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Will be Available On September 1, 2010

8:00 AM

Registration and Continental breakfast

9:00 AM

Welcome

General Session - Keynote Speaker

10:15 AM

Breakout Session I

12 Noon

Lunch Break

1:15 PM

Breakout Session II

2:45 PM

End of Conference

(Some sessions will be held at the Nassau Museum of Art )

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2009 CONFERENCE BREAKOUT SESSIONS

 

 

DANCE, MOVEMENT AND DRAMA – SESSION 1

 

Creativity Yoga

Rob Goldman -  Owner, Rob Goldman Inc.

Creativity Yoga® offers a powerful yet fun method to those ready to connect or reconnect with their passion and purpose. Get out of your overburdened mind and into your being through this unique style of yoga therapy. It is especially suited to individuals feeling creatively blocked, overwhelmed, lost or burned out, as well as those in the midst of significant life transitions. It is a deeply inspiring program that offers a stimulating method of personal and professional development. Creativity Yoga® leads people toward a more effortless, intuitive, passionate reality. First we unblock the body, then the mind, then watch the spirit take flight!

 

Women and men with or without previous yoga experience will enjoy remarkable growth and intensified awareness through this dynamic exploration of the creative process. The program develops the body/mind connection through a series of simple yet powerfully effective yoga poses, along with interrelated creative-expression exercises and games.You alone are the key. All that is needed is a willingness to explore yourself and your absolute potential. Personal growth was never this much fun!

 

Expressive Elocution for ESL Students

Elise May

Participants will learn theater voice and acting techniques to help your ESL students understand body language and vocal messaging of other cultures and overcome their fear of speaking in English. They will also learn techniques to improve poor breathing habits, distracting physical gestures and incorrect articulation. Learn how to enhance vocal presentations and engage an audience, all while increasing understanding of your students’ rich cultural history. This session will help you and your students be heard, be understood, be vocally commanding and confident!

 

Using Drama to Teach Curriculum

Karen DeMauro

This workshop provides teachers with hands-on interactive drama exercises that bring the Social Studies, Language Arts and Science curriculums alive. Teachers will learn dozens of games, simulations, and techniques that encourage large group participation and embodied learning of content. Several ready-to use lessons are included in the course materials.

 

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL INTEREST – SESSION 1

 

Books Alive!

Lee Knight

Your students will love experiencing many different styles of music written to support some of their favorite stories.  Sing gospel with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, reggae with Dr. Seuss, and counter-melodies with Stellaluna as it becomes a five- minute opera.  Learn the tarantella with Streganona, a rap with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a blues progression with Stephanie’s Ponytail and many other cultural and musical styles.  Character Development is exhibited with an R&B song about Barack Obama, taking the reader/singer on a journey all over the world.  Service Learning has a new song written for The Biggest and Brightest Light by Marilyn Perlyn (CD & music for sale).  Lee has been performing her original and inspirational songs to rave reviews and now you can enjoy sharing them with your students. 

 

Leadership in the Arts

Joseph Pergola - National Education Service Company

This session is designed to develop greater leadership among the Fine Arts educators. Leaders create success and communicate a vision for success. Leaders provide optimism. They believe in themselves and their ability to be successful. Leadership is an art and like any other art form - it can be learned. There is universal agreement that strong leadership skills are essential for successful Fine Arts Programs. This workshop will examine the following components of leadership: What is leadership? How do we define it? Why is it so important? What does good leadership look like? What are its characteristics?

 

Thematic Presentations on World Cultures

Joyce Raimondo

During an interactive slide show, Joyce Raimondo, author of the children's book series, ART EXPLORERS, demonstrates how to create thematic presentations that bring together a range of art from various cultures. She demonstrates how to  ask questions to help students describe and interpret art. Rather than emphasize information, Raimondo models how to maximize student participation through open-ended discussion.

 

MUSIC – SESSION 1

 

Care and Feeding of Your Percussion Section

Stik Figures Percussion Ensemble, Anthony Romeo - Seaford UFSD

This clinic is designed to provide music educators with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform basic repairs, and standard maintenance on their percussion equipment. Topics presented will include: changing drum heads, tuning drums, stringing mallet instruments, strainer and snare replacement, timpani pedal adjustments and cymbal strap installation. A recommended tool list and supplies will be presented, as well as other tips and tricks of the trade.

 

Choral Reading Session – Elementary

Erica Warner, Herricks Schools, MYO Concert Choir

Selections representing a wide range of music for Middle School and High School chorus will be used for this session. Music provided by JW Pepper & Sons. Participants will be able to take selections home (limit of 100 packets).

 

It's Not Just The Blues; The Music of Black Composers

Reynard Burns

String and orchestral music composed by Black composers is hard to find in print.  Diversity in programming of music is always a challenge.  The sheet music for the music of these great composers are available if you know where to look.

