2009 Conference Sessions
Registration From and Conference Session Information:
WVAEA Fall Conference Workshops
October 16 & 17, 2009
New River Technical College
Key Note Speaker: Craig Roland Biography:
Craig Roland is an Associate Professor of Art Education at the University of Florida. He received his Doctorate degree from Illinois State University. Before joining the faculty of the University of Florida, he taught Art Education classes at Eastern Illinois University and Purdue University. He also has taught art at the elementary, middle school and high school levels in Ohio and at the American School Foundation of Monterrey, Mexico.
Roland has served on the review panel for Art Education journal and as Higher Education Division Director for the Florida Art Education Association and the Illinois Art Education Association. He currently serves on the Web Advisory Committee for the National Art Education Association and the Advisory Board for SchoolArts Magazine.
In 1997, Roland received a "Distinguished Service" award from the FAEA for his contributions to the field at the local, state, and national levels.
Roland's research interests include art teacher preparation, technology applications in visual arts education, and developing students' thinking skills through art instruction. He has given numerous presentations on these topics at professional conferences and has written for various publications, including NAEA anthologies, Art Education journal, and SchoolArts Magazine. His most recent publication is a textbook titled “The Art Teacher’s Guide to the Internet” published in 2005 by Davis Publication.
1.Gelatin Monoprints: Julia Conley presenter. Cost: $2: Grades K-12: 1 hour Found object such as lace, leaves, paper and feathers are placed on an inked Knox gelatin plate. (It is like printing on Jell-O Jigglers)
2.Book Publishing Q & A: Cathy Teets presenter. NC: Open to all teachers: 1 hour
Publisher Cathy Teets has 24 years of publishing experience with non-fiction, fiction and children’s books. This round table question and answer session will cover how to develop book ideas, how to approach a publisher, how to package your submission; plus she will review three submissions if people will sent them to her six weeks prior to the conference. She will be willing to discuss them during the session. Cathy can be reached at cathy@headlinebooks.com
3.Overglaze Decorating on Tiles: Rachel Rewerts and Jill Crowder, presenters, NC: 1 hour: K-12
Try our Gloss Decorating Colors on glazed tiles! This exciting way to use theses glazes will offer your classroom an endless possibility of affordable and fast projects. You only have to fire these once and you are done! With so many colors to choose from the creative possibilities are endless too! Let your students’ imaginations run wild when you bring this back to the classroom!
4.ATCs: Artist Trading Cards: Dr. Victoria Fergus, presenter: Cost $3.00: 2 hours: K-12+
Artist trading cards are exploding around the world for all ages. Trade between students, children and parents, and between schools locally or globally. Use as a parent teacher night activity. come learn about the history of ATCs and make a set to trade with fellow participants
5.A fun way to Sgrafitto: Using clay and Underglaze: Rachel Rewerts and Jill Crowder, presenters: NC: 2 hours: K-12
In this hands-on workshop you will roll out a slab of clay, grab some underglazes and brushes and then let your own creativity take over. Experience the versatility of our Velvet Underglazes and all the beautiful colors. Everyone will walk away with a beautiful and totally unique piece to bring back to their classroom!
6.Photography for the Classroom: Dr. Lauri Lydy Reidmiller, Victoria Mcinturff, Denise Ward, Misty Hendricks, presenters: NC: 2 hours: limit: 15 people; $3.00 fee.
This hands-on workshop will explore the creation of photograms. A Photogram is a method of creating photographs without a camera. The term Photogram is derived from the Greek words photos meaning “light” and gram meaning “written.” A painter named Laszio Moholy-Nagy invented it in 1922. This workshop will also teach participants how to create in a darkroom atmosphere in any classroom.
7.Exploring Color & Texture: glazes, Engobes & More (ceramics): Karen
Garnes of Capitol Clay Arts, presenter: NC: 2 hours: K-12
We will explore facets of adding color and texture to ceramics, including glazes, underglazes, slip/staining slip and engobes. We will address the relationship between glaze and clay bodies, as well as the pros and cons of mixing glazes from recipes vs. commercially available alternatives. We will illustrate all these uses with many examples, handouts and, where appropriate, hands-on participation.
8.The Language of Art: Teaching comparative Analysis: Marisa Main, Presenter: NC: K-12+
Marisa will be using her text The Language of Art: A conversation between Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: (ISBN # 978-3-8364-2721-0) and discuss innovative and practical ways of utilizing critical thinking of twenty-first century learning, by using comparative analysis. Teachers can increase art literacy skills and promote advanced levels of thinking among art students.
