Character and Art Event for Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
at the National Gallery of Art
Throughout the centuries, Art has been regarded as the soul of humanity. Aristotle defines The Soul as both potentiality and actuality. It is alive and real. Art is that aspect of the human soul which both reflects and defines growth, potential, values, and form in human culture. It both reflects and shapes the soul of a culture.
Spend the day exploring the National Gallery of Art’s permanent collection as you learn strategies to encourage positive character development through the visual arts. In addition to touring highlights of the collection, this will be a hands-on day of discovery and learning how to better foster student engagement in exploring art as both a mirror of and shaper of societal ethical values. These are activities you will be able to take back to your teaching studios to help your students develop critical seeing, thinking, and listening skills, as well as practice in civility and making cross curricular connections. Tips for navigating difficult topics, building cross curricular units, and creative lesson planning using a wide variety of museum resources that are budget and time friendly will also be presented.
1. To encourage Visual Arts teachers to integrate ethical values into their current curriculum into order to foster student engagement, critical thinking, and civility skills, and practice in listening, observing and perceiving.
2. To provide teachers with simple strategies in employing the visual arts into a student driven conversation regarding ethical values as well encouraging cross curricular connections.
3. To introduce teachers to easily accessible resources that they can use to create a new lesson plan, rework an old lesson plan, or introduce a new cross curricular unit in an engaging and logistically feasible way.
Spend the day exploring the National Gallery of Art’s permanent collection as you learn strategies to encourage positive character development through the visual arts. In addition to touring highlights of the collection, this will be a hands-on day of discovery and learning how to better foster student engagement in exploring art as both a mirror of and shaper of societal ethical values. These are activities you will be able to take back to your teaching studios to help your students develop critical seeing, thinking, and listening skills, as well as practice in civility and making cross curricular connections. Tips for navigating difficult topics, building cross curricular units, and creative lesson planning using a wide variety of museum resources that are budget and time friendly will also be presented.
1. To encourage Visual Arts teachers to integrate ethical values into their current curriculum into order to foster student engagement, critical thinking, and civility skills, and practice in listening, observing and perceiving.
2. To provide teachers with simple strategies in employing the visual arts into a student driven conversation regarding ethical values as well encouraging cross curricular connections.
3. To introduce teachers to easily accessible resources that they can use to create a new lesson plan, rework an old lesson plan, or introduce a new cross curricular unit in an engaging and logistically feasible way.
Fundamentals of Calligraphy
Description:
For centuries beautiful handwriting and letter design has been admired. This course is designed for the beginning and intermediate student interested learning about the art of beautiful writing. Basic calligraphic forms and techniques, including gold gild and monogram design will be explored.
Suggested Supplies:
Masterclass Manuscript Calligraphy Set (available from Dick Blick 20883-1019, be sure to specify left or right handed)
or
Speedball Super Value Calligraphy and Lettering Kit
and/or
Schaffer Classic Mini Calligraphy Pen Kit
Optional Pens, but fun!: Pilot Parallel Pens (1.5mm, 2.4mm, 3.8mm, 6.0mm)
Faux Gilding Foil (2-4 small sheets)
Sizing
Small Flat Paintbrush
Crow Quill Pen Holder and Superfine Nib
(for reference see Dick Blick Art Supplies on-line 20901-1049 and 20913-1020)
Black Calligraphy Ink in small bottle
Optional, but fun!: Assorted Colored Inks
Recommended Texts:
(please note you need not purchase these)
The Calligrapher’s Bible by David Harris
The Speedball Textbook by Fink and Kastin
Traveler's Sketchbook
Description:
Capture your travel experiences in a meaningful and memorable way by creating your own personal souvenir.
In this workshop we cover basic perspective and composition for landscape. How to draw trees and buildings, as well as simple "scrapbooking"/nature sketchbook layout and techniques are also explored.
Suggested Supplies:
1 hard cover Sketch Pad 9”x 12” or larger or similar, mixed media paper.
1 2H pencil
1 H pencil
1 2B or 4B pencil
1 glue stick
1 set of “Micron” (or similar brand) permanent black ink drawing pens, nib sizes 01-07
1 set of assorted handle loading watercolor brushes (similar to Pentel Aquash Water Brushes see Dick Blick supplier)
1 set of “Derwent” (or similar brand) watercolor pencils (set of 12 or more)
1 drawing and calligraphy pen with felt tip nibs (assorted colors, pilot parallel calligraphy pens)
small decorative paper scraps
1 small pocket pencil sharpener (narrow and wide barrels)
1 “pink pearl” or similar type eraser
1 small 6” plastic ruler
A small, convenient tote for your supplies
Capture your travel experiences in a meaningful and memorable way by creating your own personal souvenir.
In this workshop we cover basic perspective and composition for landscape. How to draw trees and buildings, as well as simple "scrapbooking"/nature sketchbook layout and techniques are also explored.
Suggested Supplies:
1 hard cover Sketch Pad 9”x 12” or larger or similar, mixed media paper.
1 2H pencil
1 H pencil
1 2B or 4B pencil
1 glue stick
1 set of “Micron” (or similar brand) permanent black ink drawing pens, nib sizes 01-07
1 set of assorted handle loading watercolor brushes (similar to Pentel Aquash Water Brushes see Dick Blick supplier)
1 set of “Derwent” (or similar brand) watercolor pencils (set of 12 or more)
1 drawing and calligraphy pen with felt tip nibs (assorted colors, pilot parallel calligraphy pens)
small decorative paper scraps
1 small pocket pencil sharpener (narrow and wide barrels)
1 “pink pearl” or similar type eraser
1 small 6” plastic ruler
A small, convenient tote for your supplies