WSU Arts Integration Conference: Wonder | Discover | Create

3910 West Campus Drive,Ogden UT 84408

28 January, 2022

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WSU Arts Integration Conference: Wonder | Discover | Create Join us for hands-on arts-integrated workshops with guest artists in dance, drama, music, visual arts, media arts, and more - that explore our theme, Wonder | Discover | Create, and address Utah Core Standards. Participants will explore the joy of learning through the arts in the classroom. **Relicensure hours available for licensed educators** **WSU Continuing education credit (1) available** Your registration fee ($25) will include all conference materials, parking (not applicable to WSU students), a light breakfast, and lunch. Refunds can be processed up to 7 days prior to the event. Please see the bottom of this page for parking information. Substitute Reimbursement Available In order to receive substitute reimbursement attendees must: attend the entire conference, check-in at the conference, fill out an evaluation form at the end of the conference, and then have your school administration or office staff contact [email protected] post-conference with the cost for the substitute reimbursement. EACH WORKSHOP IS OFFERED TWO (2) TIMES. BREAKOUT SESSION 1: (pick one) (Visual Art) THE ART OF NOTICING: HOW THE ACT OF DRAWING CAN REVEAL INFORMATION, MEANING, AND POTENTIAL THAT FIRST GLANCES OFTEN OVERLOOK - Alisa Peterson, Beverley Taylor Sorenson Endowed Chair of Elementary Arts Education at Southern Utah University | Participants will experience three drawing exercises designed to spark curiosity and active observation. We will discuss how to use these activities to enhance learning in any subject. (Media Arts/Storytelling) THE CREATION OF STORYTELLING THROUGH FILM - Julie Gale (BFA, MFA), Director of Education & Family Programs at Utah Film Center | Inside all of us is a story, and we are the authors of those stories with words and images. Utah Film Center will show you how to get students from grades 2-12 to use their words and the moving image of film to tell their personal narrative stories. This highly hands-on workshop will give educators tips on how to start the creative process of the personal narrative with a six-word memoir, and how to turn this writing exercise into a visual film storytelling event. (Dance/Music/Drumming) EXPERIENCE AFRICAN DRUMMING, DANCING, AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE DANCING WITH STUDENTS - Deja Mitchell, Weber State University, Eccles Art Center, artist, instructor, educator & Ashley Boyack University of Utah Tanner Dance, Director Professional Development | In this workshop, teachers will learn how to bring Africa to life with students by making a drum and creating a drum circle. Students will want to play music and dance their authentic dance moves based on movements they learn and movements they create. They will learn how to connect to themselves and each other by playing together in harmonious communication. (Drama/Puppetry/Language Arts) IN THE SHADOW LIGHT - Penelope Caywood, Youth Theatre at the U Artistic Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor for Theatre Teaching at the University of Utah | Come explore the mysterious and wonderful world of shadow puppets. Taking inspiration from the books Inside my Imagination by Marta Arteaga and Flashlight by Lizi Boyd, participants will learn how to guide students through the creation of a short script using writing prompts and sentence starters while exploring simple shadow play and puppetry. Participants will leave with the tools to create a performance of their own. (Social Emotional Learning/Arts Integration) WONDERING, DISCOVERING, AND CREATING AS THE ANSWER TO THE COVID CRISIS, LEARNING LOSS, AND PANDEMIC PROBLEM - Amy Miner, Teacher, Professor, and Founder of In Focus Education Group | During this workshop, participants will experience and participate in several arts-integrated lessons that address student social-emotional learning. With children’s literature and collaborative discussions embedded into every lesson, participants will create arts-integrated experiences to teach topics such as resilience, empathy, managing emotions, and decision-making. BREAKOUT SESSION 2: (Visual Art) THE ART OF NOTICING: HOW THE ACT OF DRAWING CAN REVEAL INFORMATION, MEANING, AND POTENTIAL THAT FIRST GLANCES OFTEN OVERLOOK - Alisa Peterson, Beverley Taylor Sorenson Endowed Chair of Elementary Arts Education at Southern Utah University | Participants will experience three drawing exercises designed to spark curiosity and active observation. We will discuss how to use these activities to enhance learning in any subject. (Media Arts/Storytelling) THE CREATION OF STORYTELLING THROUGH FILM - Julie Gale (BFA, MFA), Director of Education & Family Programs at Utah Film Center | Inside all of us is a story, and we are the