9.But WHY Do “You Gotta Have Art”???: Thisbe Cooper and panel, presenters: NC: 1 ½ hour: K-12
When you weat one of the NAEA pins or t-shirts, saying “You Gotta Have Art”, do you know how to answer the question? Come and joint Julia Lee, Arts Coordinator for the WV Department of Education, Lou kara, Executive Director of the Appalachian Education Initiative, and Dr. Victoria Fergus, Arts in Education Coordinator for the WV Division of Culture and History; in a roundtable discussion concerning advocacy for the arts in education in WV. Thisbe Cooper will also share advocacy information she gathered at the Team East Retreat.
10.Luck of the Draw: Linda Elmer, presenter: NC: 1 ½ hours: Middle School – Art I level:
Asymmetrical Balance, a principle of art, is sometimes a hard concept to grasp for Art I or middle level students. Participants will alter a symmetrical playing card into am asymmetrical work of art by drawing, collaging on its surface while creating a piece that has a theme.
11.Sun Printing: Sarah Guerry, Presenter: Cost $3.00: 1 hour: Grades K-5
Participants will learn the art of sun printing onto fabric using found objects. The process is similar to stenciling and uses a light-sensitive ink that develops in the sun. Teachers can use this process to create large wall hangings or small projects with their students.
12.Teaching Art in a New Digital Landscape: Craig Roland, Presenter: NC; All levels. 1 hour: As a follow-up to the keynote, participants will get hands-on experience with popular Web 2.0 technologies and discuss possible uses of these tools in their teaching and classrooms.
13.Go Green: Sonda Cheesebrough and Debbie Palmer, Presenters: Cost $4.00: 2 hours: Grades 4-9/ could adapt to other grade levels
Participants will look at samples of art made from recycled materials and then learn ways to make art from recycled materials. Participates will create a sculpture to take home.
14. Ice Cream Social without the Ice Cream: Christy Gill, Presenter: NC, 1 hour:
Elementary Level: This is a simple art lesson that involves the entire family! Used as a Parent/Teacher Conference theme; which included younger siblings, grandparents, parents and the student. This watercolor lesson inspired by Wayne Thiebaud's "Desserts" involves creating a painting in the art room and results in art works worthy of framing!
15. Portfolio Review: Victoria Fergus and Ron Aman, Presenters: 1 hour, NC:
Bring student portfolios for review by two art Professors from WVU.
16. From Collage to Chagall: Nanette Seligman, Presenter, 1 Hour, NC
Help your students develop a voice of their own through this project. No charge for this workshop but bring your own magazines to collage with during this hands on project.
17. Nawar Shora,Book reading and Q & A: 1 hour, NC: Legal Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and ADC’s Director of Diversity Education and Law Enforcement Outreach (LEOP), recently authored The Arab-American Handbook (Cune Press, 2009). This volume is based on Shora’s highly successful LEOP training seminars over the past eight years. Nawar’s seminars and his book set forth basic facts on Arabs, Arab-Americans, and Muslims. Shora’s in-person seminars have successfully helped demystify Arab, Arab-American, and Muslim culture to 20,000 people over the past eight years. An additional 200,000 people have participated in Shora’s seminar via intranet and DVD. Nawar is a respected public speaker and a subject matter expert on two federal government training DVDs.
Craig Roland Biography:
Craig Roland is an Associate Professor of Art Education at the University of Florida. He received his Doctorate degree from Illinois State University. Before joining the faculty of the University of Florida, he taught Art Education classes at Eastern Illinois University and Purdue University. He also has taught art at the elementary, middle school and high school levels in Ohio and at the American School Foundation of Monterrey, Mexico.
Roland has served on the review panel for Art Education journal and as Higher Education Division Director for the Florida Art Education Association and the Illinois Art Education Association. He currently serves on the Web Advisory Committee for the National Art Education Association and the Advisory Board for SchoolArts Magazine.
In 1997, Roland received a "Distinguished Service" award from the FAEA for his contributions to the field at the local, state, and national levels.
Roland's research interests include art teacher preparation, technology applications in visual arts education, and developing students' thinking skills through art instruction. He has given numerous presentations on these topics at professional conferences and has written for various publications, including NAEA anthologies, Art Education journal, and SchoolArts Magazine. His most recent publication is a textbook titled “The Art Teacher’s Guide to the Internet” published in 2005 by Davis Publication.
