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DESE Professional Development
DESE invites BPS Arts Specialists to participate in several professional development events. Please see attached and below for more details. The Arts Department is interested in identifying arts teachers from each discipline to attend the workshops being held on June 23, 24, 25. If you would like to attend these meetings or any of the other workshops, please reply to nprefontaine@bpsarts.org Learn more...
To register for any PD event, please visit mylearningplan.com
or email Nicole at nprefontaine@bpsarts.org
BPS Youth Arts Month 2009-2010
The opening reception took place on Saturday, April 3, 2010. This exhibit was open from April 3 - April 30, 2010 at Boston City Hall.
Urbano's Free Artists Workshops / Summer 2010
Teens are encouraged to apply online at www.urbanoproject.org. Download workshop information and application here.
This summer:
• Acoustic Guitar: Theory and Recording (Mondays, 1:00 – 4:00pm)
• Creating Comics: The Graphic Narrative (Mondays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
• Film Making and Special Effects (Tuesdays, 5:00 – 8:00pm)
• Mixed-Media: Sculpture and Beyond (Tuesdays, 1:00 – 4:00pm)
• Installation: Public Sculpture and Performance (Wednesdays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
• Arts in the City: Transforming Space Through Public Art (Wednesdays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
• JazzMosis: an Intro to Jazz and Blues (Thursdays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
• Performance Art: Exploring Self, Space, and Audience (Thursdays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
International House of Blues Foundation Visual Arts Workshops
The International House of Blues Foundation invites Boston Schools to join them for guided tours of the House of Blues Folk Art Collection, as well as the opportunity for students to create their own artwork! Workshops are limited and registration is handled in a first-come first-serve basis. Workshops are provided free of charge to Boston Public Schools school/youth groups (5th - 12th grades) and to other groups for a fee. To register or for more information, please contact IHOBF: phone: (617) 960-8380; email: ihobfboston@hob.com.
Artists in Context
Mel Chin, well known American ecological artist, was in town to help launch Artists in Context. Artists in Context is a new initiative that supports contemporary artists who are working on important social issues. He is involved in a nationwide project that gathers the individual expression of students into a collective call for action. The Fundred Dollar Bill Project invites students of all ages to participate in a giant performance artwork and creative collective action to support the rebuilding of New Orleans. Learn more...
MassArt Saturday Studios
For over seventy-five years the Saturday Studios program at Massachusetts College of Art and Design has served a dual purpose: offering elementary through high school students an affordable opportunity to engage in the process of art making. Courses in a variety of disciplines and media are available by grade level, allowing students to explore and strengthen their creativity and creative problem solving. Learn more...
BPS/MFA Scholarship Program
The Arts Office is pleased to announce the opening of the 2009 BPS/MFA High School Scholarship Program. Classes will take place in both the MFA studio and in the MFA galleries. Students will receive one course credit towards high school graduation upon successful completion of the year-long course.
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Allston/Brighton Arts Bridge
Free documentary film making workshop for teens. We are a newly formed non-profit community arts organization dedicated to providing quality arts experiences to the members of the Allston Brighton community, and our pilot program is a FREE teen workshop in documentary film making. With this program we aim to promote writing, story-telling and research skills, as well as technical skills in video production, film editing and sound production. We recently received a grant from the BRA and the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund to offer this program free to teens in the area of Allston Brighton. Find out more...
ICA Teen Programs (FREE for Boston Public
Schools students)
High School Students (ages 14-18), get into Sound Mixing, 3D Design and
Filmmaking at
the ICA.Read more...
Process THIS:
Conversations in Photography
The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University is thrilled to host
its third year of processTHIS, which was developed to bring students from
a variety of schools together to study, discuss, and create photography/art,
and meet masters in the field. You can listen to the students' interviews,
schedule a tour, or view the brochure on their website: http://www.bu.edu/prc/youthed.htm
A Gallery + Studio Experience
Help your students create artwork inspired by the MFA's collections. Students
spend one hour on a Gallery Instructor-guided tour, and one hour in the
art studio. $12 per student (includes materials). Grants of up to $250
from the Bernard J. Rothwell School Bus Fund are available for schools
in need. Read
more...
MFA FREE Professional Development Workshops
The MFA offers free teacher workshops designed to help bring art into
the classroom. Read
more…
Superintendent's
Gallery
The Superintendent's Student Art Exhibit is a new initiative designed
to showcase the work of emerging high school student-artists in the Boston
Public Schools. Please join us to celebrate the accomplishments of visual
arts students within the Boston Public Schools! Currently on exhibit is
a great collection of artworks from students at the BPS/MFA Scholarship Program instructed by Renato Riccioni. If you wish to participate in the
Superintendent's Gallery ongoing exhibit, contact Nicole for more details. nprefontaine@bpsarts.org
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