authors of those stories with words and images. Utah Film Center will show you how to get students from grades 2-12 to use their words and the moving image of film to tell their personal narrative stories. This highly hands-on workshop will give educators tips on how to start the creative process of the personal narrative with a six-word memoir, and how to turn this writing exercise into a visual film storytelling event. (Dance/Music/Drumming) EXPERIENCE AFRICAN DRUMMING, DANCING, AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE DANCING WITH STUDENTS - Deja Mitchell, Weber State University, Eccles Art Center, artist, instructor, educator & Ashley Boyack University of Utah Tanner Dance, Director Professional Development | In this workshop, teachers will learn how to bring Africa to life with students by making a drum and creating a drum circle. Students will want to play music and dance their authentic dance moves based on movements they learn and movements they create. They will learn how to connect to themselves and each other by playing together in harmonious communication. (Drama/Puppetry/Language Arts) IN THE SHADOW LIGHT - Penelope Caywood, Youth Theatre at the U Artistic Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor for Theatre Teaching at the University of Utah | Come explore the mysterious and wonderful world of shadow puppets. Taking inspiration from the books Inside my Imagination by Marta Arteaga and Flashlight by Lizi Boyd, participants will learn how to guide students through the creation of a short script using writing prompts and sentence starters while exploring simple shadow play and puppetry. Participants will leave with the tools to create a performance of their own. (Bookmaking/Visual Art) EXPLORE, EXPRESS, CREATE WITH BOOKMAKING - Annie Boyer, Community Outreach & Studio Coordinator & Jazmin Gallegos, K-12 & Community Education Specialist, Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah | Looking for a way to spice up your curriculum? A book is a flexible space to collect, explore, record, share express, create, play…and is proven to last longer in a backpack than a worksheet. Learn to make different book forms with hands-on instruction, lesson plans, and ideas for integrating bookmaking with core standards. BREAKOUT SESSION 3: (Visual Art) GO WITH THE FLOW! - Erinne Roundy, Art Educator, North Davis Preparatory Academy and Program Assistant, WSU Arts Learning Collaborative | How can you provide opportunities for your students to experience the process rather than focus on the end product? This workshop will introduce you to the concept of "flow", allowing your students to engage in open-ended projects through the process of discovery and authentic creation. (Poetry/Visual Arts/Drama) POETRY IN MOTION FOR TEACHERS’ CREATIVE IMAGINATIONS, CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION - Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, University of Georgia, Professor | Many think of poetry as a “high art” that is complicated to teach with young learners or learners for whom English is a second or additional language. What if poetry could get off the page and be acted out together in ways that celebrate language and discovery? In this workshop, Cahnmann-Taylor guides participants in using a wide range of drama improvisation games that have foundations in poetry and the visual arts to help students perform themselves with humor, dignity, and visual creativity. Cultivating a classroom that is both surprising and engaging, these poetry performances will keep the educator learning and laughing alongside students as they take a stanza and bow to an engaged classroom audience. (Music/ Language Arts) BEATS FOR A BETTER WORLD - Penelope Caywood, Youth Theatre at the U Artistic Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor for Theatre Teaching at the University of Utah | Let’s tap into the magic of musical rhythms to make connections in language arts. This interactive workshop will guide participants through an arts-integrated lesson that will focus on using the theme of a story or poem to create percussive compositions. Participants will learn to create rhythms with found sounds and experiment with simple techniques for composing layered rhythms. We will be using the book Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z by Irene Latham and Charles Waters to fuel our imaginations. (Social Emotional Learning/Arts Integration) WONDERING, DISCOVERING, AND CREATING AS THE ANSWER TO THE COVID CRISIS, LEARNING LOSS, AND PANDEMIC PROBLEM - Amy Miner, Teacher, Professor, and Founder of In Focus Education Group | During this workshop, participants will experience and participate in several arts-integrated lessons that address student social-emotional learning. With children’s literature and collaborative discussions embedded into every lesson, participants will create arts-integrated experiences to teach