Bridges & Pathways: Navigating Creative Expression

Art Teacher Symposium

A full day of professional development on the Dutchess Community Campus, April 27, 2024

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

All classes are listed by the presenter for best audience by:

E= Elementary, M= Middle School, S= High School, HE = Higher Ed, or ALL

MORNING SESSIONS 11:00 - 11:50

Versatile Printmaking

Jen Armbruster

Putnam Valley High School

Interested in introducing printmaking techniques to your students in a budget-friendly versatile way? Then this hands-on workshop is for you. During this workshop you will have the opportunity to create 2 small printmaking projects that can easily be made from scraps of easy to cut printmaking blocks & printed with water based washable markers. You will add layers to your prints by utilizing both sides &/or multiple blocks. Other project ideas will be discussed and examples shown. All resources will be shared digitally.

M, S          50 min          Hands On Workshop          Limit: 20

Bridging Challenges and Connecting Pathways - Neuro-doodling for Mindfulness and Relaxation

(repeated)

Dean DeLano

Beekmantown Central School

In this 50 minute mindfulness session, we will explore Neurographic design and process to focus our minds and connect our bodies to our thoughts.  This is an opportunity to explore options in creating art with SEL tie-ins and to explore our own methods for centering ourselves.  Join us, relax, and share in this low-key, collaborative space.

ALL          50 min          Hands On Workshop          Limit: 20

Relationship Building Through Portraiture

(repeated)

Cheri Ehrlich 

SUNY New Paltz

This session will introduce participants to two American photographers, Dawoud Bey (1953- present) and Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1974) and offer strategies for teaching photography that builds relationships between photographer and subject. 

S, HE       50 min          Presentation          Limit: 20

IAAP Roundtable: Let's figure this out together!

Cindy Henry Wood & Robert Wood

Union-Endicott CD, SUNY New Paltz

The Independent Arts Assessment Pathway: A roundtable to share, discuss, and troubleshoot all things IAAP: Rubrics, evidence/artifacts, developmental portfolios, and final portfolios. From introduction to implementation, this concentrated presentation will assist you in developing an IAAP in your school district.

S          50 min          Presentation          Limit: 19 

Scaffolding to Inspire: Engagement with the Sketchbook at the HS Level

Tracy Berges

Suffern High School, Suffern Central School District

Inspire your students to use their sketchbooks. This scaffolding approach creates a pathway that begins at the introductory level, and builds until students reach advanced classes including AP Art and Design. This “recipe” for recording process work can likely be used as supporting evidence for the new IAAP. Bring your own sketchbook for a hands-on approach to note taking during the presentation.

S          50 min          Presentation          Limit: 20

School Muralist

(repeated)

Joe Pimentel

Pimentel Murals

I will map out my artistic journey that began as a child with a love of comic books and ended with an exciting career making collaborative school murals that serve as a way to connect, inspire, and bring imaginations to life. Using a slideshow of images, I will reflect on my artistic influences and discuss the lasting impact of world travel and learning from other cultures. All of these experiences led me to an opportunity to paint my first mural and I have since embraced this as my primary act practice and have created a process that allows me to work with participants of all ages to make amazing, large scale works of art in one week’s time. Following my presentation, I will invite participants to take part in a collaborative mural workshop by providing a few wood cut-outs with outlined images for them to paint. Four participants at a time can utilize the paints and brushes I will provide to make their mark. They will be encouraged to tap into their imagination, experiment with color, line and pattern while enjoying the process of working together in a creative way.

ALL          50 min          Presentation          Limit: 20

AFTERNOON SESSIONS 1:00-3:50

Intaglio Printing with Tetra Pak Plates

Gina Palmer

Retired, Wappingers CSD

Upcycled and ecologically friendly, we will make plates made from tetra pak cartons to re-create an intaglio process. This experience eliminates expensive zinc or copper plates, etching with acid and technically challenging ventilation systems necessary in the professional printing making studio. This makes tetra pak printing a great process for the high school and higher education environments, allowing students to explore a traditional process with contemporary materials.

The materials to make a tetra pak print are simple. Scissors, X-acto knife, ballpoint pen (or other drypoint tools such as scribes and stippling tools, washable oil bases inks, tarlatan or cheese cloth, q-tips and a printing press or pasta maker. 

Save and rinse those almond milk, bone broth and Pomi tomato cartons, (or any containers with a FOIL lining) add a few pointy tools to your bag and we will bring paper, ink, tarlatan and the press.

We will see a short video demonstration or two and spend the rest of the time with hands-on processes. You will bring a print or two home with you!  

