Educator Events & Workshops

Thursday, May 28, 2020
4:00-5:30 p.m.

Rescheduled from Thursday, March 26.

This session will feature strategies for introducing 3-5 year-olds to the work of Sculptor Alexander Calder, provide tips and tricks 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. Cost includes parking.

Attendees will receive 1.5 contact hours. 

Friday, May. 15, 2020
10:00-11:30 a.m.

This workshop will provide early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies for introducing 3-5 year olds to the new exhibition Wonders of Nature Birds and Art in the Enlightenment. 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. Cost includes parking.

Attendees will receive 1.5 contact hours. 

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020
4-6 p.m.

This behind-the-scenes, after-hours workshop will provide Toledo area educators with tools and teaching strategies for using the art of Yayoi Kusama to teach about optics, mirrors, and reflection. The session will include an exclusive visit to the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Fireflies on the Water, Q & A session with TMA Director Curatorial Affairs, Halona Norton-Westbrook, and demonstrations of art-integrated activities that can be used to teach K-12 students about the optical properties of light. .

The session is designed for K-12 art and science educators. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, Visual Literacy Activity Card deck, and Teacher Resource packet. To support the collaborative aspect of this work, we are offering educators registered for any Art & … workshop the opportunity to bring a teaching partner or collaborating educator at no additional charge.

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

Attendees will receive 2 contact hours. 

Thursday, May 7, 2020
4-6 p.m.

This behind-the-scenes, after-hours 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 an exclusive visit to the exhibition Wonders of Nature Birds and Art in the Enlightenment, Q & A session with exhibition curator and avid birder Paula Reich, and demonstrations of activities that can be used to teach close looking skills.

The session is designed for K-12 art and science educators. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, Visual Literacy Activity Card deck, and Teacher Resource packet. To support the collaborative aspect of this work, we are offering educators registered for any Art & … workshop the opportunity to bring a teaching partner or collaborating educator at no additional charge.

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

Attendees will receive 2 contact hours. 

Thursday, April 30, 2020
9:30-5:30 p.m.

This unique workshop will provide Toledo area educators with tools and teaching strategies designed to improve student awareness of topics including intersectionality within the Toledo community. Dr. Carla Janell Pattin, Ph.D from Jesup Scott Honors College will lead teachers in an immersive experience in and around the Old West End neighborhood. Some other highlights of this workshop include engaging in conversation with the artist Alison Saar and visiting the exhibition“Mirror Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar." This teacher professional development experience is designed for High School educators. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance and teacher resource binder.

Registration required.