Jazz Demonstration Session

Ron Fox – East Islip UFSD

This presentational  session will feature a select group of musicians/educators from the Long Island school system performing various charts for jazz ensemble. Music from ALL levels, beginning jazz band through high school, will be performed.  Writing styles, brass ranges, rhythm section parts, solo/soli sections, etc. will be discussed to help teachers select appropriate literature for their jazz groups.  A handout listing all selections with ordering information and room to make notes will be distributed to all attendees.  Music provided by J.W. Pepper & Sons.

 

Legends of Jazz- Mentors in your own Backyard

Thomas J. Manuel, The Stony Brook School

There is probably nothing more inspiring than to hear and see musicians performing. Even more exciting though is to hear such talent from legends who can recount great experiences of being on the road, playing the historic venues of yester-year, and passing the torch of the do\`s and don\`t of recording, performing, etc.

 

Jazz is the universal language; state department tours have been lead by such greats as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and others. This workshop will present legends of jazz Teddy Charles on vibes, Jimmy Pirone on drums, Pete Chively on bass, Chuck Genduso on trumpet, and others. These octogenerian individuals are a “Who`s Who” of the jazz world. Their performance/discussion will inspire and entertain! These men and women live all around us and are effective teaching tools in our schools. They played with Basie, Coltrane, Miles, Kenton, Sinatra, Ella, and so many more. Their stories span the country from coast to coast and abroad. Collectively they represent the soundtrack of America from the 1930s through today. Come and be inspired by our Legends of Jazz as they pass the torch and inspire you continue in your own personal growth and teaching.

 

Presented will be creative ways to recognize, honor and incorporate these artists into your music program via workshops, concerts, and gala events.

 

Line, Text, Then Meaning: Abstract Choral Diction

Dr. David Fryling, Hofstra University

This session will provide a hierachichal approach to the challenge of choral diction and unity of choral sound. It will focus primarily on the following concepts: Healthy vocal phonation, vocal ensemble technique, choral diction & the International Phonetic Alphabet.  Much of our time as choral conductor-educators is spent teaching our choirs how to sing healthily on their breath the correct lines, chords, and rhythms printed in the score. As a result, the complicated vocal ensemble technique of coordinating  vowels and consonants with pitches and rhythms is too often glossed over-especially when the choristers are singing in their native language. By integrating the science of group vocal ensemble technique and the science of the phoneme into our daily rehearsal process, we then can focus on the art of creating more meaningful, moving, and human-centered choral concert experiences for performers and audiences alike.

 

Middle School General Music Grade Six: Thinking Out of the Box - The Unseen Lessons, Part 1

David Kramer - Miller Place UFSD

Participants will see a variety of lessons appropriate for grade six that use music education as a catalyst for building awareness that specific classical styles exist within the music-history continuum.  The lessons presented will be "new" and never before shared at this conference.

 

Smart Music in Your Music Program

Leigh Kalstad, MakeMusic, Inc
.

Learn how this exciting, interactive program can breath new life into the process of practice and learning in music education.

 

So Now You Have to Teach General Music

George Ober - William Floyd UFSD

This workshop will demonstrate how teachers new to middle school general music can develop performance based activities which foster a greater understanding of the basic elements of music and enhance listening skills. Teachers will learn strategies for meeting the standards for music education and learn how to include a performance component in their classroom.

 

String Orchestra Reading Session

Patricia Koppeis, Syosset HS (retired), MYO Chamber Orchestra

Selections representing a wide range of music for elementary and secondary orchestra will be used for this session. Music provided by JW Pepper & Sons.  BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT & MUSIC STAND!

 

Stylistic Gesturing for Choral Conductors

Jennifer Scott Miceli, Ph.D., C.W. Post College

This session focuses on matters of weight, space, time, and flow in music and the way in which specific conducting gestures elicit stylistically accurate performance practice.  Culturally diverse choral literature is explored.  Techniques are practical and proven successful for elementary, secondary, and collegiate choral ensembles.  Session participants review and learn anew marcato, legato, staccato, and tenuto baton techniques.  Diction-specific releases and entrance cues are honed along with fermata, rubato, and accelerando.  A process for score analysis is presented.

 

Teaching Posture & Position

Vanessa Breault-Mulvey

Posture and position correlate to the quality of tone production, technical facility, and prevent can injury. This workshop will uncover the anatomy of posture and demonstrate how posture affects music making for both instrumentalists and vocalists.  Using a standards-based lesson plan we will learn how to effectively teach how to sit and stand comfortably, bring an instrument to playing position, and learn to identify and promote good balance, and physical support in ensembles.

 

VISUAL ARTS – SESSION 1

 

Expression in Abstraction

Offered in conjuction with the Art League of LI

NOTE: Participants must register for both sessions of this workshop.

