Take your students to the next level starting with a simple sketch. Where can they go? Painting, graphing, enlarging, Sculpture, Clay, 3D rendering, the possibilities are endless. This is a hands on workshop where you will paint, think and share.
Discover how Gelli plate printmaking can help students and teachers “Make Your Mark” through layered textures, expressive patterns, and creative experimentation. Participants will learn several Gelli plate techniques including texture transfers, stencil layering, ghost prints, and mark making to create unique patterned papers for collage and mixed media artwork. I will need an outlet for PowerPoint example, and access to a sink to wash plates.
is presentation is not about turning art class into a game; it is about asking what teachers can learn from game designers about structure, choice, challenge, and creative participation. The central idea is simple: curriculum is the game we design for learning. Using game design as a playful metaphor for curriculum planning, participants will examine how goals, rules, materials, constraints, feedback, and student choice can help learners explore, experiment, take risks, and make meaningful artistic decisions.
Come create a polymer clay Pocket Pal! Find out how we had our pre-K students and middle school students collaborate to design and create miniature creatures to support our little ones with their biggest feelings. Materials provided.
Explore the rich connections between artistic and scientific thinking in this interactive session. Through open-ended artmaking and reflective discussion, participants will examine how choice-based classrooms can function as both studios and labs, spaces of observation, experimentation, and discovery. Leave with flexible ideas and strategies that bridge creative and critical inquiry.
We will be presenting a lesson on creating maracas using clay! In this lesson we will dive into how to create the base maraca shape from simple pinch pots, and how to manipulate the shape and add additional details to transform it into something new. This lesson can easily be differentiated for a variety of skill levels, and includes excellent cross- curriculum connections to science as we explore how the size and shape of our maracas affects the sound they create. Each participant will receive our slides presentation and resources for this lesson, as well as the opportunity to create their own clay maraca.
Drawing and embroidery are combined in this Blick Art Materials workshop. Create a monochrome graphite portrait adorned with pops of color and imaginative embellishments. Embroidered elements can be as simple or elaborate as needed to match the artist's skill level and desired effect. A stitch guide will be provided.
Join a pre-service and mentor teacher team for an inspiring, hands-on fiber arts experience celebrating identity, culture, and belonging through needle felting and quilting! Through photos and stories, we will share a 5th-grade legacy project in which students representing 19 cultures and multiple languages created a companion tree quilt, each adding needle-felted personal symbols to leaves surrounding a central tree. Participants will create and sew their own personal symbol into a quilt square to take home and contribute to a shared group photomontage. Together, we will make our mark through fiber arts - we look forward to creating and connecting with you!
The Unexpected Community Built Through Yarn” explores how a small after-school crochet group for teachers unexpectedly became a space for creativity, connection, and restorative community. Participants will learn how fiber arts can foster belonging, mindfulness, patience, and cross-generational learning. The workshop will include a short presentation, group discussion, beginner crochet demonstration, and collaborative hands-on making experience. $10 per person to purchase hook and yarn
