understanding through visual art, drama, and writing. In this
two-session workshop with Daniel Barash, teachers discover how to create
and use shadow puppets to explore the causes and effects of historical
events, such as the Underground Railroad. In session one, participants
learn shadow puppetry techniques and discover ways students can use
shadow puppetry to synthesize historical events through the writing of
mini-scenes. During session two, participants experience how students
can create shadow puppets and scenery to dramatically bring their
mini-scenes to life behind the screen. (Sponsored by ArtTime grant.)
February 7, 2013
Shadow Stories: Exploring Story Elements through Shadow Puppetry
Daniel Barash
February 7, 2013
4:30 - 7:30 PM
at Acadiana Center for the Arts
For teachers of grades 2–6
Shadow puppetry, with its bold shapes, vivid colors, and dramatic
movement, is a highly engaging art form that allows students to express
their understanding through visual art, drama, and writing. In this
workshop, teachers discover how to create and use shadow puppets to
explore story elements. Participants first learn shadow puppetry
techniques and discover ways students can use shadow puppetry to explore
character, setting, problem, resolution, story structure, and language.
Participants then experience how students can create puppets and
scenery to dramatically bring stories created through a "Story Challenge
Game” to life behind the shadow screen.
February 21, 2012
Treasure Hunt! Creating Maps that Support Integrated Teaching
Sasha Nick & Kessler Reed
 
February 21, 2012
4:30 - 7:30 PM
at Woodvale Elementary
For teachers of grades 2–8
Connecting
core subject areas to an imaginary journey is a proven way to inspire
and motivate students. Educator Kessler Reed and Teaching Artist Sasha
Nick team up to share their experiences using map-making as a way to
teach content across the curriculum. While students learn about the
compass rose, cardinal directions, map keys and land forms, they explore
art features of color, line, shape, patterns, composition and more!
Participants will also learn how to challenge writing skills with visual
prompts and provide a safe environment for personal choice. Geography,
social living, language arts, visual art, even math are areas integrated
with this activity!
February 28, 2013
Rescheduled
The Monster in Me: Integrating Collaged Portrait Making with Descriptive and Narrative Writing
Erin Broussard
February 28, 2013
4:30 - 7:30 PM
at Prairie Elementary
For teachers of grades 2–5
As
Halloween approaches, children begin to muse on creatures of all
descriptions for costuming and enjoying this special eve of fright and
fun. The Monster in Me will guide teachers in creative ways to tap the
imagination of students for writing and art making. The workshop’s
literacy activities focus on building vocabulary while describing the
traits and characteristics of famous monsters and then developing
personal writing rich in adjectives, simile and metaphor. The
integrated art process will help participants to explore color, texture
and collage-making techniques in creating a portrait representing two
sides of the artist’s self: the literal side seen by all and the
figurative "monster” that lurks within, shown only when provoked!
April 18, 2013
Treasure Hunt! Creating Maps that Support Integrated Teaching
David Fox
April 18, 2013
4:30–7:30 PM
at Acadiana Center for the Arts
For teachers of grades 3–12
This
hands-on workshop will prepare teachers to lead students on an exciting
personal encounter with the natural world and an opportunity to
discover the profound beauty of its structural system. Through the
steps of observing (the basis of all scientific inquiry), gestural
drawing and transforming drawings into block prints, participants will
record their finds and then respond to their artwork in free verse to
create highly personal reflections on their experience. Needed
resources and methods are accessible to every teacher, and they lend
themselves to differentiation. Participants will witness surprisingly
articulate outcomes for all skill levels. The range of experiences
insures a memorable and "total” learning experience. Student artworks
can stand alone or become group projects that can be expanded over
time. Curricular connections can be made among science, language arts
and art.
Voices from the Titanic: Using the Standards to Explore One of the Most Famous Sea Disasters of All Time
Allan Wolf
April 25, 2013
4:30 - 7:30 PM
Prairie Elementary
For teachers of grades 4–12
On the heels of the 100-year anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the RMS
Titanic, this workshop uses the tragic headline story as its narrative
content. Workshop participants play the role of actual passengers and
crew. Interacting with a variety of texts, including Alan Wolf’s own
historical verse-novel The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the
Titanic, participants will discover "who they are” and gather
information about the day-to-day routines of their part of the ship.
They will collaborate in teams to analyze, synthesize, and interpret
their findings. The workshop will culminate with the presentation of
each small group’s discoveries, analysis, comments and recommendations.
Special
emphasis will be placed on the transformation of informational texts
into historical fiction. The pedagogical foundation for this session
will be the common Core State Standards of English Language Arts and
Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects.
All activities will demonstrate integrated literacy involving reading,
writing, speaking and listening, as well as sharpen research and media
skills.
To register call the Education Department at 337-233-7060, email Paige@AcadianaCenterfortheArts.org or click the button below!
Membership - All workshops come with an AcA membership discount.
Membership
is the quintessential way to deepen your involvement with our
organization and support AcA’s efforts to enrich lives through art and
education in Acadiana.
We invite you to take part! Your support
has never been more appreciated or valuable. As a member, you’ll receive
exclusive benefits while shaping and influencing Acadiana’s artistic
future. When you join the Acadiana Center for the Arts, you’ll lend your
talents and vision to a community-wide effort to bulid a better future
for young and old alike.
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