During the State of the Arts presentation, participants will learn about the GaDOE Fine Arts initiatives for K-12 Fine Arts including the new instructional resources available to all Georgia Arts teachers. These resources include curriculum maps, unit plans, example lesson plans, instructional videos, and assessments all housed on the GaDOE Inspire platform.
Discover how to spark a creative movement in your community by launching a highly successful, county-wide summer art camp. This interactive workshop provides a step-by-step roadmap for camp logistics, innovative visual arts fundraising strategies, and impactful grassroots advocacy tools. Attendees will walk away with a ready-to-use playbook to secure funding, mobilize volunteers, and keep visual arts education thriving both inside and outside your school district lines.
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
A middle school visual art teacher and an elementary school media specialist discuss ways to foster a love for the planet for the next generation of students in K-8. We will share lesson ideas on scientific illustration, earthworks, recycled art, etc. In addition, we will share how to start a birding club at your local school to help students get outside and learn to appreciate our connection to nature and how to preserve this connection. An art activity will also be provided featuring grid drawing and watercolor painting of birds based on the work of John James Audubon. No fee, sinks would be helpful but not absolutely required, projector to connect to chromebook for presentation.