Learn a step-by-step process that will lead your work into abstraction.  Workshop includes working from direct observation into exercises that stretch the boundaries of making art.  Materials include drawing and paint media as well as elements of collage.  Handouts provided.

 

Film--And the Art of Enjoying Justice!

Ken Kimmelman

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ken Kimmelman will show short films on social issues, including two produced for the United Nations. More, he will speak about the important relation of art and ethics based on a landmark principle stated by Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism. Educators will learn that every instance of art is ethical because it is just to the aesthetic structure of the world. Art has in it the way of seeing we want and need in our lives.

 

Nassau County Museum of Art

Visual Storytelling: “Norman Rockwell : American Imagist” and Cynthia von Buhler’s “But Who Will Bell The Cats”? (session offered at the Nassau County Museum)

 

Visit the two current exhibitions at NCMA “ Norman Rockwell: American Imagist” and “But Who Will Bell The Cats”? and explore in what ways Norman Rockwell and Cynthia von Buhler make artistic choices to be effective visual storytellers.  This will be a participatory workshop. Museum educators will conduct facilitated discussions in the galleries and discuss activities related to the exhibitions. Artist and illustrator Cynthia von Buhler will discuss her creative process.

 

Workshop leaders: Patricia Lannes, NCMA Education Director and Jean Henning, NCMA Senior Museum Educator, who together have more than 30 years in museum education and author and illustrator Cynthia von Buhler who is an internationally known and award-winning artist whose three-dimensional works have been displayed in galleries and museums around the world, and in books, magazines, and newspapers.

 

Creating the Illusion of Depth

(session offered in conjuction with Nassau Co Museum of Art at East Meadow High School – Shuttle bus provided from Marriott)

 

Learn another way of teaching the creation of the illusion of depth, space and distance. Explore how color, value and size can be used as a tool to support the creation of this illusion. Steve Lampasona will demonstrate, show examples and discuss applications in different media. This will be a hands-on workshop. Please bring a sketch pad and drawing pencils.

 

Workshop leader: Steve Lampasona is an accomplished artist who has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. He has been an art instructor at Nassau County Museum of Art for 24 years and was also a public school art teacher.

 

Building Expression And Skill One Mark At A Time 

(session offered in conjuction with Nassau Co Museum of Art at East Meadow High School – Shuttle bus provided from Marriott)

 

 

Mark-making, such as drawing simple geometric shapes, can be a challenge for some students with disabilities. In providing lessons that build mark-making skills and expression in art, the benefits to students reach beyond art in that they support personal development on many levels and to other subject areas.  What can art teachers do to aid their students with disabilities to develop greater control and expression in mark-making?  Suggestions for use of readily available materials and procedures for students’ painting and drawing will be demonstrated.  Relevant considerations for working with students who have physical, learning, developmental, visual or autistic spectrum disabilities will be discussed.  Workshop materials will be provided.

 

Workshop leader:

Pearl Rosen Golden, on the faculty of Queens College, Brooklyn College, CUNY and Bank Street College, New Perspectives Program. A consultant to programs in art for children with special needs. Art Instructor for Autism in the Arts at the Nassau County Museum of Art. Steering Committee Member of the Museum Access Consortium. A working artist in the area of painting and printmaking. 

 

Paint Your Own Silk Scarf

Offered in conjuction with The Art League of LI at East Meadow High School (Shuttle Bus Provided from Marriott)

NOTE: Participants must register for both sessions of this workshop.

 

Learn how to turn a fabric into a beautiful piece of art.Paint your very own 11" x 50" silk scarf under step by step instructions.  Brilliant transparent colors of dyes combined with the drape of silk makes this a sensuous medium.  Learn the procedure of applying dyes, various painting techniques using salt, alcohol and resists.  Instruction on how to steam set dyes will also be given.

 

Simple Basket Making

Donna Castagna

This session is geared for students in grades six through twelve. This project can be tied to Global Studies as well as the art curriculum.  Materials used are basket reed, water and scissors.  Access to a sink or water supply would be helpful, but not necessary. Due to materials the course size would best be limited to fifteen participants.

 

Still Life In Fabrics

Offered in conjuction with the Art League of LI (session offered at East Meadow High School – A shuttle bus will be provided from the Marriott)  NOTE: Particpants must register for both sessions of this workshop.


Without sewing we will create a still life fabric painting.  This will be done using fusible web.  The project will be a study in color and visual texture of fabrics within the bold shapes of the still life. A kit of pattern and fabric, etc. will be included.  Finishing instructions will be provided.

* Bring small, sharp scissors.

 
Through The Microscope - Printmaking Shadowbox
Lee Eskin, Lawrence Middle School

 

This is a hands-on workshop in which participants will create relief monoprints inspiried by images of cells, as seen through a microscope, then assembled into a 3-D shadowbox.

