Educator Events & Workshops

Thursday, November 19, 2020
4-6 p.m.

Deepen your familiarity with works of art through a visit to Expanded Views II: Native American Art in Focuswhich emphasizes Native American Art as a fundamental area of reimagined American Art History.  This workshop includes a special Q & A session with a Museum curator.Educatorswill explore meaningful Visual Literacy activities to engage students in cultural perspectives and traditions that shaped our world. This session is designed to support collaboration between visual art and social studies educators.

Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, Visual Literacy Activity Card deck or classroom poster, and Teacher Resource packet.

Registration required. Cost includes one guest at no additional charge.

Attendees will receive 2 contact hours. 

Thursday, January 21, 2021
4-6 p.m.

This creative workshop features a visit to the exhibition Telling Stories: Resilience and Struggle in Contemporary Narrative Drawing. Participants will explore resources and teaching strategies for teaching narrative drawing. This session is designed to support collaboration between visual art and language arts educators.

Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, Visual Literacy Activity Card deck or classroom poster, and Teacher Resource packet.

Registration required. Cost includes one guest at no additional charge.

Attendees will receive 2 contact hours. 

Thursday, May 6, 2021
4-6 p.m.

This behind-the-scenes workshop will provide Toledo area educators with tools and teaching strategies for using Visual Literacy and the Learning to Look thinking routine to support study of the biological sciences. The session will include a visit to the exhibition Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820, Q & A session with exhibition curator and avid birder Paula Reich, and demonstrations of activities that can be used to teach close looking skills.

This session is designed to support collaboration between visual art and science educators. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, Visual Literacy Activity Card deck or classroom poster, and Teacher Resource packet.

Registration required. Cost includes one guest at no additional charge.

Attendees will receive 2 contact hours. 

Thursday, October 22, 2020
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Take a walk through the Museum and see what animals you can find in the artwork. Through exploring animals and the environment, Early Childhood Educators will engage in open-ended gallery and studio activities that emphasize vocabulary and Science Early Learning Standards. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, teacher resource packet with lesson plans, and a classroom book.

ABC’s of Art is a series of 1.5-contact hour professional development workshops which provide Toledo area early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies to help preschool students pre-literacy development through art.

Registration required.

Attendees will receive 1.5 contact hours. 

Thursday, December 3, 2020
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Encourage children to build their own sense of identity while exploring a variety of portraits throughout the museum. This workshop will provide Early Childhood Educators with strategies for engaging children in conversation through multi-sensory activities that align with Ohio’s Early Learning Standards. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, teacher resource packet with lesson plans, and a classroom book.

ABC’s of Art is a series of 1.5-contact hour professional development workshops which provide Toledo area early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies to help preschool students pre-literacy development through art.

Registration required.

Attendees will receive 1.5 contact hours. 

Thursday, April 22, 2020
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

This session will feature strategies for introducing children ages 3-5 to the work of sculpture artist Alexander Calder. Tips and tricks will be provided for using works of art to introduce tier 2 vocabulary and demonstrate an open-ended studio activity that is designed to reinforce learning. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, teacher resource packet with lesson plans, and a classroom book.

ABC’s of Art is a series of 1.5-contact hour professional development workshops which provide Toledo area early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies to help preschool students pre-literacy development through art.

Registration required.

Attendees will receive 1.5 contact hours. 

Thursday, May 20, 2020
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

This workshop will provide early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies for introducing Preschool children to the new exhibition Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820. This session will introduce tier 2 vocabulary and demonstrate an open-ended studio activity that is designed to reinforce learning. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, teacher resource packet with lesson plans, and a book for their classroom.

ABC’s of Art is a series of 1.5-contact hour professional development workshops which provide Toledo area early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies to help preschool students pre-literacy development through art.

Registration required.

Attendees will receive 1.5 contact hours. 

Saturday, October 17, 2020
10 a.m.-4 p.m.

During this creative workshop educators will learn a variety of different flat glass techniques including stained glass, mosaic glass and fused glass.  Inspired by Judith Schaecter’s Stained-Glass Art, educators will explore the history of glass through medieval to contemporary.  Workshop participants will visit the exhibition The Path to Paradise:  Judith Schaechter’s Stained Glass Art and create two flat glass works of art while exploring the relationship between color and form.

Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, teacher resource packet, and two fired flat glass pieces.