Rediscover your creative spark at Arts Every Day’s summer arts integration conference! Arts Every Day invites BCPS teachers as well as teachers, administrators, teaching artists, and arts advocates from our region to join us for our digital conference from August 10-14, 2020.
Conference sessions will demonstrate concrete techniques in integrating diverse artistic disciplines with curricular goals in English/Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science. You’ll have a chance to practice making art together with your colleagues in studio sessions led by teaching artists in drawing/illustrating, choral music, puppetry, and much more. Start your day with inspiring keynote presentations and finish your day with digital field trips to arts institutions in Baltimore–and across the world! You’ll leave rejuvenated, inspired, and ready to place creativity at the center of our students’ education. Registration is free, but space is limited. Baltimore City Public School teachers are eligible for 1 AU credit. REGISTER HEREFor more information, please contact our Schools and Partnerships Manager,
Angela Marroy Boerger at angela@artseveryday.org
9:30-9:50am Welcome and Orientation
10:00-10:20am Keynote Presentation
Maria Broom, The Arts, Healing, and Inspiration
10:30-11:15am Studio Session
Presenter: Michael Hartwell, Baltimore Improv Group
Intro to Improv for Teachers (and Their Students!)
In this interactive, “two-for-one” session, participants will share in a series of engaging improv exercises to enhance their classroom facilitation skills AND to leverage the very same exercises with their students, towards the goal of arts integration and culture-building. (Participant Maximum: 15)
2:00pm Studio Session
TBD
9:45 – 9:55am Centering Meditation
Miss tree turtle, Baltimore Wisdom Project
10:00-10:20am Keynote Presentation
Ronald McFadden, Keeping the Arts Alive: The Importance of Innovation
10:30 – 11:15am Studio Session
Presenter: Maria Broom
The Arts, Healing, and Inspiration
Ms. Maria leads participants through the story of Amma, who teachers her son the dances of wisdom, power, and beauty. As the story reaches a high point, everyone joins in together to dance.
1:00 – 2:00pm Video Course (synchronous)
Presenter: John Bertles
Trash-Bashing and the Harmony of the Gadgeteers: Adventures in Building Instruments at Home
Music is all around us – and can even be found in the recycle bin! Join Kennedy Center Teaching Artist John Bertles as he guides participants through an at-home instrument-building exercise using found objects. Bertles will challenge participants to explore new ways to re-visualize teaching and to understand the limits of the technology while adventuring into a new world of creative possibilities. This participatory session, which connects music with science, sound, literacy and the environment, will close with participants joining as virtual performers in a “thing jam.”
2:00 – 2:45pm Studio Session
Presenter: Michael Hartwell, Baltimore Improv Group
Intro to Improv for Teachers (and Their Students!)
In this interactive, “two-for-one” session, participants will share in a series of engaging improv exercises to enhance their classroom facilitation skills AND to leverage the very same exercises with their students, towards the goal of arts integration and culture-building. (Participant Maximum: 15)
9:45 – 9:55am Centering Meditation
Miss tree turtle, Baltimore Wisdom Project
10:00 – 10:20am Keynote Presentation
Annalisa Dias, Baltimore Center Stage
What Harvest Have You Tended To? : Artistry in Times of Upheaval
10:30 – 10:45am Studio Session
Presenter: Becca Belleville, Arts Every Day
Experimental Fashion With Household Items
We all know that fashion is a way to express ourselves, but it can also be an accessible gateway for 3-D sculpture. Experiment with fashion design with Becca Belleville, using easy-to-find items from your house. This offbeat and active session will include a discussion of a sample unit for students as well as the model cornerstone assessment for the National Core Arts Standards.
2:00 – 2:45pm Studio Session
Presenter: Mary Fields
Write Now Music: Unlocking the Process
Join clinician Mary Fields for a peek into the process of songwriting! In this studio session, which will be accessible for musicians and non-musicians alike, Ms. Fields will demonstrate and invite participants into the world of song creation.
9:45 – 9:55am Centering Meditation
Miss tree turtle, Baltimore Wisdom Project
10:00 – 10:20am Keynote Presentation
Ernest Shaw, Baltimore-based artist
10:30 – 11:15am Studio Session
Presenter: Kevin Sherry
Make Your Own Autobiographical Comic
Author and Illustrator Kevin Sherry leads a live studio session in which he will guide participants in creating their own autobiographical comic strips to publish online.
2:00 – 2:45pm Studio Session
Presenter: Christina Bole
Intro to Stop Motion Animation
Christina Bole provides a fun and accessible introduction to stop-motion animation. Everyone can do it with just a few simple tools!
9:45 – 9:55am Centering Meditation
Miss tree turtle, Baltimore Wisdom Project
10:00 – 10:20am Keynote Presentation
Destiny Brown, Wide Angle Youth Media
Leadership and Legacy: Producing Media to Promote Change
10:30 – 11:15am Studio Session
Presenter: Kayla Prestel
Puppetry 101: Bringing Inanimate Objects to Life
Anything can be a puppet! After all, the art of puppetry animates the inanimate. This studio session will walk through some short drills and activities you can use in the classroom to engage your student puppeteers. Learn the basics of giving focus, how to hold your puppet, and the power of breath. Practice creating stage pictures and explore how to use movement to communicate thoughts, characters, and feelings. Bring your classroom puppets to life! Pre-requisite: prior completion of the video course “Paper, Tape, and Pencils.”
2:00 – 2:45pm Studio Session
Presenter: Shodekeh
Intro to Beatboxing
3:30 – 4:00pm Closing Reflection
with Maria Broom and Arts Every Day
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