Current research and press attention has been focused on the need to foster creativity in all disciplines, but financial constraints and test schedules are resulting in cuts to arts programs in many schools. Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D., professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia, will address the teaching of creativity in her keynote remarks at the Lehigh Valley Arts Council’s annual Growing Up Artfully event, to be held on Thursday, April 14, 2011 from 1:00 to 5:00pm at Penn State Lehigh Valley. The forum will present strategies for addressing these challenges and highlight successes by regional schools with awards to three k-12 programs for bringing quality arts experiences to our students and community. Act 48 credit will be available.
Guest Speaker, Varissa McMickens, Director of ArtsRising, will discuss best practices in student-centered learning and the arts environment. A panel discussion about how schools teach creativity, moderated by Ms. McMickens, will follow these presentations. Participants will include Dr. Cramond, Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, superintendent of the Allentown School District, and sculptor Scott Atiyeh, Salisbury High School art specialist. Following the panel discussion, Ronald Cowell and Jordan Crosby of the Education Policy and Leadership Center will present advocacy strategies for keeping arts in schools.
- 12:45-1:15pm - Registration & Networking
- 1:30–2:30pm - Keynote Address and Q & A: Creativity Can Be Taught
Dr. Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia
- 2:35-3:00pm - Student-Centered Learning and the Arts Environment
Varissa L. McMickens, Director, ArtsRising, Philadelphia
- 3:00-3:25pm - Gallery tour (light refreshments)
- 3:30-4:15pm - How Do Schools Teach Creativity?
Moderator: Varissa L. McMickens
Panelists: Dr. Bonnie Cramond, Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, Scott Atiyeh
- 4:15-4:55pm - Keeping Arts in Schools: Arts and Education Initiative
Ronald Cowell and Jordan Crosby - The Education Policy and Leadership Center
- 5:00-7:30pm - Growing Up Artfully Awards Presentation and Reception
Workshop Attendees and Arts Council Members
- 6:00pm - Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Dorough, Jazz Pianist, Composer, and Singer, Schoolhouse Rock!
A reception will follow the announcement of the awards, celebrating excellence in arts-in-education and honoring Mr. Bob Dorough with our first Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to Arts-in-Education. Mr. Dorough is perhaps best known as a voice and primary composer of many of the songs used in Schoolhouse Rock!, a series of educational animated shorts appearing on Saturday morning television.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Arts-in-Education Workshop 12:45pm - 5:00pm
Membership Reception 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Penn State Lehigh Valley
2809 Saucon Valley Road. Center Valley, PA
Lehigh Valley Arts Council Members: $25; Nonmembers: $40.
Additional fee for Act 48 credit: $10. Refreshments provided.
(See the full program and speaker bio's here)
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