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ArtPrize Education Days offers free programs administered by leading cultural institutions.

They are between 30-60 minutes in length and include a student gift. Programs are first-come,

first-served and are limited to ONE program per classroom. For field trip information and

self-guided lesson plans visit

www.artprize.org/for-educators

NOTE.

Venues provide high-quality exhibitions which sometimes contain pieces that explore controversial subjects. It is a teacher’s responsibility to preview the artwork.

Questions? 231.580.8214

Early Childhood

2-6 REGISTER HERE Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten

Creative Arts (CA) Visual Arts: Encouragement to develop confidence in their own creative expression largely through self-selected, process-oriented experiences

Creative Arts (CA) Movement and Dance: Encouragements to tap into their undiscovered talents, enliven their day and use their imagination

Health: Health, Safety and Nutrition: Prompts to eat healthy foods and to respect their body; e.g. books, posters, fruit bowls, healthy snacks and small gardens

Math: Measuring: Begin to understand that tools can be used to measure properties of objects and amount

Math: Math Practices: Generate new problems from every day mathematics situations and use current knowledge and experience to solve them (eg,. distribute crackers)

LOCATION - Grand Rapids Downtown Market

BIG IDEA - There is an artist in all of us, we just need to tap into the creative spirit.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION - This program will allow students to engage in a variety of art experiences. Students will enjoy three different workshops engaging their minds and bodies and exploring different types of visual and non visual art. Each workshop will be themed around the ArtPrize entry, "The Dinner Party" by Nicky Sczesny and will focus on food and the Grand Rapids community. They will use their hands (if able) to create visual art projects using unique processes and sensory experiences. They will use their bodies to engage in an energetic dance and movement workshop and will explore culinary arts in the Downtown Market teaching kitchen. Students will have the opportunity to paint a semi-truck covered with canvases using long range sprayers and long-handled rollers.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITY - Ask students how creating art made them feel. Talk about times when they felt relaxed or anxious, excited or nervous, proud or frustrated. Ask them to draw a picture, create a short dance, or create a short song or rap about the feeling they experience most strongly during the day. Talk about what was similar in each of the four different workshops and what was different. Talk about new materials students used that they may not have used before in art.

VOCABULARY Culinary Arts, Abstract Art, Tactile Art, Collaborative

ARTISTS CREATING TOGETHER To Market - To Market

CLOSED SESSION

By the end of the program, students will have explored a variety of art forms in new and experimental ways. Students will work alongside one another to create visual art projects, culinary masterpieces and build confidence through dance and creative movement.

Early Childhood

2-6 REGISTER HERE

Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten

CA : 1 Visual Arts. Children show how they feel, what they think, and what they are learning through experiences in the visual arts.

CA : 5 Aesthetic Appreciation. Children develop rich and rewarding aesthetic lives.

LL : 3 Spoken Language: Expressive. Children develop abilities to express themselves clearly and communicate ideas to others.

LL : 5 Viewing Images and Other Media Materials. Children begin to develop strategies that assist them in viewing a variety of images and multimedia materials effectively and critically.

ELE : 3 Curiosity–Inquiry-Questioning-Tinkering-Risk Taking. Children demonstrate an interest and eagerness in seeking information.

ELE : 5 Reasoning-Problem Solving-Reaction. Children demonstrate a growing capacity to make meaning, using one’s habits of mind to find a solution or figure something out.

By the end of this program, students will have been introduced to new vocabulary and concepts as well as have the opportunity to create their own collaborative sculpture.

GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM Urn-E Featuring Ann Gilder

Students/Session 60

Sept. 22 9:30-10:30 a.m. 10:45-11:45 a.m. 12:15-1:15 p.m. 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Sept. 23 9:30-10:30 a.m. 10:45-11:45 a.m.

12:15-1:15 p.m. 1:30-2:30 p.m.

LOCATION - GRPM

ESSENTIAL QUESTION - What does it mean to create as a form of expression?

