All April long, MFTA is proud to celebrate Earth Month to show our support for environmental protection and education. During the month of April, we are offering classes to help our community learn more about sustainable art making. Our classes are open to anyone looking to learn more about creative reuse. Register today!
Teachers, if you take our Earth Month courses, you can receive CTLE hours.
Approaches to Paper Collage
Dates: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Instruction: Online Instruction*
Instructor: Virginia Hoffman
Credits: Certificate of Completion / 2 CTLE hours
* Classes are LIVE with Teaching Artist Virginia Hoffman. This is not a self-directed online course.
This class will talk about paper collage, and then end in a hands-on art activity! We’ll take a look at the art historical and contemporary collage artists Lois Lord, Kurt Schwitters, and Mikalene Thomas, and their influence on this multi-media art form, and then use the materials in your space to make a collage of your own. No previous experience required, only a desire to have fun in this engaging art lesson.
Expand your understanding of this wonderful media, and connect to other artists on Earth Day!
CTLE Information for Educators:
This class will introduce paper collage and its applications in virtual, blended, or in-person classrooms as an environmentally friendly, easily accessible, and versatile material for K-12 teachers, educators, and art curriculum developers. Through an art historical and hands-on investigation of influential collage artists and art educators (historic and contemporary), participants will broaden their understanding of reused and recycled art materials, art history, open-ended material exploration, multi-modal instruction, accessible resources, and creatively addressing the needs and standards of art teachers in the classroom.
Course themes: Standards of Art, Material Understanding, Creative Reuse, Art History, Contemporary Art Practices, Art Education
Creative Reuse
Dates: Thursday, April 29, 2021
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Instruction: Online Instruction*
Instructor: David Marini
Credits: Certificate of Completion / 2 CTLE hours*
* Classes are LIVE with Teaching Artist. This is not a self-directed online course.
This class will talk about Creative Reuse, and then end in a hands-on art activity! We’ll take a look at how to use unconventional and everyday objects as materials in art making, and then use the items in your space to make an artwork of your own. No previous experience required, only a desire to have fun in this engaging art lesson.
Expand your understanding of this wonderful media, and connect to other artists on Earth Day!
CTLE Information for Educators:
This hands-on studio class introduces arts integration and multi-modal instruction to classroom teachers, utilizing reused and recycled art materials (environmentally friendly and wallet-friendly) to promote and make accessible project based learning within the classroom curriculum, creatively addressing the needs and standards of art teachers in the classroom.
Course themes: Standards of Art, Material Understanding, Creative Reuse, Sustainable Practices, Environmental Awareness