MAD held its second in a three part series of Professional Development workshops for Teachers
February 2nd, 2010 at 02:45pm clewis
February 1, 2010, Andrea Dezsö a featured artist from Slash: Paper Under the Knife conducted a morning seminar with teachers at MAD. Dezsö shared not only the amazing tunnel books that she is known for; but also the smart, witty and beautiful embroidery pieces that she creates, all the while sharing funny anecdotal stories about growing up with Hungarian folklore and myths spun by and about women. It was with equal pleasure that teachers learned of the large scale porcelain sculptures that she created while in residency at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin, www.jmkac.org/Arts/IndustryProgram, and the site specific installation created for the MTA transit at Bedford Station – Lehman College in the Bronx. All of this was followed by a discussion in front of her installation in the exhibition, an artist/educator led tour of Slash, and an afternoon hands-on workshop where Dezsö led a workshop for teachers on how to create their own imaginative, spell-bound, and theatrical, four-layered, hand cut, and assembled tunnel books.
Teacher’s Professional Development workshops are offered three times a year, and led by artists, curators and educators.
Visit the link below to download an inquiry-based lesson, and workshop materials to create your own group discussion and hands-on-workshop in the classroom inspired by Andre Dezsö.
http://www.madmuseum.org/LEARN/teachers/professional%20development.aspx
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1. MJ Marx | February 3rd, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Met students on 2/2/10, and did a show and tell of the tunnel book made with artist Andre Dezso. Students are excited and ready to embark upon their personal storytelling journey with this book format as their vehicle.
2. Bridget Malloy | February 4th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
The Andrea Dezsö workshop was so inspiring and relevant to my teaching i can’t wait to use what i have learned in my classroom!!!
3. Vida Sacic | February 4th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
I am finishing up my own tunnel book and will write an assignment for college-level students based on this format. I had a wonderful time at the workshop.
4. Randy Globus | February 6th, 2010 at 7:54 am
I enjoyed hearing Andrea Dezso speak about her own work sharing personal anecdotes and techniques. The workshop she conducted was structured enough to understand the format, yet open enough to be creative within that format. I shared my experiences of the day with my colleagues back at school and all are inspired about amking tunnel books! Thanks!
5. Diane Kosup | February 9th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I attended the teacher’s professional development, “Slash, Paper Under The Knife” on 11/03/09. The session was lead by Beatrice Coron who showed us her incredible work and lead our afternoon workshop. The whole day was excellently orchestrated and the work in the gallery very motivational. Ms. Coron basically walked us through her process of creating cut paper pieces and made the ideas presented in the workshop easily transferable to the classroom. After leaving the workshop David Mahl and I created a lesson for our introductory art classes based on what we had experienced at MAD. We had students create a self portrait in the cut paper style of Beatrice Coron. The whole project was a success. Every student was deeply engaged in their work and every student finished their work. I have never had such a successful project. The quality of the work was also excellent. I think working with the knife, and we did use exacto knives, gave the students a sence of respect not only for the tool they were working with but for the work they were producing. David and I have many beautiful pieces of student work displayed around the school. I have also entered some of the students’ work in the Scholastic Art Awards and the student show at MOMA. Wish them luck. Catherine and MAD Museum thank you for an excellent and relavent teacher’s professional development day.
Diane Kosup
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