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Resource List: Native American Arts and Culture Resources for Fine Arts Educators

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In June 2022, the Virginia Department of Education fine arts program hosted an arts and culture Institute for Virginia fine arts educators to collaborate with and learn from the Chickahominy Indian Tribe in Providence Forge, Virginia. This resource list was used by the educator team to build background knowledge, and educators and tribal citizens contributed additional resources and suggested classroom activities. This resource page is a short collection of resources that can be used by fine arts educators to respectfully include arts and culture of indigenous people of Virginia in fine arts classroom instruction. 

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Creative Sprint® at School with Noah Scalin

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Learn the basics of designing your own creativity-boosting challenge for learners of all types. Noah Scalin explains why Creativity as a Practice and how this mindset shift has transformed how he works. He introduces Creative Sprint, a tool designed to help anyone develop a creative practice. Then, he demonstrates a simple activity you can do right away that requires no special materials and only a few minutes of time. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lecture, Lecture Notes, Lesson

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: Game Creation for the Visual Arts Classroom

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Games impact high-level thinking in children by aiding the development of problem-solving, analysis, perseverance, and literacy. This session will present teaching strategies and resources for art educators interested in teaching game design, encouraging the development of both traditional and digital art-making skills. Practical suggestions include curricular examples, logistical considerations, and guidance for classroom implementation for multiple age levels.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: VMFA Landscapes of Virginia and Place-based Learning

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In the first part of this session, Jeffrey Allison from VMFA On the Road will share works and educator resources from the traveling state-wide exhibition: A View from Home: Landscapes of Virginia. The paintings, photographs, woodblock prints, and engravings from the museum’s permanent collection represent various styles and periods. The second part of the session will focus on strategies for developing deeply engaging units for K-12 visual arts education using the exhibition as a starting point for deeper exploration. This presentation and collaborative workshop session will highlight project-based and place-based learning approaches to visual arts education.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: Creative Digital Tools for Any Classroom

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Today, art teachers of all grade levels are encouraged (and sometimes required) to incorporate technology into their classrooms, but there are some valid and practical concerns about its implementation. When do I have time to teach myself how to do this? How can I make sure my students have access? How can I make digital art meaningful? This presentation is not just about expanding a technical skillset but also about developing technology confidence. We will share our resources and demonstrate several digital tools that cover a wide variety of media, such as 3D modeling, 8-bit animation, and graphic design. All of these web-based tools are accessible on all computers (even Chromebooks!) and require no installation, login, or payment. This presentation is organized into three sections: (1) digital tools overview, (2) relevant student examples, and (3) interactive creative play. We hope you will join us and leave this session with practical skills, technical know-how, and tangible ideas, to bring back into your own classroom.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: I Won’t Grow Up - Artist Talk & Creative Process Keynote Address

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Artist/Author Noah Scalin will share how he mines his childhood passions for inspiration and tells the story of how collaborations with his young daughter’s changed his perspective and influenced his latest body of work. He will also explain how he ended up creating his biggest project yet during a time when he faced the most limitations. You will learn the simple creative practices he uses to consistently innovate and discover new ways to interact with everyday materials to create unique works of art that have led to opportunities to create art around the world.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: Digital Learning with eMediaVA

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This webinar and presentation is a previously recorded session, Digital Learning with eMediaVA presented by Lindsey Horner.Webinar Description: This webinar presents information about media and educational resources from WHRO Public Media for fine arts educators. Lyndsay Horner, Manager of eMediaVA will led the one-hour session in July 2020. The session includes how to access eMediaVA and how to find resources to support student learning in fine arts areas of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: Resources from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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This webinar and presentation is a previously recorded session, Resources from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.Webinar Description: Join VMFA educators to learn about the new opportunities, resources, and supportive measures developed by Museum staff members in response to the challenges faced by teachers, students, and parents for the 2020-2021 school year. Learn about the major exhibition Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Sunken Cities, and find out about fall opportunities for online Professional Development, distance and digital learning options, remote access to VMFA’s encyclopedic collection, and more.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: #GoOpenVA for Fine Arts Educators

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Participants will learn how to use #GoOpenVA to locate arts-based lessons (many of which are also cross-curricular). All such lessons are openly-licensed so they can be adapted to your own students and purposes. Additionally, #GoOpenVA provides a community space for teachers to connect with each other in these challenging times, when everyone is learning how to approach teaching in new ways.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: Digital Resources for Fine Arts Educators from the Library of Congress

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This webinar will explore the digital resources of the Library of the Congress for fine arts instruction. Engagement with primary source images, objects and documents can spark critical thinking, deeper learning and interdisciplinary connections for students. Join Sherry Levitt and Cynthia Szwajkowski from Teaching with Primary Sources, Virginia (TPSVA) for a lively, interactive exploration of the Library's rich, digital collections for in-person and virtual instruction. As a demonstration, special guest Carolyn Bennett, former Library of Congress Teacher-in-Residence, will model an activity using WPA Posters.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: Studios, Stages, & Students: Real Reasons We Keep Coming Back

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Drawing on walls, banging on pots, dressing up, singing and dancing like everybody’s watching are ways we get ourselves out into the world. In this webinar, we’ll discuss creative thinking and joy in arts learning for students and teachers. We’ll laugh about best intentions, consider best practices in a new age, and celebrate transforming K-12 students into die-hard arts enthusiasts! Clayton Singleton is a Virginia artist, illustrator, author, and arts educator.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Resource Document: Engaging English Learners in Visual Arts Instruction

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The attached infographic resource document describes ways to engage English Learners in visual arts classrooms by making learning visible, supporting the language of visual arts, connecting learning to students' backgrounds and skills, using cooperative learning structures and strategies, and reducing cognitive load and allowing processing time.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: Innovation in Visual Arts: Breaking Barriers and Integrating Technology

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This webinar is an exploration of the new Visual Arts Standards of Learning strand Innovation in the Arts. Consider the role of the arts in building bridges to other academic content. Explore how cutting-edge artwork often combines art forms, how technology provides new artistic tools, and how visual arts education fosters career readiness. Strategies and resources for teachers new to arts-related classroom technology will be provided.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Visual Arts "Look Fors"

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The purpose of this resource is to support school and division administrators in observations and coaching conversations for visual arts teachers in Virginia public schools. The strategies listed support effective instruction connected to skills and concepts of the 2020 Visual Arts Standards of Learning.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Fine Arts High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM)

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This resource is intended to be used by educators, school, and division leadership to evaluate instructional materials for quality. When lesson plans, unit plans, and other instructional activities are from outside sources, division staff and educators may use and adapt these key features to evaluate the materials. In addition, these key features can be used as a guide for locally developed instructional materials that support the curriculum. 

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Professional Learning: Overview of the 2020 Visual Arts Standards of Learning for Art Teachers

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This webinar provides an overview of the 2020 Visual Arts Standards of Learning, and is specifically presented for teachers of secondary visual arts.The purpose of this webinar presentation is to provide background knowledge for understanding the 2020 Visual Arts Standards of Learning, including the "big picture" and important background information and context of the Standards, and show the instructional and professional learning resources available to support implementation of the Standards in Virginia classrooms.This presentation was updated in October 2023.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: VDOE Fine Arts