Professional Development
“One of the best studio workshops I’ve attended. Presenter and teaching artist were excellent, knowledgeable, and personable.”
-Jersey City teacher
To schedule a teacher workshop or for additional information, please email [email protected].
Pricing:
In-person teacher workshops: $675 for a 3 hour half-day workshop, $1,350 for a 6 hour full-day workshop
Offsite teacher workshops: $675 for a 2 hour workshop, $200 each additional hour, additional $50 if location is beyond 15 miles from the Museum
Virtual teacher workshops: $250 for a 2 hour workshop, $120 each additional hour
Alcohol Ink
In-person or offsite
Educators experiment with this exciting, unpredictable and addicting medium. Learn easy steps to paint and control alcohol inks, creating beautiful and spontaneous paintings your students will love.
Art x Math = Creativity Multiplied
In-person, offsite, or virtual
Artists and mathematicians use their own unique languages to understand the world around them. This workshop explores the intersection of art and math through geometry, pattern, symmetry, and more.
Art Forms and Patterns in Nature
In-person or offsite
Educators explore the beauty, design, and function of branching patterns, Fibonacci spiral forms, and symmetry in nature through observing natural specimens provided by the instructor, and related art-making projects are introduced. Cross-discipline connections between science, art, design, and math are covered, as well as between the natural and human-made world.
Native Art / Native Knowledge
In-person, offsite, or virtual
Foregrounding Native perspectives, this workshop explores the transformative power of Indigenous knowledge to help forge new ways of thinking and relating in a changing world. This workshop provides K-12 curriculum connections and explores a variety of mediums, techniques, and connections to contemporary Indigenous artists.
Celebrating Many Voices
Virtual or in-person
In this workshop, we will consider artwork from MAM’s collection that connects with issues of social justice, and represents a range of voices and perspectives. Teachers will be introduced to established and emerging artists in the collection who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, and/or are part of the LGBTQ+ community.
Eco Art
In-person, offsite, or virtual
This workshop will help teachers infuse lessons on sustainability and climate change in the art classroom. Learn techniques on making art using recycled materials.
Exploration in Printmaking
In-person or offsite
Educators will be exposed to a variety of printmaking techniques that may include monotype, linoleum, woodcut, collagraph, and/or screen printing in this workshop, with tips for best practices in the K-12 classroom.
Hand-Built Ceramics: Building Your Repertoire
In-person, offsite, or virtual
Artist-led ceramics workshops are offered to develop a range of functional and decorative ceramic projects that teachers can adapt for the classrooms.
Handmade Books
In-person, offsite, or virtual
This workshop allows educators to explore a variety of methods for creating handmade artist books as three-dimensional artworks.
Indian Hand Carved Block Printing
In-person or offsite
A fiber artist will guide educators in a fun and simple dye and print technique using hand-carved wooden blocks imported from India on pure silk scarves.
Raku Firing
In-person or offsite
Teachers are invited to explore the concept of post-fire reduction known as Raku. Learn techniques such as traditional Raku, tinfoil sagger, horsehair embellishment, and slip resist. Educators are required to bring bisque-fired pieces to glaze and fire during the workshop. Weather permitting. Additional fees apply.
Shibori
In-person or offsite
Educators will be introduced to shibori, the Japanese art of tie-dyeing using indigo ink. An experienced fiber artist will demonstrate how to achieve different patterns using different tying methods and props. Weather permitting.
Silk Painting
In-person or offsite
Educators will explore methods of creating artwork directly on silk by drawing a design with Gutta paint on stretched silk, then using silk paint to fill in with vivid colors.
Team Sculpture
In-person or offsite
Explore using large-scale sculptural projects for working across grade levels, inspiring team-building, and arriving at a large collaborative work that can be displayed at your school.
Zentangle: Meditative Drawing
In-person, offsite, or virtual
Educators create intricate, decorative drawings and learn how to transform their classrooms into a calm, meditative environment to help today’s stressed students unwind.
The Museum is a registered provider of NJ State Professional Development Credits, and teacher programs are designed to support curricular goals. The Vance Wall Art Education Center presents a wide variety of programs bringing artists, performers, and scholars to the Museum. For more lectures and artists talks offering professional development credits, please see montclairartmuseum.org/events. Professional development credits are offered for all teacher workshops, adult studio classes, and workshops in the Yard School of Art.