Telling the Story of a Constuctivist Connection Between Art Museum and Classroom Viki Thompson Wylder: FSU Museum of Fine Arts Marcia Meale: Ruediger Elementary School Fran Kautz: Buck Lake Elementary School Julie McBride: Gilchrist Elementary School Barbara Davis: FSU Schools Shannon Smale: Lincoln High School

Once upon a time…

choolarts/200710_sample/ choolarts/200710_sample/ “Story represents a pathway to understanding that doesn’t run through the left side of the brain” -Daniel Pink -Author of “A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age”

Catalogue is available when you leave

Lesson Plan Packet is online!

The Story ► 3 year collaboration with FSU Museum of Fine Arts and various schools (K-12) from Leon County (13 schools and 18 teachers) ► In the final year of the project, 12 additional schools joined ► Teachers curated the exhibit scheduled for May of 2008  Selecting artists/artworks  Locating funding for author/artist visits, fieldtrips  Putting together a catalog with artist biographies  Writing curriculum packet to go with exhibit

Primary Committee Member and Participating Schools: ► ► Apalachee Elementary: Pam Brewster ► ► Belle Vue Middle School: Althea Valle ► ► Buck Lake Elementary: Fran Kautz ► ► Chiles High School: Julie Childers, Kelly Little, and Leslie Cohen ► ► Deerlake Middle School: Linda Johnson ► ► FSU Museum of Fine Arts: Viki Thompson Wylder; Ashley Hickman ► ► FSU School: Barbara Davis and Pam Wallheiser ► ► Gilchrist Elementary School: Julie McBride ► ► Lincoln High School: Marilyn Proctor-Givens ► ► Pineview Elementary: Sara Chang and Sunny Spillane ► ► Raa Middle School: Teresa Coates ► ► Riley Elementary: Megan Garriga ► ► Ruediger Elementary: Marcia Meale ► ► Tallahassee Community College: Laura Thompson ► ► Trinity Catholic School: Maria Augustynia

Timeline for THE STORY ► Summer 2005 Idea discussed with FSU Museum of Fine Arts ► Fall-Spring Presentation of artists and artworks monthly ► Fall 2006 Final selection of artist/communications with artists Work on Preface event Work on Preface event ► Spring 2007 Prepare Catalogue Preface Event in May (exhibition and workshop) Preface Event in May (exhibition and workshop) ► Summer 2007 Write curriculum packets Plan and schedule artists’ visits and activities Plan and schedule artists’ visits and activities Catalogue to printer by August1 ► Fall 2007 Send out curriculum packets Implement artists’ visits and activities Implement artists’ visits and activities COCA Arts in Education Expo- Faith Ringgold visits Tallahassee ► Spring 2008 Continue artists’ visits/activities, Conduct teacher workshops, Mount exhibition artists upstairs, student exhibit downstairs Mount exhibition artists upstairs, student exhibit downstairs Field trips to museum. Field trips to museum.

Selecting artists and artworks

Preface Event Spring 2007

Summer 2007 ► Write Lesson Plans for curriculum packet ► Artists biographies (written in narrative form to include character, setting event conflict/challenge and resolution and only use 150 words!)

Plan and implement artists interactions with schools school year Mark Fletcher-Riley Elementary

Faith Ringgold

Adrian Fogelin

Jack Dowd -FSUS Middle School

Kathy Wilcox- FSUS High School

Sydney Scherr- Deer Lake Middle school

DeLoss McGraw “virtual interaction” Buck Lake Elementary

Teacher Workshops- January – July 2008

Culminating Events May 9-July

A Romero Britto Welcome

Opening Reception

Make and Take Activities

Performance Art by Wennie Huang

Student Exhibition

Field Trips to Museum