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GENERAL REGISTRATION FORM (PDF)
Download this form to register for a teacher workshop.
Click here for more information about each exhibition.
Teachers will leave each workshop with images, instructions and materials needed to connect the art to their classroom teaching.
Due to popularity, we have added a second Learning to Look workshop:
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Engaging with works of art provides opportunities to explore other cultures and time periods and open a dialogue on a world of issues and ideas central to the human experience. In this full-day workshop, participants will learn a teaching method developed by the Hood Museum of Art called “Learning to Look.” This technique provides teachers with a simple approach to guide students through a thorough examination of any work of art. Museum educator Vivian Ladd will lead the training and introduce a variety of hands-on materials and gallery activities that use this approach in dynamic and engaging ways. Teachers will have an opportunity to create individualized plans that connect works of art with their curriculum and receive information on strategies to help plan a successful museum visit. No previous art knowledge or experience is required.
Teachers will leave with a CD-ROM of images and written instructions for using the Learning to Look technique in their classrooms.
Participation in this workshop is limited to fifteen. The cost of the workshop is $25. This workshop is recommended for four contact hours toward recertification.
Please visit our Online Teacher Resources page, where you will find many Learning to Look lesson plans which explore a range of objects from our current and past exhibitions.
Thursday, September 24, 2:30-5:00 p.m.
In this after-school workshop, participants will investigate the exhibition Art that Lives? Exploring Figural Art from Africa. Guest curator Alex Bortolot will give an in-depth tour of the exhibition, which examines the complex ways that African peoples view objects as forces that can impact people’s lives. In addition, museum educators will lead teachers through exercises that will introduce students to the role of art in culture and teach skills for looking carefully and thinking critically about African art.
Participation in this workshop is limited to fifteen. The cost of the workshop is $25 and is recommended for two and one half contact hours toward recertification.
Click here to learn about tours for school groups of this and other exhibitions, related lesson plans and other teacher resources.
Thursday, October 8, 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
This workshop is an excellent opportunity for teachers who want to learn more about modern and contemporary art and explore with students how the visual arts relate to history and culture. The workshop will begin with an in-depth tour of Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art with museum director Brian Kennedy. He will introduce teachers to the wide range of social, political, and personal issues these works express. Museum educators Vivian Ladd and Amy Driscoll will then lead teachers through a range of activities designed to help students engage with these works and build their critical thinking skills for looking at, discussing, analyzing, and evaluating modern and contemporary art.
Participation in this workshop is limited to twenty-two. The cost of the workshop is $35 per person and it is recommended for four and one half contact hours toward recertification.
Click here to learn about tours for school groups of this and other exhibitions, related lesson plans, and other teacher resources.
Wednesday, October 14, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Curator and associate director Kathy Hart and museum educator Vivian Ladd will lead teachers on an exploration of the ground-breaking work of artist Sonia Landy Sheridan in this evening workshop. Sheridan is known for her work with new forms of technology that sparked the late-twentieth-century communications revolution as well as her experience as both an inspiring teacher and artist-in-residence at the 3M Company. Participants will explore Sheridan’s working process and discover how artists throughout time have used advancements in science and new technologies to express their ideas.
Participation in this workshop is limited to twenty. The cost of the workshop is $15 per person and it is recommended for two contact hours toward recertification.
Click here to learn about tours for school groups of this and other exhibitions as well as links to other online resources for Sonia Landy Sheridan
