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“Evenings for Educators” Discovers Ansel Adams

by Mrs. Natalie Fischer, who teaches Art 9-12 at Mercy McAuley High School

11/21/2024

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This month’s Evenings for Educators offers an exciting chance to explore the legacy of photographer Ansel Adams and learn how his mastery of light and shadow can inspire students to create truly impactful photographs.

Finding Love at CAM: A Teacher’s Story

by Guest Contributor James Neville, Art Teacher, Cincinnati Public Schools

2/22/2023

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This story begins with Samantha Gaier, the museum’s Associate Director of School-Based Learning, asking about my personalized Super Bowl XLI Bengals jersey during a “visual arts professional development day” for art teachers with Cincinnati Public Schools. Little did she know, the jersey was just a small part of a larger story, a love story that began almost 40 years earlier.

Evening for Educators Preview: Georgia O’Keeffe

by Brett Hornberger, M.Ed. Early Childhood Teacher / Teaching Professor, Xavier University

2/16/2023

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Inspired by the brilliant photography of Georgia O’Keeffe, Montessori students from the Xavier University Montessori Lab School experienced a novel three-part lesson about the innovative female artist.

Teacher Blog: Treasures of the Spanish World, Evenings for Educators Follow Up

by Samantha Lakamp

1/22/2020

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How do you make artwork from the Cincinnati Art Museum relevant to a group of students who do not even know where Cincinnati is?

Teacher Blog: Treasures of the Spanish World, Evenings for Educators Preview

by Sue Diemer

1/2/2020

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Check out a preview of this month's Evenings For Educators teacher program.

Teacher Blog: Women Breaking Boundaries, Evenings for Educators Follow Up

by Melanie Zimmerman

10/28/2019

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Aminah Robinson was an inspiring fabric artist who created beautiful artworks based on her life story.

Teacher Blog: Women Breaking Boundaries, Evenings for Educators Preview

by Sue Diemer

10/22/2019

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Sculpture is a new semester course this year. Every project that the students create is a ‘new adventure’ for us all!

30 Years of Evenings for Educators

by Samantha Geier, Associate Director of School-Based Learning

9/16/2019

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This week we are celebrating 30 years of Evenings for Educators!

Teacher Blog: Celebrating Women from the CAM Collection, Follow-Up

by Allison Heisel

3/25/2019

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Figure drawing is a basic fundamental practice for an advanced drawing class.

Teacher Blog: Celebrating Women From the CAM Collection Preview

by Angela Mascolino

3/18/2019

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The March Evenings For Educators will celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of women artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Elizabeth Nourse and others.

Teacher Blog: Music and Art: Kate Wakefield, Evenings for Educators Follow-up

by Amy Cholkas

2/25/2019

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Cellist and classically trained vocalist, Kate Wakefield was featured at February’s Evening for Educators, so I developed my lesson, “Stringed Instrument Collage” to connect music and art.

Teacher Blog: Music and Art, Evenings for Educators Preview

by Lauren Marcum

2/20/2019

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At this month’s Evenings for Educators, I will be presenting a lesson merging both art and music that my partner teacher and I refer to as “Picasso Guitars.”

Teacher Blog: The Fabric of India, Evenings for Educators Follow-up

by Learning and Interpretation Department

11/20/2018

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Embroidery, block printing, kalamkari painting and more!

Teacher Blog: Our Adventure with Gillian Wearing

by Tracy Alley

10/22/2018

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Our adventure with Gillian Wearing started with a brief history of her life as an artist.

Evenings for Educators Recap: Impressive Tiles

by Sue Diemer

10/1/2018

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This introductory unit, Impressive Tiles, was a wonderful way to explore slab rolling and textures, as well as communicate a ‘message’.

Evenings for Educators Preview: Zoomorphic Tiles

by Melanie Greiner

9/18/2018

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Students explored the use of calligraphy and its many uses in the Islamic world in our unit on Zoomorphic Calligraphy.