Steamroller prints at Center for the Book Sept 19th!

They are doing it again- it's the amazing annual San Francisco Center for the Book street fair and large-scale printing event. From 12-5 Saturday. Hope to see you there!
More info at
http://www.sfcb.org/php/event.php?id=T3-091909-EVT

Workshop Ideas?

Hi all,

I'm currently working with CAIS, doing a 2-year stint as the (visual) art educator on the Northern Professional Services Committee. Last year, we put together the CAIS conference at Head Royce. This year there will be a series of workshops in various subject areas, and I'm in charge of organizing one workshop focused on visual art.

I'm writing to ask if you have any ideas for a venue, theme, particular artist, specific hands-on art experience that could be shaped into a workshop during this school year. The workshops in the past have been 2-6 hours long, and they have included things like presentations by artists, tours of exhibits, demonstrations and art-making at local arts organizations. People may travel from southern California, but this year's workshops will all take place in or near the Bay Area.

Here are some thoughts so far:

Demonstration and/or hands-on sculpture at the Crucible (Oakland)

Tour and discussion at SF MOMA, Asian Art Museum, MOAD, or the de Young (SF)

Center for Digital Storytelling (Berkeley)

Presentation and art-making at

SCRAP (re-use materials; SF)

Center for the Book (bookmaking and papermaking; SF)

KALA (printmaking; Berkeley)

Workshop with a local artist. (We all know many. If you have a name and contact info for someone who is a dynamic presenter, makes inspirational work, and might want to spend part of a day with art educators, please let me know!)

Thanks, and I'll keep you posted!

Jeni

Jeni Anderson

Art/Art History teacher

Julia Morgan School for Girls

5000 MacArthur Boulevard

Oakland, CA 94613

510-632-6000 x123

janderson@juliamorganschool.org

Teachers 4 Social Justice Conference

October 10, 2009 9-4 in San Francisco

This is a free workshop for educators, and I've heard good things about it from others who have attended in the past. More info at 

http://www.t4sj.org/templates/System/default.asp?id=39669 

Also, the NAEA Convention in Baltimore (April 2010) has Social Justice and the Arts as its theme 

http://www.arteducators.org/olc/pub/NAEA/news/news_page_17.html

Fall Meeting- October 21st 8:30-Noon

San Francisco Friends School will be hosting our fall meeting Wednesday morning, October 21st from 8:30-12. Mark those calendars and ask for a professional day now!

We will spend the morning working in small groups, sharing ideas and discussing topics that you bring. Please bring your ideas, project examples and lesson plans you would like to work on or share.

In the meantime, feel free to share ideas, questions and event announcements here! If you are ready to post, just send a request and I will set you up to be a contributor.

Where?
http://www.sffriendsschool.org/About/contact-sffs.html

When?
Wednesday October 21st
8:30-Noon