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All Fired Up! Teachers' Forum

 

Join a community of art teachers interested in bringing clay into the classroom by attending one or all of the Teachers' Forum meetings. We will be hosting monthly meetings at sites throughout Westchester during the 2007-2008 school year in preparation for the All Fired Up! Celebration of Clay in the fall of 2008.

 

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Teachers' Forum Meeting #4

 

When:

Monday, April 7th, 2008 at 6:30 PM

 

Where:

Arts Exchange; Grand Banking Room

31 Mamaroneck Avenue

White Plains, NY 10601

P: 914-428-4220

 

Description:

Hosted By: Westchester Arts Council and Clay Art Center

 

Agenda

We have a very full agenda and exciting next meeting!

YOU asked for a meeting full of technical information and we have two terrific speakers

Lined-up who will answer ALL your questions regarding CLAY and KILNS.

Agenda:

1) Welcome by Janet Langsam: Executive Director of the Westchester Arts Council.

2) Update for All Fired Up! K-12 Exhibition: Grace Fraioli and Tracy Gilman.

3) Jim Turnbull form Standard Ceramics (owner of Ceramic Supply of NY & NJ)

4) Joe Catanzaro from Kiln-Ray Services (Authorized kiln dealer & kiln repair service)

 

Please pass this information to others who you know will benefit from attending. Let us know if you can join us by emailing mail@clayartcenter.org or call us at 914.937.2047 ext 223 or 221. We hope to see you there!

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Teachers' Forum Meeting #3

 

When:

Monday, January 28th, 2008 at 6:30 PM

 

Where:

New Rochelle High School

265 Clove Road

New Rochelle, NY 10801

Art Room #433

 

Description:

Hosted By: Grace Fraioli, New Rochelle High School Ceramics teacher

 

Agenda

 

Its time for us to get together again and get inspired! The topic for discussion is: “What is the origin of your creativity?”

We will also spend time discussing the details about ALL FIRED UP and all that you are planning for the exhibition for the Fall of 2008. Please be ready to share and ask questions.

 

 

Please pass this information to others who you know will benefit from attending. Let us know if you can join us by emailing mail@clayartcenter.org or call us at 914.937.2047 ext 223 or 221. We hope to see you there!

 

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Teachers' Forum Posting: Opportunity for Student Work

 

Clay Today: Public Tile Project

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in association with Peekskill Central School District and the Peekskill Arts Council

 

The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art is seeking to involve students from the greater Hudson Valley. Classes would be assigned short readings dealing with the history of the Hudson Valley and be asked to do designs on tiles that will then be bordered in delft and implanted along the street and roads of the Hudson River towns and walks.

 

If you are interested please contact Dr. Livia Straus at liviastraus@hotmail.com.

For more information about the project please download the Project Description here: Clay Today: Public Tile Project Description

 

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art

Website: http://hvcca.org/

 

submitted by JS 01.04.08

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Teachers' Forum Meeting #2

 

When:

Monday, December 3rd, 2007 at 6:30 PM

 

Where:

Clay Art Center

40 Beech Street; Port Chester, NY 10573

 

Description:

Facilitator: Roberta Shapiro. Art teacher at Coman Hill Elementary School, Byram Hills

 

Agenda

6:30 - 7:00: Meet, greet and talk about All Fired Up!

7:00 - 8:00: Where does Creativity Begin?

 

Do you ever feel like you have run out of ideas? Let the forum inspire you.

 

Please join us this month to discuss and share ideas that you have had for lessons as well as lessons that you have implemented in your ceramics programs. Consider bringing in an example of a teacher’s and/or student’s artwork, lesson plans and outgrowths of your ideas. Feel free to bring the lessons that have puzzled you, did not quite work out -but you still feel can be turned around into a successful learning experience. You might be at the very beginning of an idea-please share it with us and use the forum for ideas.

 

We will discuss where creativity begins. Where do you get your ideas for lessons? How do your students influence your ideas? How do your lessons promote creativity within your teaching guidelines.

 

Please pass this information to others who you know will benefit from attending. Let us know if you can join us by emailing mail@clayartcenter.org or call us at 914.937.2047. We hope to see you there!

 

Report Back

We had a wonderful night of sharing. We talked about All Fired Up! and discussed the many educational opportunities available as a part of this collaboration. Jennifer Schroth from Westchester Arts Council gave us a demo of the All Fired Up! K-12 Ceramic Educators Wiki Page. Each teacher shared examples of projects and student work. We were able to address questions and share ideas about teaching ceramics. We even talked about dealing with "clay disasters" such as shivering and crawling. Some of the questions addressed were: What are some successful ways to teach slab rolling to pre-k - second graders? What are some ways to incorporate fused glass into clay projects? How can teachers teach glazing techniques successfully?

 

 

Tracy Gilman of Harrison High School and Grace Fraoli of New Rochelle High School presented the All Fired Up! K-12 Exhibition Criteria.

 

Click here to view the All Fired Up! K-12 Exhibition Criteria:

AFU K-12 Exhibition Letter.pdf

AFU K-12 Exhibition Criteria.pdf

 

To find out more about the All Fired Up! K-8 Student Exhibition, go to:

http://allfiredupk-12.pbwiki.com/K-8+Ceramics+Exhibition

 

To find out more about the All Fired Up! High School Student Exhibition, go to:

http://allfiredupk-12.pbwiki.com/High+School+Ceramics+Exhibition

 

Thanks to all the teachers who shared lessons and student work. If you would like to see some of the projects presented, go to: http://allfiredupk-12.pbwiki.com/Lessons+and+Student+Work

 

 

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Teachers' Forum Meeting #1

 

When:

Monday, October 22nd, 2007 at 6:30 PM

 

Where:

Clay Art Center

40 Beech Street; Port Chester, NY 10573

 

Description:

Facilitator: Roberta Shapiro. Art Teacher at Coman Hill Elementary School, Byram Hills

Guest Speaker: Sally Aldrich. Former art teacher at Pleasantville High School.

 

The Teachers' Forum for K-12 art educators who teach ceramics as elective studies or as part of the arts. Come to the first meeting and learn more about clay and the K-12 exhibition during All Fired Up!: A Celebration of Clay in Westchester

 

We hope this be an inspiring first meeting. Please pass this information to others who you know will benefit from attending. Let us know if you can join us by emailing mail@clayartcenter.org or call us at 914.937.2047.

 

Click here to view the Teachers' Forum Meeting #1 Flyer: Teachers' Forum letter 3.doc