topics such as resilience, empathy, managing emotions, and decision-making. (Arts Integration/Sustainability) SUSTAINABLE AND STEAM-Y: ART INTEGRATION AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - Ashli Kingfisher, Program Director of Clever Octopus | We will explore sustainable art-making in the STEAM classroom through creating. Students will be able to: make informed decisions about materials and waste in the classroom, make a sample integrated art project and explore how it is connected to STEM, make a sample art project and explore how it connects to their class. BREAKOUT SESSION 4 : (Visual Art) GO WITH THE FLOW! - Erinne Roundy, Art Educator, North Davis Preparatory Academy and Program Assistant, WSU Arts Learning Collaborative | How can you provide opportunities for your students to experience the process rather than focus on the end product? This workshop will introduce you to the concept of "flow", allowing your students to engage in open-ended projects through the process of discovery and authentic creation. (Poetry/Visual Arts/Drama) POETRY IN MOTION FOR TEACHERS’ CREATIVE IMAGINATIONS, CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION - Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, University of Georgia, Professor | Many think of poetry as a “high art” that is complicated to teach with young learners or learners for whom English is a second or additional language. What if poetry could get off the page and be acted out together in ways that celebrate language and discovery? In this workshop, Cahnmann-Taylor guides participants in using a wide range of drama improvisation games that have foundations in poetry and the visual arts to help students perform themselves with humor, dignity, and visual creativity. Cultivating a classroom that is both surprising and engaging, these poetry performances will keep the educator learning and laughing alongside students as they take a stanza and bow to an engaged classroom audience. (Music/ Language Arts) BEATS FOR A BETTER WORLD - Penelope Caywood, Youth Theatre at the U Artistic Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor for Theatre Teaching at the University of Utah | Let’s tap into the magic of musical rhythms to make connections in language arts. This interactive workshop will guide participants through an arts-integrated lesson that will focus on using the theme of a story or poem to create percussive compositions. Participants will learn to create rhythms with found sounds and experiment with simple techniques for composing layered rhythms. We will be using the book Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z by Irene Latham and Charles Waters to fuel our imaginations. (Bookmaking/Visual Art) EXPLORE, EXPRESS, CREATE WITH BOOKMAKING - Annie Boyer, Community Outreach & Studio Coordinator & Jazmin Gallegos, K-12 & Community Education Specialist, Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah | Looking for a way to spice up your curriculum? A book is a flexible space to collect, explore, record, share express, create, play…and is proven to last longer in a backpack than a worksheet. Learn to make different book forms with hands-on instruction, lesson plans, and ideas for integrating bookmaking with core standards. (Arts Integration/Sustainability) SUSTAINABLE AND STEAM-Y: ART INTEGRATION AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - Ashli Kingfisher, Program Director of Clever Octopus | We will explore sustainable art-making in the STEAM classroom through creating. Students will be able to: make informed decisions about materials and waste in the classroom, make a sample integrated art project and explore how it is connected to STEM, make a sample art project and explore how it connects to their class. KEYNOTE: REPEAT AFTER ME: POETIC REPETITION FOR CREATIVE CLASSROOMS - Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor | As teachers we often get frustrated when we have to repeat ourselves, but what if we turned to repetition as an impactful and useful poetic device? Litany or “anaphora” is a poetic tool in many oral and literate world cultures, a path to get into an incantatory, liminal state. Consider the impactful repetition of Martin Luther King’s words, “I have a dream,” the joy in returning words that appear in our favorite songs, advertising, and liturgy. In this interactive talk, participants will be enchanted by established poets that make effective use of sound and word repetition. Participants have the option to share the most powerful and repeated lines of our own and will take away “say it again” exercises to use in their classrooms. Together we will generate energy, excitement, surprise, and wonder. Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, Professor - Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, a U.S. Fulbright Scholar Ambassador, is a Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. She’s authored five books addressing intersections between language education and the literary, visual and performing arts including one book of poems, Imperfect Tense, and her newest book, Enlivening Instruction with Drama and Improv. Supported by grants and prizes from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fulbright, and Beckman Award for Professors Who Inspire, her work narrates the heartache and joy of teaching and learning language. She lives in Athens, GA with her husband and two children and their rescue dog, Bagel. WORKSHOP PRESENTERS: AMY MINER, Teacher, Professor, and Founder of In Focus Education Group - Dr. Amy Miner Ph.D, is a leading voice in education. As a classroom teacher, curriculum director, professor, and the founder of In Focus Education Group, she brings more than 30 years of K-16 education experience to elevate students and families, teachers, administrators and education staff. Dr. Miner has been an advocate for arts integration in both her teaching and her research. Her current work reflects her deep passion for the arts, literacy, and social emotional well-being of students and teachers. PENELOPE CAYWOOD, Youth Theatre at the U Artistic Director, Adjunct Assistant Professor for Theatre Teaching at the University of Utah - Penny Caywood is an adjunct assistant professor for theatre teaching at the University of Utah and the artistic director for Youth Theatre at the U. Youth Theatre provides in and out of school programming in theatre for youth ages 5 to 18 as well as multiple residencies and professional development workshops for classroom teachers about arts integration. With her internationally recognized and nationally award-winning high school Conservatory, she devises and creates new work every year. Penny also freelances as a director and choreographer and most recently directed the world premiere of Fremont Junior High is Not Doing Oklahoma for Good Company Theatre. Her latest project is Elephant and Piggie: We are in a Play streaming through Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC). This is her 11th production with SLAC. She’s currently in rehearsals for The Book Club Play by Karen Zacharias at the U of U. Penny is also a board member for both the Utah Advisory Council of Theatre Teachers and the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. ASHLEY BOYACK , University of Utah Tanner Dance, Director Professional Development - Ashley Boyack received her BFA in modern dance from the University of Utah. She began teaching for the University of Utah Tanner Dance Program in 1991. In 2010 she earned a Masters in Arts and Teaching from the University of Northern Colorado. Then Ashley, her 4 boys and husband, Morgan moved to Lawrence, Kansas. She joined the Lawrence Arts Center, where she served as the Artistic Director of the Youth Dance Theater. She also performed as a guest with the 940 Dance Company, created the preschool dance and modern dance curriculum, co-created the boys sports dance class curriculum, and served as the Lawrence Arts Center Dance Education Specialist. In 2016 she was honored with the Sorenson Legacy award for outstanding teaching in dance education. Ashley currently teaches full time at the University of Utah Tanner Dance program where she is Director of Professional Development. As director she has organized and conducted countless professional development workshops for teachers all across the state of Utah, Oklahoma, Canada, and Kansas. DEJA MITCHELL, Weber State University, Eccles Art Center, Artist, Instructor, Educator - Deja Mitchell is a Utah native who grew up in its rich dance culture. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Modern Dance at Utah State University. While pursuing her degree, she was introduced to African dance. That serendipity became one of her passions, and she continued to seek opportunities to study with many African artists. In 2006, Deja put down roots in the Ogden community. She began teaching at Eccles Community Art Center. In 2008, she became an adjunct instructor at Weber State University and expanded her range by adding classes for senior citizens at Weber County Library and children at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind, as well as being an artist in residence at schools and many local groups. Deja performed with Africa Heartwood Project and Wofa Afro-fusion Dance Company. She was honored with the Ogden Mayor's Award for the Arts in 2008 and has been a member of Ogden City Arts Council and a board member for Imagine Ballet Theater since 2013. JULIE GALE (BFA, MFA), Director of Education & Family Programs at Utah Film Center - Julie Gale began her career in the Dallas-Fort Worth area at nonprofit arts organizations (Casa Mañana, Theatre Arlington, Texas Nonprofit Theatres, Inc.) as a K-12 arts educator and community outreach coordinator, creating strong community partnerships and arts opportunities for thousands