Do your students freeze up when asked to be expressive with color? Are they still not "getting" color theory - and expressive colors become a muddy mess? This hands-on workshop will show you the steps to help your students move from rigid realism into confident abstraction in portraiture. Participants will learn how to experiment with expressive color palettes, understand warm/cool color relationships, and how to help their students make intentional color choices that still describe form and build values.
Participants are encouraged to bring a black-and-white print-out of a photo of themselves or another person - shoulders-up only - think "School Picture Day" pose!
Discover how a cross-school & zone partnership transformed imaginative kindergarten drawings into dynamic three-dimensional sculptures created by high school students, highlighting the power of process and vertical curricular alignment. Participants will explore the project’s development, view student work, and engage in a brief collaborative brainstorming activity to adapt the model for their own settings. (For this project, 60 student pieces of artwork were created in total: 20 drawings, 20 clay sculptures, and 20 written creature origin stories. One "exhibit" consists of three works, one 2D, one 3D, and one write-up. We will showcase multiple exhibits of the Collaborative Creatures project at our presentation.)
Get ready to celebrate the most wonderful, COLORFUL time of the year with fresh ideas and creative energy centered around this year’s YAM theme, “Your Community, Your Story.” Participants will enjoy a make-and-take lesson that’s designed to amplify student voice through meaningful connections. Discover fun, impactful ways to advocate for your art program while planning exciting, community-driven events that bring everyone together. Whether you're new to YAM or a seasoned pro, you’ll leave inspired and ready to create a vibrant, unforgettable celebration!
Explosion books combine paper engineering with creative storytelling, resulting in, interactive books that "explode" into a series of square and triangular pages, revealing hidden content when opened. The lesson teaches students how to create an "all about me" book utilizing a variety of media and techniques.
Your first year of teaching can be eye-opening, challenging, and inspiring - all in one class period! This workshop explores what I learned during my first year of teaching, including teacher calm-down-corners, boundary setting, and classroom organization. Other new teachers are invited to come and share their own experiences as part of this workshop. This workshop is designed with Year 1-3 Teachers in mind, but all are welcome.
The art room has always been where creativity, problem-solving, communication, and resilience are built. Now, more than ever, that work matters. In this session, you will hear a compelling, research-backed case for why visual art education belongs at the center of every school's future-ready investment, participate in an art-making experience, and leave equipped with a classroom-ready lesson and a strategy to activate parents as advocates for your program.
What happens when fine arts educators collaborate to reach students who may be disconnected from school and he arts? This presentation explores how k-12 art and music teachers can build partnerships that increase participation and retention and spark creativity in low-engagement student populations and communities.
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.
Take the fear out of clay! This session is designed for new art educations or anyone who wants to build confidence in using kiln-fired clay by learning essential clay management skills, kiln operation basics, common mistakes to avoid, and practical storage solutions. Participants will leave with a variety of successful clay project ideas for different grade levels and ability ranges, along with favorite tools, tips, and time-saving strategies for a successful ceramics program.
Explore the art of surface design as you create original patterns inspired by personal narrative, contemporary practices, and design principles. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to not only create their designs but also transform them into custom fabric prints while learning techniques used in contemporary textile design to make fiber-based art. Participants will leave with the practical skills to apply this process in their personal work their lesson plans.
