Henry Spring Educator Workshop: Writing and Art
Educators will participate in gallery tours, listen to a live poetry reading in the galleries, share their own creative writing, and discuss art-based lessons that can be taught back in their classrooms.
Henry Spring Educator Workshop: Writing and Art
Date: Thur, March 14 2013
Time: 4:00pm – 8:30 pm
Cost: Free for Members; $10 for Non-members Professional Development: Four clock hours
Questions: Email contact-education@henryart.org with "Educator Workshop" in the subject line.
Exploring a range of visual art featured in the exhibitions Now Here is also Nowhere: Part II and Out [o] Fashion Photography: Embracing Beauty, participants will discuss provocative works that incorporate writing and image. Educators will also learn how visual art can be used as a springboard to compose poetry, expand upon personal narratives, and express the intangible through the written word.
Workshop participants will receive teaching materials and a light dinner.
Above Image: Lewis Wickes Hine. Powerhouse Mechanic. 1921. Gelatin silver print. Henry Art Gallery, Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen and The Boeing Company, 97.79.
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