Canceled–Creative Infusion: Art and Reuse in the Classroom (Online: Fall 2021)

This course has been canceled and is no longer available.

Dates:  10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06 (6 Consecutive Saturdays)
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Credits: 3 P-Credits/45 CTLE hours*
Instruction: Online Instruction**
This course is taught virtually except for session 1 on October 2, which is in person at Materials for the Arts. During the first session participants will receive their materials to be brought home as sessions 2-6 are online, both synchronous and asynchronous work.  Participants are required to attend class each week.

Course Description: Creative Infusion is an introduction to a wide range of ideas, techniques and methods used for integrating art made with reusable and recycled materials across the curriculum. This course teaches teachers curriculum integration by giving them an understanding of art techniques that they can use to teach literacy, math, science and social studies. Art becomes the tool to integrate a brave new learning community for integrating the concepts behind critical consciousness as the lens to address bias and diversity for a deeper understanding of the school and the global community. Participants will learn various strategies for differentiating instruction providing them with the tools to create and present achievable equitable projects, specifically designed to reach a wide scope of learning modalities and cultural differences that make them better educators, leaders, and artists.

For more information, view the syllabus on the ASPDP Website. MFTA_Creative Infusion

Note: Due to the adaption of this course for online learning, some group work may be completed on an individual basis.

MATERIALS: COVID-19 Update: Materials for the Arts has faced an unusual challenge of turning our in-person class into an online class. In order to keep supply materials and class costs as low as possible, each participant must attend session 1 of this course  in person to take home materials. Sessions 2-6 will be online.

SELF SUPPLY LIST :

Items include items that may need to be purchased (ex. Hot Glue Gun) or materials that can be found or gathered (ex. Recycled Paper, Cardboard Boxes.)

• Hole punch
• Cereal box
• Recycled cardboard (ex. boxes, containers, etc.)
• Beads
• Buttons
• Wire
• Yarn
• Fabric scraps
• Brown shopping bag
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Stapler
• glue gun
• tape
• magazines
• photos
• scrapbook/mixed papers
• ribbons

*To receive P-Credits, participants must pay for the course on MFTA’s website and pay an additional fee through the ASPDP website.
ASPDP Summer registration is now open.

** Classes are LIVE with Teaching Artist Joy Suarez. This is not a self-directed online course.

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