UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa -- The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State will hold summer workshops for children, youth, adults and teachers. Workshops are free, but participants must preregister by contacting the curator of education at 814-863-9188 or dck10@psu.edu. Space is limited, so register early.
10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 4Workshop for Children and Youth: “Old Masters, Remixed”Emily Dimov-Gottshall, artist and graduate student, art education
Participants in this workshop will combine black-and-white and color copies of Old Master European paintings with watercolor or oil pastels to make mixed-media objects. Ages 5–8. A parent or adult learning partner is encouraged to accompany young attendees; participants should wear appropriate clothing for working with materials.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, June 2110 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, June 2210 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, June 2310 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, June 24Professional Development for Teachers: “Assessing Learning in and Through Art”
The Summer Institute on Contemporary Art is a free professional development institute at Penn State. This year we will consider how visual art and artmaking practices inform student learning and how learning in and through art can be assessed. Rather than focusing on judging and measuring as ways to evaluate student artwork, this summer we are interested in investigating the nature and quality of student learning and what learning looks like in and through visual art.
Our focus will consider definitions and examples of assessment, learning, meaning making, comprehension, and understanding to inform explorations of various strategies that can be used to assess student learning. In a contemporary moment of high-stakes tests and accountability, we will pay particular attention to the ways in which teachers and learners can visualize learning and meaning making in their own words, experiences, and examples rather than how they rate in relationship to externally prescribed levels of achievement. Our exploration of assessment in and through art this summer will be informed by readings, discussions, and presentations by visiting scholars.
Facilitated by Dana Carlisle Kletchka, curator of education, and B. Stephen Carpenter II, professor of art education. Act 48 credits are available or educators may enroll in Art Education 597A: “Professional Development Summer Institute” to participate in the institute followed by a five-week online course.
Noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 25Workshop for Adults: “Gelli Plate Monotypes”Michele Randall, artist and printmaking instructor
Be inspired by more than six decades of printmaking in “The Prints of Jules Heller” and create your own painterly monotype using a Gelli printing plate, a reference photo, and ink or paint. Participants should wear appropriate clothing for working with materials.
10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 9Workshop for Children and Youth: “Celebrate the Arts through Printmaking”Sue Uhlig, art educator and graduate student, art education
View “The Prints of Jules Heller” exhibition and discuss Heller's prints in addition to his role as one of the founding members of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Participants will design their own series of prints to commemorate the 50th Festival of the Arts using a variety of printmaking techniques such as screenprinting and gel printing. Ages 8–12. A parent or adult learning partner is encouraged to accompany young attendees; participants should wear appropriate clothing for working with materials.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, July 13Children and Youth Day: Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™Old Main lawn
The Palmer Museum of Art joins other educational and civic organizations from the central Pennsylvania region in providing creative activities for children and youth on the Old Main lawn. Stop by to create a custom photo frame with jewels, buttons, ribbons, and other media, then visit the “Still Moving: Photographs by Steve McCurry” exhibition at the Palmer Museum of Art. No registration necessary for this event.
10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 16Workshop for Children and Youth: “Arts Festival Mini-Banners”Natalia Pilato, artist and graduate student, art education
This year is the 50th Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts! Celebrate this milestone by making a family banner using printmaking and fabric transfer techniques. All ages are encouraged to participate and each family will take home a banner like the ones you see displayed over the festival route each year. A parent or adult learning partner is encouraged to accompany young attendees; participants should wear appropriate clothing for working with materials.
Noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, July 23Workshop for Adults: “Sculpting Our Everyday Lives”Leslie Sotomayor, art educator and graduate student in art education and women’s gender, and sexuality studies
The folk art ceramic work of Mexican artist Josefina Aguilar is inspired by the everyday surroundings of her village in Oaxaca, Mexico. In this workshop, participants will view Aguilar’s clay figures, called muñecas, and create their own forms inspired by everyday life experiences. Participants should wear appropriate clothing for working with materials.
10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 6Workshop for Children and Youth: “Unbound: Make your own ‘ZINE”Christen Sperry-Garcia and Brian Dick, co-founders of the Nationwide Museum Mascot Project (NWMMP)
Celebrate women artists from the collection with Christen Sperry-Garcia and Brian Dick of NWMMP. Discover works of art by women and make your very own maga-ZINE using imagery from the collection and other amazing women artists. At the end of the workshop, participants will take home their own handmade, hand-bound, photocopied ‘ZINE! Ages 8–12. A parent or adult learning partner is encouraged to accompany young attendees; participants should wear appropriate clothing for working with materials.
Workshop participants should meet in the lobby. For more information on scheduled events, please call 814-865-7672. The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is located on Curtin Road and admission is free. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. The museum is closed Mondays and some holidays.Exhibitions on view this summer are “American Art in the Shadow of World War I” from May 17 to Aug. 7, “The Prints of Jules Heller” from June 7 through Aug. 14, and “Still Moving: Photographs by Steve McCurry” from June 14 through Sept. 18.
The Palmer Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Children’s and family programs are partially funded by the James E. Hess and Suzanne Scurfield Hess Endowment for Art Education in the Palmer Museum of Art and the Ruth Anne and Ralph Papa Endowment. All other programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art unless otherwise noted.