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Monumental Sculpture Installation, Charlestown High School, 2010

From the Charlestown High School Staff Newsletter:

Art Education Student Teacher, Kate Jellinghaus, and Art Supervising Practitioner, Moe Lane,
supported also by Art Education students from Professor Maureen Kelly's class at MassArt, Issues and
the Individual Learner: Carrie Peterson, Robert Burns, Amanda Schuermann, Dan Lambert, Mike
Guyette, Courney Look, Leah Jaffe, Nick Alberti, Emily Carroll, David Ingenthron, Laura Brady

This project is about envisioning ALTERNATIVES to the metal detectors that Charlestown High students enter when they come into school each morning. Over 40 Charlestown High art students worked in design teams to create symbolic doorways that express how they would want to feel (and others to feel) as they enter the school. These were installed in the lobby of the school like a tunnel, for students to enjoy, along with their design statements.

Professor Maureen Kelly and six MassArt Art Education students decided to expand their teaching skills to "Cleaning for Understanding" by reorganizing the art room at Charlestown High!

April 7- May 8, 2010   Honan-Allston Branch, Boston Public Library
300  North Harvard St., Allston                  Closing Reception:  Saturday May 8, 3-5

Retired Art Education professor and former chair of the department Claudine Bing has work in this exhibition.

MSAE candidate Kelly Russo, who teaches at Hanover Middle School, recently exhibited her own work and her students' work in a Hanover Public Schools art show at the Frame Center in Hanover.

Kelly's painting "Two Travelers" was inspired by the MSAE trip to Ecuador last summer.



Photo by Dana Forsythe

VSA arts of Massachusetts and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have collaborated to offer a series of workshops benefiting artists with disabilities who wish to enhance their skills and knowledge in promoting their art.

April 27, 2010,  4-7pm @ VSA

"Showing Your Work: A Clinic on Spaces and Approaches for Studio Artists"
The goal of the session is to give participants information that will help them think about the appropriate venues for their work and what is necessary to present their work professionally.  Every participant should leave with some ideas for taking next steps with their art.

Presenters:
Lorri Berenberg, Berenberg Gallery and curator
Lauren Geraghty, artist and curator
Hannah Goodwin, Manager of Accessibility, MFA
Jeffrey Melzack, artist and instructor

This session will be held in the Community Room, 1st Floor at the NonProfit Center, 89 South Street Boston, MA.  This is a Brown Bag Dinner.   

Send a $10.00 registration fee no later than April 23 to secure a seat.  Please make checks payable to VSAM and mail to VSA arts of Massachusetts, The Non Profit Center 89 South St, #101 Boston, MA 02111.  Some scholarships are available for those needing financial assistance.  Please contact Bonnie Kaplan to discuss your request.  If you are a current MRC consumer, please inform us in advance or with your registration

May 6, 2010 6-8pm @ MFA

Tour and drawing in the galleries, Part 2

Return to the MFA (or come for the first time) and continue the FREE tour of the Museum's collections.  This tour will explore Art of Egypt, Asian Art and Contemporary Art.  For more information about this program, see the March 4 event listed above.  Pre-registration required.  Please contact Valarie Burrows by May 3 to register.  You will be sent information about where to meet and what to bring.

More information: www.vsamass.org  

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University, an award-winning author and one of the nation’s most influential education scholars. She recently led President Obama’s education policy transition team. Her research, teaching, and policy work focus on issues of school restructuring, teacher quality and educational equity. Dr. Darling-Hammond began her professional career as a public school teacher.

LECTURES

March 24, 2010, 4:30–6:30 p.m.
Teaching for Diversity: How Can Every Child Have a Committed, Qualified, and Culturally Competent Teacher?

March 25, 2010, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Choosing Education: Can School Choice Improve School Quality for All Students– and If So, How?

To register for the lectures, go to www.raceandeducation.com