Studio Practice as a Tool for Cross-Curricular Critical Thinking
Integrating Art into Classroom Curricula (Session 1)
In this one-week in-person Summer Institute for Teachers, educators will explore how art can serve as a tool for inquiry across disciplines. Through close looking, discussion, and studio practices, educators will examine how we make meaning from what we see and how our assumptions, experiences, and perspectives shape interpretation.
Educators will engage in cycles of observation, questioning, interpretation, and reflection, using art as a vehicle for thinking. Educators will consider how inquiry-driven, arts-based learning can support social-emotional learning and critical thinking across subject areas.
Sign-ups are first-come, first-serve, so sign up soon to secure your spot!
The course meets daily, on Monday-Friday, from 10:15 am-1 pm. You may sign up to attend one of the following weeks:
- Monday, July 13-Friday, July 17 (Make a reservation)
- Monday, July 20-Friday, July 24 (Make a reservation)
The 15-hour course comprises of:
- 14 hours of in-person instructional workshops at The Phillips Collection: Looking closely at artwork in the galleries; engaging in inquiry-driven discussion and studio-based learning experiences; participating in close looking and drawing from observation; exploring observation, questioning, interpretation, and reflection through art; examining how attention, context, perspective, and personal experience inform critical thinking and understanding across disciplines.
- 1 hour of independent work time: Reading journal articles and completing pre- and post-course surveys.
All course supplies will be provided free of charge.
This workshop is open to educators who teach all subject areas and grade levels.
- Participants can elect to receive professional development:
- Washington, DC: 15 PLU
- Virginia: 15 points for Professional Development activities (needs pre-approval from your evaluator/supervisor)
- Maryland: 1 CPD Credit
- Credit for other states is available on a case-by-case basis.
- Participants can elect to receive graduate-level credit through Trinity Washington University, to support teacher recertification, salary advancement, and continued professional growth, at a cost of $125. Please see more information on the registration form.
- You may choose to take the course not-for-credit.
The Phillips Collection and University of Maryland partner to offer professional development courses for PK-12 educators. The courses provide opportunities to integrate the visual arts seamlessly into the core curriculum, using The Phillips Collection’s Prism.K12 arts integration strategies and resources. Educators will expand their understanding of and skills in arts integration by planning, practicing, and implementing arts-integrated lessons in their classroom. Through online engagement and hands-on practice with students, the courses are delivered through virtual or in-person learning in collaboration with the University of Maryland and The Phillips Collection.
Questions: Email Director of Teaching & Learning Hilary Katz at hkatz@phillipscollection.org
IMAGE: Albert Eugene Gallatin, Composition, 1941, Oil with paper collage on canvas board, 18 7/8 x 14 3/8 in., The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1945
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