Act 48 Programs for Teachers
As a PDE approved provider, the Frick offers a variety of Act 48 programs and workshops for teachers throughout the school year.
Currently scheduled programs
Creating Memory: Visual Literacy and Personal Mythology
In conjunction with the exhibition For My Best Beloved Sister Mia: An Album of Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron
Saturday, November 20, 2010
9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum
Photography and the Victorian art of photo collage serve as the media for this workshop focusing on Visual Literacy. Teachers will hone their understanding of the learning theory and cultivate skills to help students discover meaning in the images they both see and create. Participants are asked to bring with them several photographs of themselves, family and friends for use in the workshop. All other materials will be provided, and all photos will be returned.
$12 teacher members; $16 non-members; includes boxed lunch.
Advance registration and pre-payment required. Call 412-205-2022.
Artifact in Action: Object-Based Learning Theory
In conjunction with the special Clayton tour, All the Ladies of the House
Saturday, March 26, 2011
9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Clayton
The concept of using objects to unlock another time or culture, or Object-based Learning Theory, is the focus of this workshop, which encourages play with purpose. Hands-on activities will model how close observation of artifacts—in museums as well as in classroom settings—can sharpen higher-level thinking skills that require problem solving, creativity, critical thinking and communication.
$12 teacher members; $16 non-members; includes boxed lunch.
Advance registration and pre-payment required. Call 412-205-2022.
Now You’re Speaking My Language: Reinforcing Learning Among the Multiple Intelligences
In conjunction with the exhibition, French Drawings from the Blanton Museum of Art
Saturday, April 9, 2011
9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum
This workshop is designed to help world language teachers, as well as other teachers in the arts and humanities, explore and grow in using Multiple Intelligence Theory to broaden and deepen learning in their disciplines. Museum-based and collaborative activities will offer inspiration and encourage creativity in planning new approaches to reaching all types of learners.
$12 teacher members; $16 non-members; includes boxed lunch.
Advance registration and pre-payment required. Call 412-205-2022.
On the Road Again: Mapping Local History
Saturday, May 14, 2011
9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Car and Carriage Museum
Using photography, mapping and an enhanced understanding of the automobile’s role in shaping the landscape, this standards-based workshop will guide teachers in making Pennsylvania and U.S. history and culture more accessible to students using the our most ever-present of resources—the roads we travel every day.
$12 teacher members; $16 non-members; includes boxed lunch.
Advance registration and pre-payment required. Call 412-205-2022.
Living with Style: Making Art a Part of Everyday Life
In conjunction with the exhibition, PAN: Fin de Siecle Prints: Art Nouveau on Paper and the special Clayton Art and Culture tour
Tuesday, June 28 and Wednesday, June 29, 2011
9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The Frick Art Museum, Clayton
Certain movements, such as Art Nouveau, and certain art patrons, such as Henry Clay Frick, demonstrate to us just how thoroughly art can infiltrate essentially every part of life. This workshop will investigate how “style” becomes ubiquitous—showing up in architecture, furniture and interior design, graphic design, clothing, jewelry, vehicles, decorative arts and housewares—and how cultivating an awareness of these patterns can serve as a valuable teaching tool. Standards-based activities and studio projects are designed to heighten visual literacy skills and encourage critical thinking and self-expression.
$24 teacher members; $32 non-members; includes boxed lunch.
Advance registration and pre-payment required. Call 412-205-2022.
Just for Teachers
Free to a group of teachers after school or on weekends.
Learn about classroom connections to art and history while earning Act 48 credit.Just gather a group of fellow teachers for a special tour of The Frick Art Museum, Clayton or the Car and Carriage Museum. Choose a specially focused tour, an interdisciplinary program or studio workshop. Or, work with us to custom design one to meet the needs of your school or group. For information,contact Laura Ainsley, assistant curator of education, adult programs, at 412-371-0600, ext. 540, or via e-mail.
