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Workshops for Teachers & Others
i5 Teaching Network Workshops
Workshops for teachers by recognized artists and art educators! Others invited if space permits.
Must pre-register; No walk-ins. Discounts: 10% on two or more programs. All paid i5 all-day workshops count toward the discount. Free programs do not count. Not applicable to CEU fees. Cancellation policy: Applicants will be charged 15% administration fee for cancellations less than 2 weeks prior to a program. No refunds for cancelling 4 or fewer days prior to the program. Click Here to Register for Workshops
Promoting Global Competency in the Classroom
Instructor: Miguel Barreto, M.S., Director of Operations, Creative Connections
Saturday, July 28, 2012
9:00 – 5:15; Sign-in and coffee 8:45 – 9:00
Location: Gales Ferry Community Center
18 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Cost: $120 includes lunch, snacks, instruction and resources
0.7 CEUs available to those who qualify
$10 processing fee for CEUs
Certificate of participation issued to all
This workshop will address teaching about culture awareness, perception, ethnicity, cultural conflict and discrimination including prejudice and racism. Part II will include Defining Global Competency and Imple-menting Online Activities with International Users including best practices and issues with international connections.
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INTEGRATED MATH, ART AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION
Instructor: Dr. Roger J. Tremblay
Monday, July 30, 2012
8:45 – 5:15; Sign-in and coffee 8:45 – 9:00
Location: Gales Ferry Community Center
18 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Cost: $120 includes lunch, snacks, instruction
0.7 CEUs available to those who qualify
$10 processing fee for CEUs
Certificate of participation issued to all
Roger J. Tremblay, Visual Artist, Teaching Artist, and Engineer, presents an instructional approach that leverages student interest in computers, digital media and art to enhance math learning. Grade-level appropriate curricular connections to mathematics and computer technology are targeted to meet state and national standards.
As a result of taking this workshop, participants will learn how one can relate math to various artistic concepts, such as the relationship of color harmonies to simple geometry properties on a standard Color Circle and how to enable students to create captivating and compelling, mathematically generated images using computer technology that motivates interest in related math.
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Zentangle Series For: Adults – of special interest to teachers and parents of challenged students
ZENTANGLE 1 ®
Instructor: Carol Dunn,
CZT Certified Zentangle Teacher
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Sign-in 8:45 – 3:15
Cost: $68 0.5
CEUs (optional) for CT teachers $10
Location: Gales Ferry Community Center
18 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Certificate of participation issued to all
Zentangle is an easy-to-learn method of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns. Students will learn a variety of “tangles” (patterns) and combine them in their own unique way. Each tangle is taught step by step, because anything is possible “one stroke at a time.” It’s easy to learn.
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Nature Drawing and Printmaking to Create a Book
Instructor: Nancy MacBride,
Artist and award-winning art educator
Monday, July 16, 2012
Sign-in 8:45 – 5:15
Cost: $120
CEUs (optional) for CT teachers $10
Location: Gales Ferry Community Center
18 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Certificate of participation issued to all
Warm up with drawing exercises leading into observational drawing of natural object, and then create a design from your drawing, which is transferred to a printmaking plate. Participants create a print for each person attending this workshop. The prints are the starting point for one-of-a-kind handmade books.
Many fun techniques will be demonstrated to help you embellish your book with collage, paint, mixed media and poetry. You will have much support-No previous art background necessary!
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Venezuelan Ethnic Clay Sculpture II with Optional Glazing Session
Instructor: Artist Sikiu Perez
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Sign-in 9 – 3:00
Cost: $110 Includes instruction, materials, kiln-firing, lunch
0.5 CEUs (optional) for CT teachers $10
(Optional) Glazing
Thursday, August 9, 2012
9:00 – 12:30
Cost: $40 includes instruction, materials, and resources
0.3 additional CEUs to those who qualify - No additional fee
Both sessions mapped to CT and National Standards
Location: Gales Ferry Community Center
18 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Certificate of participation issued to all
Participants in this workshop will make small clay objects or jewelry using adaptation of traditional Venezuelan ethnic design to create a nearly finished product. Artist Sikiu Perez, currently living and working in Bozrah, CT, will take the art-work home to fire. There is an option to return for glazing your work. Art is expected to be available for pick-up or delivery in 2-3 weeks after firing.
