A Place to Refresh, Learn and Grow For Educators and Art Teachers of Grades K-12
The Summer Academy for Teachers provides educators with a great opportunity to advance their personal work and fresh their teaching and artwork with fresh ideas amidst a new community of artists and teachers.
Benefits
Courses
IN 623E The Academy Method in Your Classroom
Charles Muldowney
The teaching philosophy at the PAFA, emphasizing a foundation in observational drawing and technical knowledge, has stood the test of time. Learn to apply the Academy teaching model to the contemporary high school setting, and give your students an artistic edge! Topics include cast drawing, perspective, portrait sculpture, painting technique, copying masterworks, and printmaking basics. Visit the Academy museum, the historic Cast Hall, and hidden treasures of the vaults. Get extensive resources for educators including project instructions, handouts, curriculum guides, websites, catalogues, and lesson plans.
Monday through Saturday, July 6 - 11
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuition: $525 for 3.0 graduate credits or $425 non-credit + $50 materials
Register by June 26
IN 623ET Art as a Foundation for Learning A week to honor your creativity!
Al Gury and Susan Rodriquez
Join renowned educators, Al Gury, artist, author and Chair of the Painting Department at PAFA, and Susan Rodriguez, artist and author, for a week of enlightenment and new ideas. Learn, relax and make art in the studios and galleries of one of the world's finest collections of American art and the oldest art school in the nation! Draw and paint in the same studios where Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins and Henry O. Tanner started their art careers. All levels welcome.
10 reasons why you should take this course!
* Rediscover confidence in the studio
* Find your "personal muse" in a supportive art environment
* Use museum art to enliven lesson plans and activities
* Learn how masterpieces great and small were conceived and produced
* Appreciate the real meaning of diversity in American Art
* Consider the role of women artists/educators as innovators
* Learn how art interacts with Special Needs strategies
* Use art to create a dialogue with other subject areas
* Learn the basics of drawing, painting, and color
* Tour behind-the-scenes with curators, art conservators, museum education specialists and artists
Free teaching materials, gift bag, and lunch in the Museum Café included!
Monday through Friday, July 27 - 31
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
$525 for 3.0 graduate credits or $425 non-credit
Register by July 17
IN 745W5 Six-Week Studio/Critique Program
July 6 - August 14
Designed for artists and educators who desire constructive feedback on their artwork as well as the support and interaction of an artistic community. Registration confers a private studio in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building and critiques from a stellar ensemble of nationally and internationally known artists, including members of the Academy's acclaimed faculty: Mark Blavat, Celia Reisman, Julie Saecker Scheider, Moe Brooker and Bruce Samuelson. For critic biographies
click here.
Tuition: $850 for 3.0 graduate credits, 4.0 undergraduate credits or non-credit
VALUE! Register for one CE studio course and receive a $100 discount on
program tuition. Receive a 10% tuition discount on all subsequent summer studio classes.
Register by June 26
For more information, contact the Continuing Education office at 215-972-7632 or e-mail continuinged@pafa.edu.