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P.O. Box 1434
West Memphis, AR 72303
2015 DeltaARTS Educator Workshop
Registration Form
E D U C AT O R
WO R K SH O P
June 22-24, 2015
West Memphis High School
Performing Arts Center
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Mail to: DeltaARTS
P.O. Box 1434
West Memphis, AR 72303
FAX:
870.735.6262
For more information, contact DeltaARTS:
www.deltaarts.org
870.732.6260 [email protected]
This program is supported in part
by the Arkansas Arts Council, an
agency of the Department of
Arkansas Heritage, and by the
National Endowment for the Arts.
The arts, it has been said, cannot
change the world, but they may
change human beings who might
change the world.
Maxine Greene
Del ta ARTS
Educator
Wo r k s h o p
Based on the Lincoln Center
Aesthetic Education Model
The design and content of the
DeltaARTS Educator Workshop offers
educators an opportunity to gain skills
in implementing the Lincoln Center
aesthetic education inquiry-based
approach to teaching and learning.
This research-based approach is
initially rooted in the study of works of
art and employs four main concepts:
art-making, questioning, reflection,
and contextual research. Educators
have the opportunity to unlock their
own imaginative learning, while
engaging with works of art with
master aesthetic education teaching
artists. This participatory experience
will inspire teachers to stimulate
creative conceptual thinkers prepared
for the world beyond the classroom.
DeltaARTS Educator Workshop aligns
with Arkansas Department of
Education Professional Development
Criteria.
18 Professional Development Hours
The DeltaARTS Educator Workshop aligns
with Arkansas Department of Education
Professional Development Criteria in the
following focus areas:
8. 02.2 Instructional Strategies
8. 12.11 Cognitive Research
8. 12.14 Collaborative Community Learning
About the Workshop
2015 Focus Works of Art
Who:
Teachers, Administrators, and Artists
What:
3-day Aesthetic Education Journey
When: June 22–24
8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Where: West Memphis High School
Freefall
Presented by New Ballet Ensemble
Performing Arts Center
Five pieces explore movement communication including
classical ballet, Nigerian/African, whimsical tap, Memphis
jookin’, and three dance solos that bring Langston Hughes
poetry to life with a historical connection to life in the Jim
Crowe era set to music by one of the first African
American composers.
The Dreamkeeper
Featuring the poetry of Langston Hughes
Presented by Phil Darius Wallace
Experience the poetry of Langston Hughes, dramatized by
performer Phil D. Wallace through song, dance, and
traditional storytelling. Within the show there is also the
poetry of several more great American poets who inspired
Langston Hughes.
Champion Trees
by Linda Williams Palmer
In this exhibit 18 large colored-pencil drawings of
Arkansas’ champion trees resemble oversized botanical
drawings. While the artist is attentive to genus and species,
Palmers’ ultimate goal was to interpret each champion
according to the season of observation, location, historic
context and human connection. Curricular connections to
history, science, and natural resources will be explored
during the workshop.
Workshop Leaders
Anne Davey
Lead Facilitator
Visual Artist
Sarah Ledbetter
Dance
Teaching Artist
Leandria Smith
Drama
Teaching Artist
Comments from past participants . . .
“The DeltaARTS facilitators used a discovery
method. It was not a lecturing workshop, but an
engaging one, excellent in modeling and actually
working us through creating a lesson using the line
of inquiry.”
–Jacqueline Duckworth, Language Arts,
L. R. Jackson Elementary, West Memphis, AR
“It was a magical journey — especially in selfexploration with the amazing instructors and art
work and art-making.”
–Mimi Hurley, Creativity Specialist, Hutchison
School, Memphis, TN
“A great an aesthetic approach, with total student
involvement and hands on participation in order to
bring science, history, language arts, and the arts to
life.
I came out of the week with a ‘vision statement’
for my own teaching.”
–Barry Bates, Marion Intermediate, Marion, AR