 

DANCE, MOVEMENT AND DRAMA – SESSION 2

 

Dance Across Cultures

Abigail Agresta-Stratton, West Islip UFSDz

Dance is everywhere. Dance is in every culture. Can we pull from these varied styles to create something new? How can we create dance? How can we use the influences of other cultures to create our own unique dance style? Participants will engage in a movement experience that illicits the creation of dances through the exploration of the dance, art, and music of various world cultures.

"May I Have This Dance?" Being the Change You Want to Be – Teaching and Learning in Partnership

AnaMaria Correa – American Ballroom Theater, Nancy Duncan - CoDanceCo, Katie DeBruin, Teaching Artist

The Dancing Classrooms arts-in-education program works with whole classrooms of public school students in ten- week, twenty lesson residencies integrated into the school day. The focus of this program is to cultivate social and cultural awareness, team work, self-confidence, respect for others, etiquette, and support academic excellence through the practice of social dance.  Through the Dancing Classrooms philosophy of fun, easy instructions and simple images, participants in this workshop will learn the basics of two to three ballroom dances through the Dulaine Method.  The workshop will be taught by a team from the American Ballroom Theater Dancing Classrooms program. The arts learning will be followed by an exploration of teaching methods experienced and classroom applications.

Write To Broadway

John Shorter

 
This workshop was developed as part of the Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest.  It was presented in 15 schools in New York and New Jersey and was very well received. Participants use classic works of art from around the world as motivation for story telling. Participants will work collaboratively to create scenarios, develop characters and write dialogue.

INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL INTEREST – SESSION 2

Advocacy in Music and Art Education

George Ober - William Floyd UFSD

 

Music and art educators have a responsibility to develop a knowledge of advocacy and effectively apply the principals of advocacy to reach and influence target audiences on the importance of art and music in a school`s mission to fully educate the whole child. This workshop will examine successful advocacy techniques and the effective use of public relations, communication and media relations to advance support for music and art education.


A Taste of Australia: Aboriginal Art and Music

Chris Pitkin


This session will provide an introduction to Australia’s Aboriginal culture, their spirituality, music and art. Participants will learn about the Didgeridoo, the world’s oldest wind instrument, study Aborigian Dot Art from Australia’s Red Centre, and design their own traditional Aboriginal ‘story’, and Dot Paint it, using traditional Aboriginal colors, tools and techniques.

 

Business Writing for the Arts Classroom

Dr. John J. Gallagher, Longwood CSD/NYSSMA Public Relations

 

Many times per semester, we communicate with various target audiences - administrators, colleagues, board members and parents. It is very important that our writing reflects our ability to communicate and that we say exactly what we need to say in a very clear and concise manner. This session will give the arts educator an insight to business-style writing and communications and how they can use them to put themselves, their students, and their programs in the best light to their various target audiences.

 

Finding the Time For Everything: “Am I Reaching My Goals?”

Robert Wottawa, Longwood CSD

 

Are you tired of teaching to the “test?”  Do you want to teach more music in your music class? Tired of focusing on the concert?  This presentation will discuss how a teacher of a performance group can find the time to accomplish their musical goals.    I will discuss how to break down a lesson allowing student success in music performance, music theory, and musical technique.  In addition, I will share the rubrics and handbooks used in the Longwood Central School District for the music performance groups.  

 

 

MUSIC – SESSION 2

 

Band Reading Session

Dr. James McRoy, C.W. Post College/Long Island University

 

Selections representing a wide range of music for elementary and secondary band will be used for this session. Music provided by JW Pepper & Sons.  BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT & MUSIC STAND!

 

Choral Reading Session – Secondary

Edward Norris, III , Glen Cove Schools, MYO Youth Chorale

 

Selections representing a wide range of music for Middle School and High School chorus will be used for this session. Music provided by JW Pepper & Sons. Participants will be able to take selections home (limit of 100 packets).

 

Establishing and Maintaining a Flute Choir

Amy Kempton, The Long Island Flute Club

This professional Flute Choir will present a workshop detailing how to establish and maintain a flute choir at both the elementary and secondary levels. The LIFC Professional Flute Choir performs regularly throughout Long Island and will perform at the National Flute Association in New York City in August 2009.

 

Finale in Your Music Program

Leigh Kalsted, Make Music, Inc.

 

Learn how this powerful music construction tool can be used to assist you in moving your program forward, both in conjunction with Smart Music and by itself.

 

Forming a School Fiddle Club

Eric Marten

 

Get your orchestra students fiddlin’ for fun! Participants will learn about Traditional American/English/Irish/Scottish Folk Fiddle Music and how to incorporate this in your school music program. The original group formed twenty years ago as a community-based performance group for local contra and square dances, then later evolved into incorporating classical violin students to create a school based Fiddle Club and subsequently the Long Island Fiddlemonic Orchestra.

