July 7, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Clark
Managing Director, Frances Ann Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts
409.745.5535, 800.828.5525
Sue Harris
Education Coordinator, Stark Museum of Art
409.886.ARTS (2787)
Registration Now Open for Arts with Education Summer Teacher Institute
ORANGE, Texas, July 7, 2008 – Teachers looking for new and creative ways to integrate art into their curriculum have the opportunity to attend the annual Arts with Education Summer Teacher Institute in Orange, Texas, on Monday and Tuesday, August 11 and 12. The program presented by the Lutcher Theater, Inc., the Stark Museum of Art, and the Little Cypress – Mauriceville CISD, will include three workshops led by educators certified by the nationally renowned John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Registration is $30 per workshop, which includes lunch. The Summer Institute begins each day at 7:30 a.m. at the Stark Museum of Art Education Center, 812 Green Avenue.
Workshops are offered for teachers of grades 1-8. All three workshops will be offered simultaneously from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day so that participants may select up to two sessions to attend over the two-day period. Participants will earn six Gifted/Talented and/or Continuing Education credits for each workshop completed, and those attending two sessions will also receive two tickets to a Lutcher Theater performance.
In the workshop titled From Larvae to Butterfly: Metamorphosis through Puppetry – offered for teachers of grades 3-8 – Hobey Ford will show the step-by-step technique for creating foam rubber rod puppets. Participants take home their miniature foam puppet creations of larvae and butterfly and entertain their students with a lively and unique science lesson.
Native American Stories, led by Geri Keams, is designed for teachers of grades 2-6. In this workshop, participants will listen to and analyze stories that explain the natural world. They will discover ways in which students can develop their own stories that have the elements of a Native American legend. Participants will also receive a copy of the children’s book Grandmother Spider Steals the Sun by workshop leader Geri Keams.
The final workshop – for teachers of grades 1-5 – is led by Amy MacDonald and titled Writing By Storm: Overcoming Obstacles to Writing. This hands-on writing workshop will use group writing and brainstorming techniques to help students and teachers learn to recognize and overcome common obstacles and anxieties about writing – specifically coming up with ideas; staying focused; creating a well-developed beginning, middle, and end; adding detail; and tackling revision.
To register for any of the workshops, call the Lutcher Theater at 409.745.5535 or 800.828.5525. Space is limited, and registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Funding of these workshops is provided by Lutcher Theater, Inc., the Stark Museum of Art, Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD, and the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.
This workshop series was developed in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is partially underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Committee for the Performing Arts, The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund, and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
For more information, call the Lutcher Theater at 409.745.5535 or 800.828.5525 or visit www.starkmuseum.org or www.lutcher.org.
For full-size .jpg files of these images, please contact Dawn Stout with Imaginuity Creative, 409.882.4906.
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