me arts ed

Great opportunity this summer

The Farnsworth Art Museum is teaming with the Maine Department of Education, University of Maine, Orono, The Strand Theater, Rockland and the Lincoln Center Institute of New York City to provide a professional development opportunity for K-12 educators. The Farnsworth is becoming one of eight sites world-wide to host the one-week Institute’s International Educator Workshop.

The International Educator Workshop is for educators and arts administrators who are interested in learning about imaginative teaching and learning through aesthetic education. The workshop will address what makes artworks an effective focus of study. A dynamic balance between philosophy and practice, activity and reflection, personal and group inquiries will authentically model the way aesthetic education practices can be adapted in many learning settings.

The learning opportunity will take place July 26-30th. Contact hours and graduate credits are available. A $100 deposit is required at the time of registration which will be refunded at the completion of the workshop. A $500 stipend will be paid to teachers who complete an implementation plan in their classrooms during the following school year.

Deposit checks should be mailed to the Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland, ME 04841 Attn: Denise Mitchell.