 

Jazz & Improvisation for Strings

Reynard Burns

 

Improvisation exists in every music culture as a spontaneous creative process.  String players can be involved in this creative process utilizing the skills and techniques acquired through classical training.  The inclusion of jazz and improvisation can be done within the regular instructional process.  Bring your instrument!

 

Jazz Band meets the Lindy Hop!

Thomas J. Manuel, The Stony Brook School

 

Throughout the annals of history we have seen in the development and evolution of the liberal arts the importance of contribution, collaboration, and example. This presentation offers a sound study of the complex relationship between the solely American born art form called jazz, and its equal counterpart, the dance form called the Lindy Hop. Exploring the Afro-European origins of both American music and movement one will find there are several factors which shaped its distant beginnings, and the forces which have formed its yet unfinished evolution.

 

When jazz is killin`, feet tap faster, hands clap harder, fingers snap quicker, feelings get truer, imaginations run farther. This presentation offers an insightful and exciting way to bring your jazz program to the next level. Introduce your students to the original relationship between jazz music and social dance. This presentation will supply you with the sources and initiative to make it happen via vintage video footage, period recordings, and insightful ways to get a project in motion.

 

Healthy Pop, R&B, and Broadway Singing

Lee Knight

This workshop will provide you with the tools to show your students how to cross over into modern singing without hurting themselves or the listener!  This is much safer and more pleasing than belting and gets better results as the singer’s voice stays flexible and connected.  Many different tips and exercises will be demonstrated as we are all unique. Lee is a graduate of NYU and has studied extensively with Broadway vocal coach Jim Carson. Lee has taught at the Sam Ash Music Institute in NJ, NYC and at her studio in East Northport for over 20 years.  She has been performing since the age of 10 and helps others overcome their limitations so their voices can easily soar in any direction they would like to take!

 

Literacy Through Music

Debra Degenhardt

 

This session should reinforce literacy concepts visited in the classroom while teaching children different song forms and styles.

Participants will experience first-hand the power of music in education as we explore different ways of integrating first and second grade literacy concepts into song activities. Technology will also play a role as we utilize PowerPoint, Keynote, Garage Band, Finale Notepad, and a number of peripherals.

 

Middle School General Music Grade Seven: Thinking Out of the Box - The Unseen Lessons, Part 2

David Kramer - Miller Place UFSD

Participants will see a variety of lessons, appropriate for grade seven, that use rock, jazz, Broadway, and hip-hop to show music can be a catalyst for societal change as well as reflective of societal and technological changes.  The lessons presented will be "new" and never before shared at this conference.

 
Play For Your Life!" Chamber Music from Mozart to Led Zepplin

Joseph Rutkowski and Alan Schwartz/Great Neck Schools


A goal of music education is to help instrumental students find opportunities to make music throughout their lives. Becoming familiar with the activity of playing chamber music will give your students the chance to become life-long participants in music. Chamber music is the one of the most intimate yet sophisticated of all genres of music performance. The subtle nonverbal dialogue, which must be maintained in the rehearsals and throughout the performance is difficult to describe. Traditionally, only the most accomplished young musicians attempt to study chamber music. This clinic hopes to demonstrate how student instrumentalists on all levels can become engaged in playing chamber music. Excerpts from the chamber music repertoire will be performed by the students of John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School and Great Neck South Middle School as well as audience members.

 
Portfolio Assessment in the Elementary Instrumental Program

Joseph Pergola - National Education Service Company

 

The goal of this session is to improve the teaching-learning process by the use of portfolios to musical literacy, and cognitive understanding of musical principals while developing desired performance skill and knowledge. Assessment in music education has been solely performance based. Missing is as multi-dimensional view of each student\`s growth. Portfolios improve the teaching-learning process and incorporate assessment to insure students are developing skills and knowledge. Through the use of portfolios, students also learn to take responsibility for their own learning. This session has been presented at numerous conferences on the state and county levels.

 

 

Recreational Drumming for the Music Educator: Teaching Musical Concepts Through Hand Drumming.

Stik Figures Percussion Ensemble, Anthony Romeo - Seaford UFSD

 

Clinic will be a hands on experience in hand drumming techniques, improvisation skills and drum circle facilitation. Numerous hand drum activities will be explored through the experience. Participants are invited to bring their own hand drum. Examples of curriculum based ideas will be discussed for possible use in general music classes.


VISUAL ARTS – SESSION 2

 

 

Is Art Really - and Urgently - About Life?

Marsha Rackow

 

Artist, educator, and Aesthetic Realism Consultant, Marcia Rackow, will discuss the work of three revolutionary artists--Leonardo da Vinci, David Smith, and Claude Monet--and show the urgency art has in our lives.  How should we see the world we are in and the people close to us and far away?  The honest, practical answer is in aesthetics:  "The world, art, and self explain each other:" stated Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism, "each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites."  Educators will learn how, in its purpose and technique, art is a guide to how every person wants to see because all art is fair to the aesthetic nature of the world.

