Creative Infusion - Art and Reuse in the Classroom
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…
July 6 – 11 (Mon – Sat)
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Music: The Sounds of Math, Science, and Social Studies
This course is designed for teachers to integrate music into the classroom through fun and simple techniques, learning basic concepts found in music while designing a series of hands-on indigenous inspired instruments made from reusable materials to experiment on and compose rhythms with.
July 13 – 18 (Mon – Sat)
9:00am – 5:00pm
Project Based Learning - Making Books, Games and Props to Animate for Multi Media Presentations
This course is designed for teachers who are interested in offering their students a deeper investigation of project based learning by using reusable materials. Through guided art instruction, participants create advanced hands-on art projects that integrate differentiated instruction into…
July 20 – 25 (Mon – Sat)
9:00am – 5:00pm
Paper: Pulp to Fiction
This studio class will take a single product, paper, and work out the historical, economic, scientific, social and mathematical properties that are inherent in its use and production; all through hands-on art making. Participants will learn various strategies for differentiating instruction providing them…
July 27 – August 1 (Mon – Sat)
9:00am – 5:00pm
From Posters to Podcasts: Social Activism from the 20th Century to Today
This course takes place at MFTA and at the NY Historical Society. The purpose of this course is to build teacher content knowledge around 20th and 21st century social activism and explore how current activism can be informed by activism of the past through hands-on art-making and STEAM integration.
August 3 – 8 (Mon – Sat) 9:00am – 5:00pm
https://www.materialsforthearts.org/events/