Visual Aesthetics Workshop: Just What is Beauty Anyway?

July 15 & 16, 2008
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

In partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum and Carnegie Museum of Art, the Arts Education Collaborative is pleased to announce the latest workshop in our series on aesthetics. This two-day visual aesthetics workshop is designed to explore different approaches to teaching visual aesthetics to meet state academic standards and encourage higher-level thinking skills in the classroom.

Space for the workshop is limited and participants are eligible to receive 11 hours of ACT 48 credit. Registration must be received by July 8, 2008. To download the registration form and flyer, please click here.

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5th Annual Regional Arts Education Day

Imagination & Creativity: A Civic Evolution

April 28, 2008

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum Memorial

The Arts Education Collaborative is pleased to announce that Edward Albee, three-time Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, will be the keynote speaker for Regional Arts Education Day. Hailed as “the greatest living playwright” by The New Yorker, Edward Albee has been lauded as “one of the eternal innovators” in American drama. Albee is most well-known for his three-act drama, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In his speaking engagements, Albee continues to describe the power of the arts as a catalyst for change. “The job of the arts,” says Albee, “is to hold a mirror up to us and say: ‘Look, this is how you really are. If you don’t like it, change.”

The day’s activities will be from 9 am to 3 pm at Soldiers & Sailors National Military Museum Memorial and will focus on how arts education relates to civic engagement. Participants are eligible for 5 ACT 48 hours and the cost for attending is $55 (includes a continental breakfast and lunch). For more information and to download the registration form, please click here.

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River of Words: Arts & Poetry for Our Watershed

April 2nd and 9th, 2008

We invite you to participate in River of Words an international program that enables teachers to help their students understand environmental science and express their learning and feelings through art and poetry. This cross-curricular approach not only meets PA Academic Standards, but also ignites passion for science, art and writing among students. Space for the workshop is limited. Registration must be received by March 26 , 2008. To download the application, please click here.

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What Why Music Means: How & Why We Respond to Music

February 20 and April 21, 2008

“What Why Music Means: How & Why We Respond to Music” is a two-day music aesthetics workshop for music educators. Participants must attend both days to receive 13 ½ hours of Act 48 credit and will have the opportunity to discuss music with world renowned musical artists, composers, and conductors along with attending a PSO rehearsal of a world premiere composition. Featured speakers include: John Corigliano, Pulitzer Prizewinning Composer in Residence, PSO; Marin Alsop, Guest Conductor, PSO; and the resident conducting staff of the Symphony.

Space for the workshop is limited. Registration must be received by February 15, 2008. To download the application, please click here.
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