 

David Hockney`s Secret Knowledge

Howard Nepo, Cold Spring Harbor Schools

 

New York State Standards suggest that students learn to “consult and interpret databases and a wide variety of primary sources". Art critic Roberto Longhi says, "Paintings are primary documents. Archival documents can be faked; critical judgments, not." As part of understanding the optics in Hockney`s theory we will examine Holbein`s masterpiece, "The Ambassadors".

 

David Hockney shocked the Art world when he claimed that some of the world`s greatest artists traced their paintings using optics, modern at the time. Rembrandt, Van Eyck and Vermeer are among a few that will be analyzed using slides from Hockney`s book. Participants will draw their own conclusions and see the graphic continuum that he uses to depict the ascent and consequent divergence of artists from the baseline of the last five hundred years on the axis of realism and the abstract.

 

Transformations History: An Exploration into the History and Anthropology of Masks and Painted Faces

Christopher Agostino

 

An interactive presentation on the history, uses and underlying concepts of masks and painted faces in world cultures, illustrated live on the faces of volunteers. An emphasis will be placed on how this conceptual approach to mask art can support mask-making programs in a school setting at any grade level. Included, as well, will be a visual demonstration of the linkage between traditional mask arts of Africa and the birth of Modern Art in the early 20th century.

 

To transform ourselves with masks and body art is a universal human art, practiced in every culture around the world. Anthropologists say that before we every painted on a cave wall we painted ourselves. Current research suggests that this initial act of art - this act of transforming our identity through an art process applied to our own skin - was coincidental with the first appearance of what we think of as the modern human consciousness. To explore this act, this urge to transform our appearance through art, is to touch upon the very quality that made us human.

 

Using Peace in Art Instruction

Shannon Murray, Northport-East Northport Schools


This mural project integrated with the third grade curriculum and was completed with the cooperation of the third grade classroom teachers. This mural project," A Piece of Peace", was completed at Bellerose Avenue Elementary School during the entire 2008-2009 school year. All third grade classroom teachers were actively engaged in incorporating relevant themes in the classroom in support of this project as an interdisciplinary grade-wide project.  Themes such as poetry and map skills were some of the relevant themes addressed in the third grade classrooms in conjunction with the mural.  The large scale mural was approved and installed in Bellerose Ave. Elementary for future generations to enjoy.

 

This workshop will focus on the development of a large scale mural project through a series of preliminary chalk drawings, paintings, decoupage, silhouettes, ceramics and computer graphics.  All participants will leave with a unit plan on peace, methods for delivering a peaces project and a peace watercolor which they will create during the workshop.

 

Expression in Abstraction

Offered in conjuction with the Art League of LI (session offered at East Meadow High School – A shuttle bus will be provided from the Marriott)  NOTE: Participants must register for both sessions of this workshop.

 

Learn a step-by-step process that will lead your work into abstraction.  Workshop includes working from direct observation into exercises that stretch the boundaries of making art.  Materials include drawing and paint media as well as elements of collage.  Handouts provided.

 

Nassau County Museum of Art

Visual Storytelling: “Norman Rockwell : American Imagist” and Cynthia von Buhler’s “But Who Will Bell The Cats”? (session offered at the Nassau County Museum)

 

Visit the two current exhibitions at NCMA “ Norman Rockwell: American Imagist” and “But Who Will Bell The Cats”? and explore in what ways Norman Rockwell and Cynthia von Buhler make artistic choices to be effective visual storytellers.  This will be a participatory workshop. Museum educators will conduct facilitated discussions in the galleries and discuss activities related to the exhibitions. Artist and illustrator Cynthia von Buhler will discuss her creative process.

 

Workshop leaders: Patricia Lannes, NCMA Education Director and Jean Henning, NCMA Senior Museum Educator, who together have more than 30 years in museum education and author and illustrator Cynthia von Buhler who is an internationally known and award-winning artist whose three-dimensional works have been displayed in galleries and museums around the world, and in books, magazines, and newspapers.

 

Creating the Illusion of Depth

(session offered in conjuction with Nassau Co Museum of Art at East Meadow High School – Shuttle bus provided from Marriott)

 

Learn another way of teaching the creation of the illusion of depth, space and distance. Explore how color, value and size can be used as a tool to support the creation of this illusion. Steve Lampasona will demonstrate, show examples and discuss applications in different media. This will be a hands-on workshop. Please bring a sketch pad and drawing pencils.

 

Workshop leader: Steve Lampasona is an accomplished artist who has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. He has been an art instructor at Nassau County Museum of Art for 24 years and was also a public school art teacher.

