Alumni Event on Saturday 8/13: We Want Your Ideas!
Mark your calendars! The annual event for alumni of the Art & Language Arts program is Saturday 8/13.
We’re taking suggestions for potential themes for this event. Some of our prior themes were: “Animals,” “Food in Art,” and “The Many Faces of Portraiture.” But what are we going to do this year? Do you have any ideas for a theme that we can connect to our permanent collection or to temporary exhibitions that will be on view in August?
A few exhibitions that will be on view at that time are A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now, In Focus: The Sky, which will have photographs inspired by the sky, and Luminous Paper: British Watercolors and Drawings, which will feature work by some of the most famous British artists, including Thomas Gainsborough, J. M. W. Turner, and William Blake.
Looking forward to your ideas!
Right now, I don’t have anything to contribute, but I am glad to hear that there will be another upcoming alumni event. I do have a question, though–do you have to be employed by a school district to attend an alumni event? There is a strong possibility that I may not be employed… Maybe a look at poverty could be an angle for the theme… Not very uplifting, but probably very timely…
Monica, I’m very sorry to hear that you may not be employed next year. Students need dedicated teachers like you! It’s interesting that you bring up poverty; the special exhibition at the Getty right now is Paris Life & Luxury. Very ironic.
Thanks for the early “save the date.” =)
A couple of suggestions: 1) Children in Art or 2) Pastimes & Hobbies
@Marichelle Matic
Great suggestions, Marichelle, thanks!
Thanks for the heads up about the inservice-it’s the Saturday before the kids come back to school, but I’ll rip myself away from bulletin board construction to attend:) What about the Art of Design (or has that been used already?) and use the decorative arts, or Similarities from Across the Pond for the British watercolors.
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Art & the 5 Senses
Art, The 6th Sense
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Imagine
Beyond the Sky
The Glorious Sky
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Soaring Through the Sky of Art
Let’s Soar Through the Sky
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A Journey Through the Sky of Art
@Debbie Winstein Thanks for the suggestions, Debbie! We haven’t done an “Art of Design” theme for elementary school yet, but we have done something similar for secondary teachers.
@Carol Christensen Thanks for sharing so many beautiful titles, Carol! So many possibilities!
Meet & Greet Art
Art Overcoming Adversity…Would the intallment on Cuba relate?
With so many teachers losing their job or being displaced, it might be a relevant theme…you know ..to explore how art can inspire and often is the path to positive outcomes, or peace of mind.
Great idea, Lin. Although we already decided the theme, it does relate. We decided to go with the theme of “Play and Pastimes,” keeping in mind what a difficult year it has been for many teachers. We thought it would be a positive theme that would be needed in today’s climate. More on this soon!