PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FOR TEACHERS

The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts is pleased to offer professional development workshops for teachers throughout the academic year. These Standards of Learning-based workshops are designed for both the generalist and the specialist teaching kindergarten through grade 12. These workshops help teachers earn re-certification points, but more importantly, the workshops help them learn methods of integrating art into their curriculum. The day-long workshops are generally held on Fridays, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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Spring 2010 Workshop

Take a Look at Books: A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers
Friday, 19 February
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
LCVA Lower Level
$35 includes all materials and lunch

Teachers already want to help their students become book-readers; in this workshop, we’ll explore how to help kids become book-makers, as well.  Longwood University artist Kerri Cushman will introduce area teachers to the diversity of artist’s books and provide tips for the craft of book assembly.
In the afternoon, teachers will have the time and supplies they need to prepare their students’ work for display in the Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition, which will open on March 21.

Known for her sculptural artist books, Cushman has exhibited her exquisitely crafted works in museums, galleries, and libraries across the United States and internationally. Her handmade paper and letterpress pieces have been exhibited in national travel exhibitions such as Pulp Function and Stand and Deliver as well as exhibitions at the Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton, MA), Maryland Federation of Art (Baltimore, MD), Foundry Art Centre (St. Charles, MO), University of the South (Sewanee, TN), Edgewood College (Madison, WI), Chicago Public Library (Chicago, IL), Library of Michigan (Lansing, MI), Northwestern University Library (Evanston, IL), and the San Francisco Public Library (San Francisco, CA) among others.

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