 

Building Expression And Skill One Mark At A Time 

(session offered in conjuction with Nassau Co Museum of Art at East Meadow High School – Shuttle bus provided from Marriott)

 

Mark-making, such as drawing simple geometric shapes, can be a challenge for some students with disabilities. In providing lessons that build mark-making skills and expression in art, the benefits to students reach beyond art in that they support personal development on many levels and to other subject areas.  What can art teachers do to aid their students with disabilities to develop greater control and expression in mark-making?  Suggestions for use of readily available materials and procedures for students’ painting and drawing will be demonstrated.  Relevant considerations for working with students who have physical, learning, developmental, visual or autistic spectrum disabilities will be discussed.  Workshop materials will be provided.

 

Workshop leader:  Pearl Rosen Golden, on the faculty of Queens College, Brooklyn College, CUNY and Bank Street College, New Perspectives Program. A consultant to programs in art for children with special needs. Art Instructor for Autism in the Arts at the Nassau County Museum of Art. Steering Committee Member of the Museum Access Consortium. A working artist in the area of painting and printmaking. 

 

Handmade Book Workshop

Offered in conjuction with the Art League of LI at East Meadow HS (Shuttle Bus Provided)

 

NOTE:  Participants music register form both sessions of this workshop.

Learn to create beautiful handmade books with hand-hewn Japanese bindings using collage techniques and such diverse materials as beautiful papers, your own prints or watercolors, pictures from found magazines and found objects.

 

Bring:

Pencil, eraser, ruler, scissors, utility knife, newspaper, cutting mat

 

 

 

 

 

 Paint Your Own Silk Scarf

Offered in conjuction with The Art League of LI (session offered at East Meadow High School – A shuttle bus will be provided from the Marriott)  NOTE: Participants music register for both sessions of this workshop.

 

Learn how to turn a fabric into a beautiful piece of art.Paint your very own 11" x 50" silk scarf under step by step instructions.  Brilliant transparent colors of dyes combined with the drape of silk makes this a sensuous medium.  Learn the procedure of applying dyes, various painting techniques using salt, alcohol and resists.  Instruction on how to steam set dyes will also be given.

 

Still Life In Fabrics

Offered in conjuction with the Art League of LI (session offered at East Meadow High School – A shuttle bus will be provided from the Marriott)  NOTE: Particpants music register for both sessions of this workshop.


Without sewing we will create a still life fabric painting.  This will be done using fusible web.  The project will be a study in color and visual texture of fabrics within the bold shapes of the still life. A kit of pattern and fabric, etc. will be included.  Finishing instructions will be provided.

* Bring small, sharp scissors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




For the past three years, Nassau NYSCAME, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York, has sponsored a Faculty Study Tour during the February Recess.  Teachers have travelled to Vienna/Prague/Budapest(2008), Venice/Florence/Rome(2009), and Spain/Morroco(2010) exploring these culturally fascinating areas.

During the 2011 February Break (Feb 18 - 27) we will be exploring Amsterdam and Paris.  These cities of art, architecture, music of all genres will provide a cultural feast to fill the artistic appetite.  We have really great hotels booked in both cities and we are adding Welcome and Farewell Dinners to the tour for everyone. Also canal and river cruises will be part of the itinerary.

We know both of these cities well and can't wait to share our excitement with you.  In Amsterdam there is the Koncertabow, one of the best halls in the world, the Van Gogh Museum, The Rembrandt House and the 57 other major museums; The Anne Frank House, the canals, the exciting night-life!

Paris... What isn't there?  Opera, museums, Eiffel Tour, Notre Dame, Left Bank, Arc de Triumph, The Seine, Moulin Rouge, we can go on forever!

The hotels are already booked, as are the airline tickets.  Guaranteed space is limited to 30 people.  Check out the linked Itinerary and Application.

(Application to be linked here soon)

If you know you want to come, send back the attached application and a $250 deposit. That will guarantee you are on board.

Note - Although this is titled as Faculty Study Tour in the Arts, teachers of other areas are welcome, as are spouses or friends. Check with your supervising administrator to see if you may use this toward your In-Service credits or hours.

Send to

MYO/NYSCAME February Tour
PO Box 197
Glen Head, NY  11545 

Day 1 Friday, Feb. 18, 2011
Depart from New York (JFK) at 10:10 pm KLM Airlines Flight 644 overnight to Amsterdam. Enjoy complimentary meals and beverages as you fly transatlantic to Europe.

Day 2 Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 Arrival Amsterdam
Arrive in Amsterdam at 11:20 am. On arrival, clear immigration, collect your luggage and transfer by deluxe motorcoach to the Port van Cleve Hotel where you check-in with time to get settled.
Preview the hotel at: www.dieportvancleve.com Enjoy a Welcome Dinner in a local restaurant near the hotel.

