by Emma Hensley, Manager of Tours and CAM Commons

1/24/2025

Marek-Weaver Family Commons, Evenings for Educators, Koetters and Eckerle classrooms

The Cincinnati Art Museum’s new Marek Weaver Family Commons has quickly become an essential addition to our programming.

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

11/21/2024

Ansel Adams, Discovering Ansel Adams, Evenings for Educators, teacher blog, teacher programs, Teacher resources, Teachers

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.

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

2/22/2023

Teachers, love story, Evenings for Educators, summer teacher institute, Cincinnati Bengals, Teacher resources

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.

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

2/16/2023

Evenings for Educators, montessori, early childhood education, Georgia O’Keeffe, photography, Teacher resources

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.

by Tracy Alley

3/9/2020

behind the scenes, Teacher resources, teacher blog, Evenings for Educators, “Something Over Something Else”: Romare Bearden’s Profile Series, lesson plan

Students were so excited to start a Romare Bearden lesson.

by Samantha Lakamp

1/22/2020

teacher programs, Teacher resources, Evenings for Educators, Treasures of the Spanish World, art making, lesson plans

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

by Sue Diemer

1/2/2020

Evenings for Educators, learning & interpretation, teacher programs, Teacher resources

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

by Amy Cholkas

11/22/2019

Teacher resources, teacher programs, Evenings for Educators, cincinnati opera, learning & interpretation

Check out this lesson that connects Opera and art.

by Bonita Taggart

11/18/2019

teacher programs, Evenings for Educators, cincinnati opera, rhythm, mood, moviement, learning & interpretation, Teacher resources, professional development

Check out a preview of November's Evenings for Educators program.

by Melanie Zimmerman

10/28/2019

teachers, Teacher resources, Evenings for Educators

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

by Sue Diemer

10/22/2019

Teacher resources, Evenings for Educators, sculpture, art making

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

by Samantha Geier, Associate Director of School-Based Learning

9/16/2019

Evenings for Educators, learning & interpretation, professional development, education, Teacher resources, teacher programs

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

by Liz Lloyd

4/24/2019

Evenings for Educators, professional development, Teacher resources, learning & interpretation, education, lesson plans

Check out the lesson plans from our last Evenings for Educators!

by Dan Diemer

4/11/2019

Evenings for Educators, Paris 1900: City of Entertainment, Teacher resources, professional development, learning & interpretation

Our lesson’s theme is “River Cities’ Scenes: Paris on the Seine/Cincinnati on the Ohio.”

by Allison Heisel

3/25/2019

Evenings for Educators, drawing, Elizabeth Nourse, Teacher resources

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

by Angela Mascolino

3/18/2019

Evenings for Educators, Maria Longworth, Rookwood Pottery Company, Teacher resources

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

by Amy Cholkas

2/25/2019

Evenings for Educators, Teacher resources, lesson plans, professional development

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.

by Lauren Marcum

2/20/2019

Evenings for Educators, teachers, education, professional development, Teacher resources

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.”

by Learning and Interpretation Department

11/20/2018

Evenings for Educators, Teacher resources, The Fabric of India

Embroidery, block printing, kalamkari painting and more!

by Amy Cholkas

11/13/2018

Evenings for Educators, The Fabric of India, Teachers, Educators, Teacher resources

Check out this November Evenings for Educators preview.

by Karen Saunders

11/1/2018

Teachers, Gillian Wearing, Evenings for Educators, learning & interpretation, lesson plans, Teacher resources

Posted by: Karen Saunders

by Tracy Alley

10/22/2018

Teachers, Gillian Wearing, Evenings for Educators, learning & interpretation, Teacher resources

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

by Sue Diemer

10/1/2018

Evenings for Educators, learning & interpretation, teachers, Teacher resources

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

by Melanie Greiner

9/18/2018

Teacher resources, zoomorphic tiles, Evenings for Educators

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

by Shelly Sheats Harkness

5/16/2018

Evenings for Educators, museum educators, professional development, elementary education, gallery teaching, Teacher resources

Posted by: Shelly Sheats Harkness

by Amy Cholkas

5/11/2018

Evenings for Educators, gallery teaching, museum educators, professional development, Sneak Peak

Posted by: Amy Cholkas

by Terry Haynes-Toney

4/6/2018

Evenings for Educators, gallery teaching, museum educators, professional development, elementary education

Posted by: Terry Haynes-Toney

by Liz Lloyd

3/13/2018

Evenings for Educators, Sneak Peak, women in art, women artists, learning & interpretation, School Based Learning, Teacher resources, professional development

Posted by: Liz Lloyd

by Mary Broxterman

12/26/2017

Evenings for Educators, Arts Education, professional development, Teacher resources, CAMeducation, in the galleries, in the classroom

Posted by: Mary Broxterman

by Sue Diemer

11/21/2017

Evenings for Educators, education, learning & interpretation, School Based Learning, professional development, gallery teaching, in the galleries, in the classroom

Posted by: Sue Diemer