Utah Tech University

ARTS IN ACTION SPRING WORKSHOPS

Arts in Action offers professional learning opportunities in arts integration for K-6 teachers, instructional coaches, arts educators, and Utah Tech students. Participants learn key skills, build networks with other educators, and develop techniques and strategies for successful arts integration in all subject areas.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Painted and Personal Values

Tuesday, March 28th
4:30-6:30 p.m., College of Education Bldg., Rm. 204

 

Art Coach! Bruce Hucko will guide you through an art-based lesson that leads students to writing about their personal values. Through the presentation of a featured artist, you will learn how to express your personal values and create a unique individual piece of art that reflects those. You will learn how to paint using color values–primary, secondary, and tertiary colors plus white and black. You will learn how to present this lesson to your students and engage them in this lesson about their own personal values.

Bruce is the BTS Visual Art Educator at HMK Elementary School in Moab. He received the 2016 Elementary Educator of the Year Award from the Utah Art Education Association and the Beverley Taylor Sorenson 2018 Legacy Award as the Outstanding Elementary Visual Art Educator.

Classroom materials and resources will be provided for grade-level and visual art classroom teachers.

Registrations are free of charge but required for participation. Enrollment is limited to 24 and will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. You will receive additional information and a parking pass a few days before the workshop. After registering, if you find that you won’t be able to attend, please email amy.webb@utahtech.edu so someone else can fill your spot.

Past Workshop Events

Folk Dance for Every'body'

Presenter: Lyndsey Wulfenstein

Teaching children folk dance helps them learn respect for other people, uplifts and educates them, and fulfills physical education requirements as they move and dance to the music.

Lyndsey Wulfenstein has a deep love and respect for all folk and cultural dance styles. While attending Brigham Young University, she performed in eleven countries across Europe with the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble from 2005-2008.

Let’s ‘Drum Up’ Some Learning! 

Presenter: Jeri Crosby

Want your students to enjoy learning things and remember them too? Use the power of rhythm and rhyme to make learning feel ‘play’-ful. Come and explore do-able strategies and materials that will engage students ​
in simple classroom music making while integrating with other content and building community. ​

Drama Integrations for Elementary Classrooms

Presenter: Dr. Lisa Bean
Come see and learn integrated drama activities that energize and deepen learning for K-5 students. We will also explore easy-to-use drama strategies and puppet applications.

Lisa Kirkwood Bean, PhD, has been a BTS Drama Integration Coach with the Nebo School District since 2008. Prior to, and concurrent with her Nebo work, Lisa was theatre adjunct at BYU for thirty years

Clay Connections for the K-6 Classroom 

Presenter: Aurora Hughes Villa

Students just love working with clay! Come and explore simple hand-building techniques to create 3D sculptures that connect to stories, characters, cultures and more! In this workshop, we will use air dry clay as a medium to make connections to the core content areas. Come away with lesson plan ideas and resources for your classroom.

Aurora Hughes Villa is the Arts Are Core, Beverley Taylor Sorenson Endowed Program Director for Elementary Education and Associate Professor Professional Practice at Utah State University. Aurora’s teaching and research interests are in arts integration and the impact of the arts on students learning.