Tuesday, January 21, 2014

City Art Lab... FREE... Spring/summer 2014... Apply now!


City Art Lab


The Art Education program at City College of New York prepares students to be reflective artist-educators who can teach in multiple settings, including schools, community centers, museums, and alternative learning sites.  Students gain a critical understanding of the social significance of art education as they develop the skills to actively contribute to the field through their creative and academic work.
Working in partnership with Creative Art Workshops for Kids, a Harlem-based community arts organization, CCNY’s Art Education Program presents City Art Lab–a free arts program for teens.  To apply for Spring 2014 please follow this link:http://tinyurl.com/CityArtLab2014.
The opportunity to participate in this community-based arts project, provides both CCNY Art Education graduate students and neighborhood youth with multiple possibilities for learning and growth.  To see what news about Spring 2013, read our weekly updates.
TEENS
Explore
 new materials and methods with practicing artists.  Meet other art-minded teens from all over NYC. Develop artwork for a portfolio. Learn about life in college while on campus at CCNY. Collaborate with graduate students to help them become better better educators.  Exhibit your artwork.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Gain hands-on teaching experience in a collaborative working environment with young people. Practice thematic teaching through the arts through developing and piloting lesson plans with young people. Participate in co-organizing a community-based arts initiative—from lesson development through final exhibition.  Investigate the pedagogy of teaching in community-based arts settings.

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