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ZENTANGLE 2 ®
Instructor: Carol Dunn,
CZT Certified Zentangle Teacher
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Sign-in 8:45 – 3:15
Cost: $53
0.5 CEUs (optional) for CT teachers $10
Location: Gales Ferry Community Center
18 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Certificate of participation issued to all
For those who took Zentangle 1, we will be learning all new tangles in Zentangle 2. Students who did not take Zentangle 1 will not be “lost,” as we will basically continue learning new tangles.
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ZENDALAS!®
Instructor: Carol Dunn,
CZT Certified Zentangle Teacher
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Sign-in 8:45 – 3:15
Cost: $53
0.5 CEUs (optional) for CT teachers $10
Location: Gales Ferry Community Center
18 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Certificate of participation issued to all
Combine Zentangle® with Mandalas to create beautiful art forms! A Mandala (Sanskrit for “circle”) is a radiating geometric pattern symbolizing the universe. Students will create a Mandala design and then fill it with Tangles, to create a “Zendala” working on a larger piece of beautiful Fabriano Tiepolo paper.
Participants will learn some new tangles and will place previously learned tangles within the Zendala. They will also learn how to draw mandala shapes on their own.
Prerequisite: at least one Zentangle class
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Native American Splint Basketry
of Southern New England
Instructor: Sharon "Accomac" Maynard
Member, Council of Elders for the Mohegan Tribe
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
8:45am – 3:00pm; Sign-in 8:45 – 9:00
Cost: $110
0.5 CEUs (optional) for CT teachers $10
Mapped to CT and National Standards for Art
Certificate of participation issued to all
Location: Gales Ferry Community Center
18 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Certificate of participation issued to all
Learn to make a simple “square round” splint basket. Introduction to traditional materials used in basket-making. Examples of splint baskets and other forms of basket technologies used by area tribes will be shown.
Participants will hear traditional stories relating to baskets and the use of baskets in the everyday life of local indigenous peoples. Algonquin words that pertain to basket making will be taught.
Of interest to art, history, and ethnic culture teachers and other adults
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Chinese Brush Painting
Instructor: Eva Leong
Saturday, August 4, 2012
9:00am – 3:00pm; Sign-in 8:45 – 9:00
Cost: $110
0.5 CEUs (optional) for CT teachers $10
Location: Beatroute Studio
190 Pequot Ave., Mystic, CT
Certificate of participation issued to all
In this workshop, Eva Leong will introduce participants to Eastern philosophy and Chinese brush painting. The study of Chinese brush strokes will help artists, art teachers, and other adults to strengthen the mind-body connection in their paintings while furthering their understanding of space, depth of color, and dimension.Discover your passion for making art by creating harmony and learning to be in the moment.
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Retablos: Peruvian Art Boxes
Peruvian native Guido Garaychochea, Curator of Expressiones Cultural Center
and adjunct Professor of Art at Mitchell College
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
9:00am – 5:15pm; Sign-in 8:45 – 9:00
Cost: $120
0.7 CEUs (optional) for CT teachers $10
Location: Expressiones Cultural Center
84 Bank Street, New London, CT 06320
Certificate of participation issued to all
Peruvian native Guido Garaychochea will introduce participants to the origins of Retablos and how they evolved to be one of the most representative of Peruvian crafts. Students will design and paint the boxes and little figures for the inside.“Retablos are wooden boxes filled with brightly colored figures arranged into intricate narrative scenes of religious, historical and everyday events important to the indigenous people of the highlands of Peru”
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