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION - This two part program includes a guided tour of ArtPrize entries on the lawn of the Grand Rapids Public Museum. Students will be asked to think about how artists use skills to create artwork and why they create artwork. This tour will end with the piece created by Ann Gilder who will demonstrate the skill of welding and her art making process. Using Ms. Gildner’s piece as inspiration, students will make small sculptures with objects provided by the Museum.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITY - Ask students to create a piece of artwork using a new skill they recently learned such as mixing colors, drawing shapes or creating a pattern.

VOCABULARY - Skill, Sculpture, Form, Function, Welding

Early Childhood

2-6 REGISTER HERE

LOCATION - UICA

BIG IDEA - Focusing on verbal and visual forms of expression, addressing developmental growth needs through language and fine/gross motor skills.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION - Students will help to create a collaborative art installation that fosters interaction between artists and viewers. Participants will leave with an increased awareness of how the expression of their unique voice is perceived and valued.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITY - Teachers are encouraged to discuss vocabulary words with students prior to visiting UICA. After the field trip, work with students to create self expressive works of art that incorporate language and images to share their own voice and explore identity.

VOCABULARY - Communication, Contemporary Art, Installation, Voice, Interaction

URBAN INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS Future Talk

Students/Session 65

Sept. 23 9:00-10:00 a.m. 10:00-11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.-Noon

By the end of the program, students will be able to create an art object that is functional and structurally sound, communicate through artwork, and apply aesthetic consideration in art making as well as display care and craft in creating artwork.

Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten

CA : 1 Visual Arts. Children show how they feel, what they think, and what they are learning through experiences in the visual arts.

CA : 5 Aesthetic Appreciation. Children develop rich and rewarding aesthetic lives.

LL : 3 Spoken Language: Expressive. Children develop abilities to express themselves clearly and communicate ideas to others.

LL : 5 Viewing Images and Other Media Materials. Children begin to develop strategies that assist them in viewing a variety of images and multimedia materials effectively and critically.

ELE : 6 Positive Activity. Children participate in activities that encourage self-motivation, emphasize cooperation, and minimize competition.

ELE : 3 Curiosity–Inquiry-Questioning- Tinkering-Risk Taking. Children demonstrate an interest and eagerness in seeking information.

ELE : 6 Participation-Cooperation-Play-Networking-Contribution. Demonstrate increasing ability to be together with others, in play or intellectual learning opportunities and/or making positive efforts for the good of all; join a community of learners in person and digitally as appropriate.

Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten

CA : 3 Movement and Dance. Children show how they feel, what they think, and what they are learning through movement and dance experiences.

CA : 5 Aesthetic Appreciation. Children develop rich and rewarding aesthetic lives.

ELE : 6 Participation-Cooperation-Play-Networking-Contribution. Demonstrate increasing ability to be together with others, in play or intellectual learning opportunities and/or making positive efforts for the good of all; join a community of learners in person and digitally as appropriate.

GERALD R. FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM The Art of Movement Featuring Morgan Frasier

Students/Session 20

Sept. 27 9:00-10:00 a.m. 10:30- 11:30 a.m.

LOCATION - Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum

ESSENTIAL QUESTION - How do dancers create their art?

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION - Dancer Morgan Frasier will show her dance video, “Bourgeois” (7 minutes) and describe briefly her thoughts and process in creating the artwork. Morgan will then have students up and moving while they learn basic movement and dance steps.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITY - Before your field trip ask students such as What types of dance are there? Who in the class dances? Who takes dance lessons? After your field trip practice dance/movement learned in the class and showcase for parents.

VOCABULARY - Ballet, Barre, Bourgeois, Choreography, Extension, Jeté, Pirouette, Plié, Turn-out

By the end of this program, students will be able to demonstrate basic dance positions and movements as well as understand that using technology as the medium for showcasing dance is a form of artistic expression.

Early Childhood

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