Graduate level courses for art educators
Kansas City Art Institute announces spring 2008 graduate level courses for art educators
Procedures
- Tuition for each of the following classes is $230 for two graduate hours. Tuition for a teacher who wants to audit a class is $200. Priority is given to those who want to take these classes for credit.
- Advance enrollment and payment is required.
- To enroll, please contact Ruth Kartman by calling 816-802-3505, or e-mailing her at rkartman@kcai.edu with your MasterCard, American Express, Discover or Visa number.
- For those who take classes for credit, additional work after each class is required and due to the instructor three weeks after each course ends.
- Transcripts can be ordered through the KCAI registrar’s office for a $5.00 processing fee per transcript.
- Please be advised that these courses are non-cumulative and will not transfer into a master’s degree program. Their intent and purpose is to provide professional development for area art educators.
These classes are not cumulative, nor transferable.
Curriculum
Inscribed Meaning: Handwritten Portraits
Writing and photographic image merge as learners question the historical and contemporary role of the portrait in art. Traditionally, a portrait might only represent the surface qualities of a particular subject: a portrait often reveals to its audience only what a person looks like; seldom does it provide insightful details about the subject. “Handwritten Portraits” is an experiment in word and image, a re-examination of the portrait in the context of contemporary culture. This workshop is targeted at art educators who are interested in providing their middle and high school level students with a challenging and authentic art making experience that blends traditional with digital medias, contemporary with historical art philosophies, and an “outside the box” approach to collaborative visual problem solving. Each participant will need to bring a 1 GIG USB pocket drive on which to save their work.
Date: Feb. 23, March 1 and March 8
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Oak Park High School, Room 145, 825 NE 79th Terrace, KCMO
Instructor: Mark Anderson
Creative Personal Shrines
In this intensive, weekend studio experience you will have the opportunity to create a 3-D work of art based on a theme of your choice such as a special interest, a unique experience, a life changing event, family history or cultural heritage. You will create this 3-D work (box, book, or small scale sculptural piece) incorporating photo-etched copper, photos, and found materials. This course offers the opportunity to learn a new photo etching system that you can easily and safely teach in the classroom.
Date: April 4, 5 and 6
Time: Friday, April 4: 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday April 5 and 6: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Shawnee Mission West High School, Room 150
Instructor: Dan Dakotas
Moveable Murals
Public art exists for a variety of reasons - expressions of remembrance, contemplation of place, and celebration of identity. And while usually impressive in scale, such works are typically fixed and stationary, their permanent nature leaving little room for dynamic structure or form. Learners question the nature of such artworks in this class, a public art project that is informed by elements of visual culture and celebrates the theatre of the human stage. Our focal point is identity, specifically as it relates to public school students. With each student representing a unique and individual perspective, learners recognize that certain core ideals will need to be singled out.
Date: April 5, 12 and 19
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Oak Park High School, Room 145, 825 NE 79th Terrace, KCMO
Instructor: Mark Anderson
Alternative Photo Techniques
In this studio experience you will be introduced to the cyanotype method, printing on fine art paper as well as cloth, and discovering the secret of the rich blue print. Along with the cyanotype method we will create photos using the Van Dyke brown printing method on paper and explore hand-coloring techniques for these processes. This course offers the opportunity to learn a photo history museum teaching system that you can take back to your classroom. No prior photo experience is needed. Materials fee: $15
Date: April 18 - 20
Time: Friday, April 18: 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday April 19 and 20: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Shawnee Mission North High School, 7401 Johnson Dr., Room 188
Instructor: Dan Dakotas
Creative Power Point Presentations for Classroom Instruction
While most disciplines taught in school have sequential textbooks to use, art teachers are left to develop their own instructional tools. We are always looking for the definitive video to show; the CD that mirrors the concepts we want students to understand; the reference books that illuminate either a particular technique or individual artist, and we are always looking for the time to develop a lecture that would bind all of these instructional tools together into a cohesive whole.
This weekend’s class is intended to help you develop your own single concept creative Power Point presentations that will combine images, text (either spoken or written), movies and music that will make your students attentive and receptive to what you want them to know and be able to do. Anyone that has access to a computer and a TV screen can use these presentations created in the classroom. Just think how wonderful it would be to have something to play for those students who were absent when you presented your lesson, or the student who needs to see it again so they have a clearer understanding. The information can be used by elementary through high school teachers. No experience necessary, just a desire for new ways to deliver your curriculum.
Date: April 18 - 20
Time: Friday, April 18: 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday April 19 and 20: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Shawnee Mission North High School, 7401 Johnson Dr., Room 186
Instructor: Pat Nemchock
Cheap and Creative Ways to Introduce Painting to Your Students
Teaching painting to students is hard enough without the major cost of supplies and toxicity of the painting materials. Spend the weekend learning techniques that will guarantee student success and will not break your art budget. Students will learn color theory; color mixing to create desired effects (from the real to the surreal); the painterly approach to painting where the brush strokes develop the structure of forms; and most importantly, they will believe in their ability to paint. The supplies will be provided for this intensively “fun” weekend. These techniques are more appropriate for middle through high school students. Elementary teachers should enroll just to enjoy the opportunity to “be an art student” again.
Date: May 2 - 4
Time: Friday, May 2: 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday May 3 and 4: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBD
Instructor: Pat Nemchock
Instructor Bios
Mark Anderson is a multidisciplinary art maker and visual art educator. He encourages personal development of visual literacy in learners through a combined exploration of design, photography, traditional two- and three-dimensional hand art processes, and digital art making medias. Anderson is Fine Arts Department Chair at Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where he teaches Art Foundations, Visual Art Photography, Visual Design, and AP Studio Art.
Dan Dakotas received his bachelor’s degree in art and art education from Emporia State University and his master’s degree in art education with an emphasis in jewelry from the University of Kansas. He taught art for 36 years at Shawnee Mission West High School where his students won many awards and art scholarships to universities and art institutes throughout the United States. He has taught summer courses at Emporia State University and Pittsburg State University. He is adjunct faculty for Baker University and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. He is a volunteer art instructor at Mattie Rhodes Art Center and at the State of Kansas Correctional Facility. His award-winning jewelry and photography have been shown locally, nationally and internationally.
Pat Nemchock is a Master Teacher who has mentored hundreds of the nation’s most outstanding high school art students to receive regional and national recognition. Her reputation as a leader in her field is recognized nationally and in her own state. Her approach to teaching drawing and painting and curricular innovation is unique and effective. She especially likes to teach art teachers because they impact the life of so many young artists.