This year’s 10th annual Culminating Event was engaging, fun, and chock full of ideas!
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The event started off with an inspiring speech by author and educator extraordinaire Paul Cummins, the Executive Director of the New Visions Foundation and Founder of P.S. Arts. He said that we celebrate life through art, and we couldn’t agree more.
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Storyteller Makinto described how he developed a story inspired by Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889 by Belgian painter James Ensor. Then he treated everyone to an excerpt of his engaging story.
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Teachers such as Sylvia Garcia, kindergarten teacher at Bassett Street Elementary School, shared their success stories with teaching with works of art and including art-making activities in their lessons.
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Teachers were excited to receive free prints of a 16th century manuscript page by Joris Hoefnagel.
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The food at the reception was delicious–baked brie, mixed nuts, fruit, and brownies. Yum!
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(left to right) Rosa Vasquez, 4th grade teacher from Humphreys Ave. Elementary School, shares how she implemented her lesson in the classroom. Getty staff member Theresa Sotto is thrilled by what she hears.
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Kiki Scholosberg from Jefferson Elementary School displays beautiful works of art inspired by Van Gogh’s painting Irises.
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1st Grade Teacher Elida Lozano from Ellen Ochoa Learning Center was inspired by an 18th century French bed. Students created their own fancy beds out of mixed media.
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Xiomara Roman, kindergarten teacher from Vermont Avenue Elementary School, discusses the lesson she developed with Rosidalia Villagran with her daughter and colleagues.
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Jefferson Elementary teachers Heidi Stevenson (left) and Kim Anderson (far right) share how their students used a software program to create backgrounds for their portraits.
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Teachers from Vermont Avenue Elementary School
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Teachers from Humphreys Avenue Elementary School
Hi Everyone!!! I really LOVED the oral language of Asha’s Baba and how this style makes learning interesting and exciting. I am also very interested in trying (I hope to be successful) to teach through stories. I feel the students really pay attention and remember them. Does anyone out there know where I can get more stories that pertain to 4th grade? I know between all of us…. we do not have to reinvent the wheel! Doesn’t it make sense that the very first learning was pasted down through stories and song?!
Susan Mendez
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