*SOLD OUT* Summer Teacher Institute 2025 The Fabric of Identity: Exploring Symbols in Art 

Every day from Tuesday, June 10, 2025 to Thursday, June 12, 2025 from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

*The Summer Teacher Institute 2025 The Fabric of Identity: Exploring Symbols in Art has sold out. To join the waitlist, please email [email protected].*

Summer Teacher Institute 2025
The Fabric of Identity: Exploring Symbols in Art 

Registration required.
Members: $75 
General public: $150 
College students: $50 
One graduate credit available through the Art Academy of Cincinnati. 

The goal of the Summer Teacher Institute is to empower educators to try new concepts and recharge their creative energy before the new school year. 

By attending this program, teachers will receive a CEU certificate for 18 contact hours. Teachers must attend all three days to receive their CEUs. One graduate credit is available through the Art Academy of Cincinnati for an additional fee. All registered teachers will receive an email with the agenda for each day. Please provide an email address where we can reach you during the summer months. Registration is limited to 30. 

Teachers of all grade levels and disciplines, homeschool teachers, art advocates, art appreciation volunteers, pre-service education majors, and teaching artists, as well as community and museum educators, are encouraged to attend. The program investigates diverse teaching strategies for object-based learning as well as STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math) connections for pre-K through 12th-grade classrooms. 

This summer, enjoy a focus on exploring symbols in art throughout our collection. We will be learning about how to create symbols and an artistic identity by investigating various mediums including painting, textiles. and clay. Learn more about the work of local artist Cedric Michael Cox our keynote speaker, who is best known for his paintings and drawings that merge surrealism and representational abstraction. Cox will then lead a painting workshop. In addition to painting, teachers will also create several textile-based works focused on developing a unique symbol, guided by local fabric artists. Working in clay, creative writing prompts, a docent guided tour plus, and networking with fellow educators will be included. Breakfast and lunch will be served all three days.  

If you need accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance at [email protected] or fill out the accessibility request form.