It's Fun to be Green @ the Museum
Enroll Today Starts August 15, 2013 at
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Course Title-It’s Fun to Be Green! Looking at Art with "green" eyes
for Curators, Museum Educators, Docents, Volunteers, Teachers, and
Homeschool Parents (Ages 5-12 Emphasis)
Take this class as an individual or enroll your group of docents,
museum educators, or homeschool parents.
Course Description-This workshop looks at art with a green
perspective. Long before it was popular to care about the environment
artists such as Monet, van Gogh, Moran, and others appreciated and
were instrumental in helping others to see the beauty and power of
nature. Georgia O'Keeffe helped us to see flowers up close much like
a camera. The Da Da and Assemblage artists used recycled objects in
their art. The Pop, and Earth artists explored conservation and eco
themes in their content. In contemporary time period artists such as
Wyland help us to understand the importance of Ocean life through his
talented compositions. There are many artists using recycling themes
or materials to create their own unique style and inspire others.
This workshop shows you how to discuss and direct young museum
visitors to ecological insights while learning about art. You will
also discover hands on projects and green activities to share with
your young museum visitors.
Instructor Valerie Colston, M.A. is an author and university art
instructor with many years of experience developing and teaching art
programs. While a student at the University of California, San Diego
she was an intern at the Contemporary Museum of Art, San Diego and
manager of the student gallery on campus. Later, as owner of La Jolla
Arts Tours she led groups of all ages through museums and galleries
locally in the San Diego and La Jolla, California area and was the
producer of the locally aired paid program "Gallery Close-Up." Ms.
Colston, was an art consultant contributing art projects idea to the
Wyland Foundation Ocean Challenge program for elementary teachers.
Her book 200 Projects to Strengthen Your Art Skills published by
Barrons Educational Series has received outstanding reviews appearing
in School Library Journal, National Art Education Association
newsletter, and more. Her It's Easy to be a Green Teen appeared in
the youth librarian publication Voices of Youth Advocates magazine.
She recently received a recommended review from Teacher Librarians
magazine for her Teens Go Green! Tips, Techniques, Tools, and Themes
for Young Adult Programming published by Libraries Unlimited 2011 .
Format
The workshop is offered completely online and takes 12 hours to complete.
The enrollment fee is $59.00
The online class is 4 weeks in length, online, and 12 hours overall.
Week 1-Is it a Garden, an Art Museum, or a Painting?
You will take virtual trip to the Huntington Library, Art Collections,
and Botanical Gardens, Monet's Garden at Giverny. We will travel on to
the Grand Canyon and then to the National Gallery of Art and look at
Thomas Moran's spectacular painting Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
and learn how the painting was instrumental in encouraging Congress to
preserve this park. Hands on art projects include, How to Paint a
Landscape with Children. Van Gogh Sunflower Template.
Week 2-A Flower by any other Name.
This unit presents hands on projects and programming that focus on the
natural environment. Flowers, Oceans, and other natural wonders have
interested artists for a long time. This week we will look at Georgia
O'keefe and other artists who incorporate flowers in their artwork.
We will explore ocean life and learn how to draw a dolphin. Budget
friendly materials will be introduced. Get inspired and begin to
create your own ideas. Finding and using resources will be included.
Week 3-Trash or Treasure, Making Art on a Budget.
Duchamp, Johns, and Rauschenberg showed us what you could do with
ordinary objects. See how contemporary artists today are using
recycled objects and imagery to create amazing art. Learn techniques
for showing children how to create fun and fascinating objects with
throw-aways.
Week 4-Fast Food Art, and Art the Natural Way.
Pop artists used the commercial packaging, cartoons, and other popular
images of the time to create art. How can children create art using
fast food and other popular iconography to create art? The Earth
artists used nature to create art. Why not you? Learn how to use soil
and other natural items to create interesting art.
Valerie Colston
Art Teacher on the Net
It's Fun to be Green @ the Museum
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