The Art
of Installations
Project Design Lab / June 23-27
Burlington, Vermont
Celebrating Student Creativity in Your School & Community
This course is for K-12 visual art teachers who are interested in expanding their art-making and project design skills.
Through a series of hands-on visual art workshops you will build a toolkit of art-making activities and design a project plan to create an installation of your students' art work in your school and/or community.
What To Expect
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​Expand your art-making skills
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Strengthen your teaching practice
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Leave with a project plan for creating an installation in your school and/or community
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Re-imagine the power of your art room
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Learn with and from art teacher colleagues
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Create connections with fellow art educators
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Have fun – guaranteed!
Workshop Themes​
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​Hanging installations
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​Sculptural installations
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Recyled materials installations
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The importance of public art installations for celebrating student work
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Managing installations in the school & community
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Everyday well-being in the art room
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Exploring the creative process
Examples of works created by the course leaders that you will learn to create at the Project Design Lab.
Faculty
Judy Klima (she/her)
Course Leader​
Judy has been teaching for over 28 years across the spectrum of ages ranging from Pre-K to adults, focusing on middle school for the past six years.
Julian Bradshaw (she/her)
Workshop Leader​
Julian is a passionate artist and educator with over 30 years of experience as a high school art teacher.
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Dorsey Hogg (she/her)
Workshop Leader​
Dorsey has been teaching elementary art for over 25 years, and during the last 10 years she has been exploring book arts and paper sculpture by repurposing book pages and papers that are destined for the landfill.
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Images from the 2024 PDL Art Room Class​​​
Tuition
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$2,000 - Three graduate credits
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$1,790 - Certificate of Participation for 40 hours relicensing credits
$100 later registration fee after May 1.
Tuition includes a private air-conditioned dorm room with a centrally located private bath at the University of Vermont, plus breakfast and lunch. Everyone is on their own for dinner in Burlington. Lodging is optional.
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Attend Solo or as a Team
You can attend solo or with a team from your school or district.
Teams can be composed of educators (classroom teachers, councilors, paras, special educators, staff, administrators) and can be from the same grades and content areas, or mixed.
Teams may include educators from different schools in the district if you want to design a multi-school project.
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Teaching Artist Residency - OPTIONAL
If you would like information on how to schedule a teaching artist residency to support implementing your project, complete the PDL Questions Form and we'll get right back to you.
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FAQ
Visit the PDL FAQ page for answers to questions about team participation, tuition & fees, lodging & meals, daily schedule, teaching artist selection (optional), and more.
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Project Snapshots
See examples of previous projects created at the Project Design Lab here.
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Questions?
Complete the PDL Questions Form and we'll be back in touch soon.
We invite you to let us know about specific accommodations you may need to participate in the Project Design Lab when completing your Registration Form, and we will make every effort to honor your request.
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