• Professional Development Presenter


    • American Art Partner: Professional Development with Chicago Public School teachers in partnership with Art Resources in Teaching, Terra Foundation, and the Art Institute of Chicago, 7 day sessions + 8 in classrooms

    • American Colonial Art to Civil War 3 day sessions + 20 in classrooms

    • Art and Math 1 to 3 day sessions + 8 in classrooms

    • World Art History for Teachers 8 day sessions

    • Planning and Creating a school mural 17 day sessions

    • Building Art Capacity in the Classroom
    8 to 11 day sessions in classrooms

    • Art and Literacy 1 day session

    • Romare Bearden The Block Theme Community 1 day session

    • Elizabeth Catlett the Art of Print Making 1 day session

    • Creating with Clay 1 day session

    • Simple Book Making 1 day session

    • Making Chess Pieces with Your Students 1 day session

    • Beyond The Bulletin Board 1 day session

    • Visit to Artist Studios 1 day session

    • World Architecture 1 day session

    • Tours of Downtown Chicago Architecture 1 day session

  • Residencies Workshops After school programs Parent Workshops

    Residencies
    Individual 6-16 session Residency for the following:
    Art and Literacy
    Themes
    • Identity
    • Community
    • Journey
    • Transformation

    Art and Math
    Main Ideas
    • Shapes and Forms
    • 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional
    • Patterns
    • Symmetry
    • Hexagon Tessellating pattern
    • Sierpinski Triangle Form
    • Stereo Design Screen/Lenticular Screen
    • Frank Lloyd Wright Windows
    • Geodesic Domes
    • One and Two Point Perspective

    Art and Science
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • The Natural World
    • Fabric

    Ancient Civilizations
    Individual Residency for the following:
    Ancient Egypt
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • Hieroglyphics
    • Painting
    • Sculpture
    • Architecture
    • Mythology
    • Comparing Ancient Egypt with Ancient Mayan Civilizations

    Ancient Greek and Roman
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • Art
    • Vases
    • Architecture
    • Mythology

    Art of the Middle Ages
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • Art of the Middle Ages
    • Stained Glass
    • Simple Books
    • Gargoyle Sculpture

    Asian Cultures
    Individual Residency for the following:
    Japanese
    • Japanese Gardens
    • Japanese Screens
    • Japanese Prints
    Cambodian
    • Angkor Wat
    Chinese
    • Qui Shi Huang’s Terracotta Warriors and Horses
    • Chinese Dragons
    • Comparing Han Dynasty Tomb Sculpture and Nayarit Tableau Sculpture

    Hispanic Culture
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • Olmec Sculpture
    • Colima Sculpture
    • Mayan Art, Architecture, Hieroglyphics, Mythology
    • Aztec Sculpture and Architecture
    • Frida Kahlo Identity in Art
    • Art of Jose Guadalupe Posada Print Making
    • Constructing Day of the Dead Alter
    • Interpreting and creating a Retablos and/or Ex-votos

    Native American Cultures
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • Northwest Coast American Indians
    • Plains Indians
    • Woodland Indians
    • Ancient Pueblo People
    • Crow Canyon, Art and Archeology of the Southwest

    African Cultures
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • African Masks
    • Benin Tusk Art and Story Telling
    • Ndebele Mural Design Patterns

    African American Art
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • Jacob Lawrence The Great Migration
    • Romare Bearden, The Block Community, Collage
    • Bernard Williams, Silhouettes and Symbols
    • Faith Ringgold Tar Beach

    Australian Dream Time Residency

    Architecture
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • History of Architecture
    • History of Chicago Architecture
    • Frank Lloyd Wright

    United States of American Art
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • American Regions Landscapes and Cityscapes
    • Art during the Colonel Period
    • Art during the Civil War
    • Art during Reconstruction
    • Art between WWI and WWII
    • Pop Art

    Narrative Art
    Individual Residency for the following:
    • Story Telling in Art
    • Simple book making
    • Book Illustrations
    • Creating Comics
    • Paper puppets

    Photography Residency
    Print Making Residency
    Sculpture Residency
    Clay Residency
    Public Sculpture, City and the World Residency


    Workshops
    Individual 1-3 session Workshops for the following:
    • Simple book making
    • Book Illustrations
    • Creating Geometric Forms with Clay
    • Art and Science/Literacy, Rain Forest, The Great Kapok Tree
    • Life Cycle of Dinosaurs with Clay
    • Pop Art, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein
    • Claus Oldenberg Creating Soft Sculpture
    • Alexander Calder Creating from 2-demensions to 3-Demensions
    • Chinese Dragons
    • Day of the Dead

    After School Programs
    Individual 8-16 week Afterschool Residency for the following:
    • Art and Math
    • Painting and Drawing
    • Sculpture
    • Print making
    • Photography
    • Ceramics
    • Mask Making
    • Murals
    • Mosaic
    • Humor in Art
    • Creating Chess Pieces

    Parent Workshops
    Individual 1 day Parent workshop for the following:
    • Take Your Child to a Museum
    • Exploring the Sears Gallery in Your Child’s School
    • Story Telling in Art
    • Simple Book Making
    • Simple Marbleize Paper Making
    • Creating with Clay

    Tour Guide
    Individual 1½ hour Tours for the following:
    • Art Institute of Chicago
    • Museum of Contemporary Art
    • Field Museum of Natural History
    • Downtown Chicago Architecture
    • Downtown Chicago Public Sculpture
    • Graceland Cemetery