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 refresh their teaching and artwork with fresh ideas amidst a new community of artists and teachers.

Benefits

• Accumulate Act 48 Credit, New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development Credit and Graduate Credit.
• Register for two selections and receive a 10% tuition discount!  Register for all three and receive a 20% tuition discount!

Summer 2010 Course Schedule

IN 623E  The Academy in Your Classroom  
Charles Muldowney
The teaching philosophy at 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, August 2 - 7
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuition:  $525 for 1.5 undergraduate credits; $675 for 1.5 graduate credits or $425 non-credit + $50 materials fee
Register by July 23

PR 612E  Printmaking
Lisa Hamilton
Ideal for artists, educators or anyone interested in learning about printmaking. Low technical processes including monotypes, Xerox lithography, relief, collograph, and chine colle will introduce beginning and advanced students to a variety of techniques, all of which can be applied in the classroom and studio. Students will explore hand-printing, press printing, working in black and white and color.  Instruction will include PAFA museum vaults to privately view prints by American artists from the museum’s vast collection of works on paper, as well as handouts with age appropriate materials, lesson plan suggestions, and an overview of important printmaking history.
Mondays, July 12 – August 16
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuition:  $525 for 1.5 undergraduate credits; $675 for 1.5 graduate credits or $425 non-credit + $40 materials
Register by July 2

IN 825E  Museums as a Resource for Teaching and Learning 
Refresh yourself!
Spend a fun, invigorating and informative week with experienced educators Susan Rodriguez and Al Gury exploring museums as a resource for teaching and learning.  K-12 educators of all disciplines as well as art teachers will benefit from this intensive course.  Examine themes of diversity, heritage and literacy through the richly multicultural museum collections of Philadelphia including PAFA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the African American Museum of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and more.  Learn about museums’ contribution to our artistic inheritance, and explore the ways in which the arts can be incorporated into lessons across disciplines.  Meet a famous children’s book illustrator, talk with museum curators and educators, and view rarely-seen works from the vaults.  Complementary breakfast and gift bag included!
Monday through Friday, July 26 – 30
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
$675 for 3.0 graduate credits or $425 non-credit
Register by July 16

Click here to register for any of the above classes.  Please note:  Tuition totals on online registration form will not reflect multiple class discounts -- discounts will be applied at time of payment processing.  For more information, call 215-972-7632 or e-mail continuinged@pafa.edu.
 

Al Gury and Susan Rodriguez