of students and families. In addition, she has served as an Assistant Professor of Theatre and Film at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth. Julie also managed several arts education and outreach programs for the College of Humanities while at Tarrant County College, serving over 15,000 students annually. Since relocating to Utah in 2016, Julie served as a Program Experience Manager at Western Governors University (WGU), where she led multiple projects improving the student experience at the university. She also led initiatives to advance equity and create an inclusive culture for students in the College of Health Professions in all 50 states. Julie holds a BFA in Theatre from Texas State University-San Marcos and an MFA in Theatre from the University of Iowa. ASHLI KINGFISHER, Program Director, Clever Octopus - Ashli Kingfisher (she/they) is a recent transplant from The Bronx, NY. They have over a decade of art education working in colleges like San Francisco Art Institute, Montclair State University and art nonprofit organizations like Root Division and Creative Art Works. She has painted many murals as an individual and with communities. As an artist, Ashli explores conservation through the lens of the Anthropocene and humane hubris. They have collaborated with the International Rhino Foundation and National Audubon Society on murals and paintings of wildlife. They have exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, London, and Sumatra. They also were awarded the Ivan Madjrikov Award, The Gamblin Prize, and Brooklyn Art Space Residency. ANNIE BOYER, Community Outreach & Studio Coordinator, Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah - Annie Boyer is the Community Outreach & Studio Coordinator for the Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. She began taking painting lessons at the age of 9, and now teaches art to people of all ages. With a background in both public and school libraries, Annie has taught bookmaking and the history of the book in schools across Utah. She is a painter and bookmaker in her private studio practice, and holds a BFA from Brigham Young University in Visual Arts and an MFA in Art from the University of Utah. JAZMIN GALLEGOS, K-12 & Community Education Specialist, Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah - Jazmin Gallegos is the K-12 & Community Education Specialist for the Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. She teaches the history of the book and basic bookmaking to K-12 classes across Utah. She was born and raised in Salt Lake City and comes from a background of educators, leading to her passion for teaching. Her interest in visual arts began at a very young age which led her to obtain a degree in Art Teaching from the University of Utah. She is thrilled to be advocating for art education in schools around Utah and hopes to continue making art in her free time. ALISA PETERSEN, Beverley Taylor Sorenson Endowed Chair of Elementary Arts Education at Southern Utah University - Alisa Petersen is the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Endowed Chair of Elementary Arts Education at Southern Utah University. She grew up in Oklahoma in a home where exploration, making, play, and creativity happened every single day. She studied art and art education at Ricks College, BYU, and Southern Utah University. She has worked as an elementary visual art teacher, a district art coordinator, an outreach artist, now as a university professor teaching courses in early childhood creativity and arts integration. As the director of the artsFUSION program at SUU, Alisa combines her passions for art, creative exploration and the maker movement to coordinate, develop, and teach arts based learning experiences for children, families, and teachers. ERINNE ROUNDY, Art Educator, North Davis Preparatory Academy and Program Assistant, WSU Arts Learning Collaborative - Erinne teaches a variety of visual art courses at North Davis Preparatory Academy, a K-12 Spanish Immersion charter school in Layton, and serves as the Program Assistant with Arts Learning Collaborative at Weber State University. Erinne also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Weber State University. She received her Bachelor in Science in Visual Communications/Design from Weber State University and has her Secondary Teaching License in Visual Art, along with her K-8 Visual Art Endorsement. The WSU Arts Learning Collaborative is a joint initiative between the Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities and Moyes College of Education that offers year-round professional learning opportunities in arts integration for K-12 teachers, instructional coaches, arts specialists, and WSU students. The Collaborative hosts an annual Arts Integration Conference and supports the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program–a statewide K-6 arts integration program.