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
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond will be the distinguished lecturer in the 2010 Simmons College/Beacon Press Race, Education and Democracy Lecture and Book Series. The lectures are scheduled for March 23, 24, and 25 at the Charles St. A.M.E Church, 551 Warren Street, Roxbury.
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 23, 2010, 4:30–6:30 p.m.
Leveling the Playing Field: How America Constructs Educational Inequality and What We Should Do about It
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
2010 NAEA National Convention
April 14 – 18, 2010
Join with K-12 art educators, administrators, professors of art education, museum art educators, college students, and artists from around the globe for the premier professional development opportunity for visual arts educators
This year’s theme, Art Education and Social Justice, explores the role of visual arts and education as vehicles of social equity and agency in today’s increasingly visual culture.
Dan Serig, Steve Locke, Lois Hetland, Jen Hall, and Adriana Katzew from the Art Education faculty will be presenting at the convention.
Visit the 2010 Convention Website.
Boston Public Schools 13th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition
featuring art work from BPS visual arts teachers
March 3-31, 2010
Sandra and Philip Gordon Gallery / Boston Arts Academy
174 Ipswich St., Boston
Gallery hours: M-F, 9-4
Including work by our alumnae: Beth Balliro, Constance Bigony, Raquel Cardoso, Martha Kempe, Virginia Kropas, Kathleen Marsh, Matthew Poirier, Constantia Thibaut, Yvonne Troxell, Anna Youman.
Image: “Allston,” Ari Hauben, McKinley South End Academy