CCA TI Spring 2009 Courses

Working in Partnership:
Meaningful Art Integration

Oak 400
Instructor: Tana Johnson
Thursdays, 4:30–7 p.m., January 22–April 16
(no class March 19)
12 sessions / $525 (plus a $25 materials fee is due to the instructor at the first session)
CEU: 3, available through California State University East Bay
Prerequisites: none

How can partnerships among educators, artists, schools, arts organizations, and communities help students develop into artists and scholars? What are some tools and strategies for meaningful collaboration?

By identifying resources in their own schools, organizations, and communities and looking at successful, existing partnerships as models, participants work together to create meaningful art-integration projects.

Participants learn how to:

• incorporate community art practices into educational settings
• create and maintain collaborations in which all contributors are equally valued
• assess learning and projects in an ongoing manner
• identify and utilize resources for realizing goals
• make a plan, communicate effectively, and ensure that everyone is getting the most out of the collaboration

At the end of the course, participants will have a binder of tools for planning and implementing collaborations as well as a list of art resources in the Bay Area.