S, HE          1 hr, 50 min            Hands On Workshop          Limit: 20

Fabric Collage and Hand Stitching

Sheryl Levine

Retired, Brewster High School

In this hands-on workshop, participants will create a fabric collage using a variety of fabrics and hand stamped fabric. Hand stitching will be used as mark making to embellish artwork. There will be an introduction to embroidery threads and needles, along with basic embroidery stitches to use in your final fabric collage. All materials will be provided by the presenter. Participants may bring scrap fabrics and thread.

M, S, HE          1 hr, 50 min          Hands On Workshop          Limit: 15   

$3 materials fee paid at workshop

Contemporary Practice Slam! Emerging Practices from Emerging Art Educators

Bob Wood,

Katherine Asenbauer, Joseph Cartolano & Zachary Gerstenfeld

SUNY New Paltz

Experience rapid fire lesson presentations in contemporary Arts technologies presented by a team of SUNY New Paltz pre-service Art Education students This session will provide introductions to technologies as they apply to AI, Visual and Media Arts, Art History and Fashion Design. A brief Q & A will follow.

M, S          50 min          Presentation          Limit: 19

Harmony Within: Art & Movement Workshop

Jessica Nash

Hendrick Hudson High School

Jessica Nash, a registered yoga teacher,  will run a workshop that aims to explore the interconnectedness of art and movement as pathways to self-awareness and creative expression. (Here’s my plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10V2WpKRrux1aswyqUCPqJc74LBBqZ5C5pVe36vqvsGU/edit 

ALL          1 hr, 50 min          Hands on Workshop          Limit: 15

$5 materials fee paid at workshop

Piercing Paper Collage

Monica Czernecki Schor

Wappingers CSD

In this hands-on workshop, participants will create a collage and then embellish by piercing the paper and sewing into their works for an extra dimension using fibers and needles. 

ALL          50 min          Hands On Workshop          Limit: 15

Exploring the Physics of Animation!

Holly McCabe

Dutchess Community College

Have you ever wanted to dabble in digital animation?  Explore techniques that animators use to create a sense of weight, gravity, and even momentum?  In this workshop, we will explore the basic principles of animation that include squash and stretch, arcs, slow in slow out, overlap and follow through to create motion that exaggerates the laws of physics for amazing results!

ALL        1 hr, 50 min        Hands On Workshop          Limit: 19

Pathways: The Power of Multiples

Sharon Ciccone

Spackenkill CSD

Dive into a dynamic workshop where collage meets painting and sparks the beginning of your own art series where the excitement of multiples will leave you empowered to continue your artistic exploration long after the workshop concludes.

Explore the tactile world of collage, blending imagery and texture to craft unique narratives. Learn layering techniques to bring depth and creativity to your work.

Then, unleash your creativity with paint, discovering the power of color and shape to convey emotion and meaning.

You'll be guided through the process of conceptualizing and executing the first piece of a cohesive series. Explore themes, motifs, and narratives that resonate with you, and witness the evolution of your creative voice as you lay the foundation for a compelling body of work.

All          1 hr, 50 min          Hands On Workshop          Limit: 20

Mapping Culture

Mira Johnson

Local Learning

Going beyond physical structures and landmarks, this presentation looks to create a greater awareness of how cultural knowledge, lived-experiences, and even invisible spaces can come to life in map making. Explore the creative possibilities found in mapping culture, including a deeper understanding of your students’ diverse communities.

All          50 min          Hands On Workshop          Limit: 20

Relationship Building Through Portraiture (repeated)

Cheri Ehrlich 

SUNY New Paltz

This session will introduce participants to two American photographers, Dawoud Bey (1953- present) and Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1974) and offer strategies for teaching photography  that builds relationships between photographer and subject. 

S, HE       50 min          Hands On Workshop        Limit: 20

School Muralist

(repeated)

Joe Pimentel

Pimentel Murals

I will map out my artistic journey that began as a child with a love of comic books and ended with an exciting career making collaborative school murals that serve as a way to connect, inspire, and bring imaginations to life. Using a slideshow of images, I will reflect on my artistic influences and discuss the lasting impact of world travel and learning from other cultures. All of these experiences led me to an opportunity to paint my first mural and I have since embraced this as my primary act practice and have created a process that allows me to work with participants of all ages to make amazing, large scale works of art in one week’s time. Following my presentation, I will invite participants to take part in a collaborative mural workshop by providing a few wood cut-outs with outlined images for them to paint. Four participants at a time can utilize the paints and brushes I will provide to make their mark. They will be encouraged to tap into their imagination, experiment with color, line and pattern while enjoying the process of working together in a creative way.

ALL          50 min          Presentation          Limit: 20