The Art of Learning

Accessible Arts has joined forces with Kansas Alliance for Arts Education, Kansas State Department of Education and Storytellers, Inc. to create and provide professional development workshop entitled The Art of Learning for artists and educators. This interactive three-day workshop will give artists the tools to work in the schools and schools the tools to work with artists. The Art of Learning workshop is scheduled for June 26-28 at Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. The workshop is designed to benefit classroom teachers, artists, school arts specialists, students and community youth program providers.

All workshop participants will work together to develop strategies for planning, implementing, and sustaining programs that teach about the arts and their relationship to other areas of knowledge and skill. Specific workshop topics include: In the Beginning—the Artist’s Perspective, In the Beginning—the Educator’s Perspective, Making Curriculum Connections, Proactive Marketing, Resources for Learning, Funding Partnerships, Learning Styles, Youth at Risk, Children with Disabilities, and Practical Concerns; Nuts & Bolts Planning.

The cost to attend The Art of Learning 3-day workshop is $50 per person for individual registration or $25 per person for local teams of two or more. The workshop fee includes three days of training, breakfasts, lunches and all training materials. Graduate credit is available to participants for an additional fee. This project was funded by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. This project was also made possible in part through funding provided by the central office of VSA arts, under an award from the U.S. Department of Education. Please contact Accessible Arts by phone at (913) 281-1133 or by e-mail to receive a flyer or additional information. The May 31 deadline has been extended to June 20.