Day 3 Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011 Amsterdam
Today enjoy the allure of this charming city from a glass-topped launch, cruising along the canals that thread along tree-lined streets and under scores of bridges, where elaborately gabled houses transport you back to another time. See the Tower of Tears, Royal Palace and Dam Square. Enjoy free time this afternoon for personal exploring, shopping or visiting museums. Dinner on your own tonight.

Day 4 Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 Amsterdam
Today is free to explore the city and your own interests. Ride a bicycle through the flowery Vondelpark, where Amsterdammers gather for picnics and open-air concerts. For close-up views of Golden Age merchants' houses, stroll along Amsterdam's storied canals. The Rijksmuseum is a rambling attic of Old Master paint-ings from Vermeer miniatures to Rembrandt's colossal The Night Watch. The curvy Van Gogh Museum houses the world's largest Van Gogh collection, including Sunflowers and earless self-portraits. Spend a reflective moment in Anne Frank's House. Find a nice restaurant for dinner on your own this evening.

Day 5 Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 Amsterdam/Paris
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out and load the coach for a transfer to the central train station where you board your Thalys high-speed train to Paris. The journey takes about 4-hours and you arrive at Gare du Nord Station in the early afternoon. Load the coach and transfer to the Hotel Normandy. Preview the hotel at www.hotel-normandy.com We recommend that you try out the Paris Metro this evening and visit the village of Montmartre for a spectacular sunset over Paris. There are many lovely restau-rants just off the Place du Tertre and you can enjoy the panoramic view from the steps of the Sacre Coeur. Dinner on your own.

Day 6 Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 Paris
Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy a guided sightseeing tour of Paris. Visit Notre Dame Cathedral. No other building is associated so closely with the history of Paris. It is a Gothic masterpiece standing at the very heart of the city. The stunning Ste Chapelle is located on the Ile de la Cité, as is the Conciergerie, which held many prisoners of the Revolution including Marie Antoinette. Cross the Pont St. Louis to see the tiny Ile St. Louis. Walk over the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris, to the Latin Quarter. Have time for lunch and souvenir shopping in the bustling Latin Quarter. Spend an evening shopping at Galleries Lafayette or Printemps in the Opera Quarter. Dinner on your own.
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Day 7 Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 Paris
Breakfast at the hotel. The entire day is free to explore Paris on your own. Enjoy a visit to the Louvre Museum, inspiration for the famous musical work, “Scenes from the Louvre,” by Norman dello Joio. The museum contains one of the most important art collections in the world, and has a history extending back to medieval times. See Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, Raft of the Medusa, Marly Horses by Guillaume Coustou, and The Lacemaker. You may also wish to visit the Musee d’ Orsay, Invalides or take a train to Versailles. Tonight would be a perfect evening to take in an opera or other musical event in Paris. Dinner is on your own this evening.

Day 8 Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 Paris
Set out on a free day in this magnificent city. Enjoy a visit to the beautiful Musée d’Orsay. This monumental art gallery displays France’s national collections of paintings, sculptures, objects d’art and other works produced between 1848 and 1914. They are spectacularly housed in this former train station, built in 1900. Visit the La Conciergerie. Built in the early 14th century, this Gothic structure complete with men-at-arms room, guardroom and kitchen, is located on Ile de la Cité. During the French Revolution, nearly 3,000 condemned spent their last days here. They were then transported to Concorde Square to be guillotined. Travel to the famous Rue Mouffetard, Marché St. Germaine, or Marais Quarter where you can do some souvenir shopping. Dinner on your own tonight.

Day 9 Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Paris
Today is the final day of your tour and you may wish to spend part of it on the Boulevard Haussmann. Here you can explore the unique “Passages” with boutiques for nearly every taste. Have lunch in one of the cozy restaurants on the Place des Vosges. Spend the afternoon doing final souvenir shopping with perhaps a visit to the Pompidou Center. Enjoy a Farewell Dinner at Café le Jeanette and Tonight enjoy a scenic Bateaux Mouches cruise on the Seine River taking in all the illuminated monuments.

Day 10 Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 Paris/New York Check out and depart for Charles d’ Gaulle International Airport for the return flight to New York (JFK) via Amsterdam on KLM Airlines. Arrive home at 4:30 pm in the afternoon.

Terms and Conditions
Not Included: Passport fees, meals not listed, entrance admissions, gratuities to guides/drivers,travel insurance. Any air tax/security fee/fuel increases issued by the air-carrier prior to departure will be added to the final invoice. Current air taxes are approximately $115 per person and subject to change.

Tour Pricing: $2695 per person in twin occupancy with a $650
supplement for single occupancy.
A formal registration form, payment schedule and cancellation policy are included with this brochure. If interested in the tour program please complete the registration form and return to:

John McNeur, Executive Director Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York

MYO
PO Box 197
Glen Head, NY 11545

Office: 516-676-MYO1 (6961) E-mail: jmcneur@myo.org www.myo.org

Hope you can join us!

-John McNeur

   
 
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