ART and TECHNOLOGY SUMMER INSTITUTE
For Visual Arts Teachers
Wednesday August 6, 2008 8:30 am to 3:45 pm
Twinfield Union School Plainfield, VT

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ARTT at September 2005 VAAE Fall Conference

Visual artist and ARTT mentor Candy Barr, set up a display at Breadloaf for the annual conference. She shared a video presentation about the work that takes place in the ARTT community and passed out flyers to interested educators.
Arts and Technology Summer Institute, 2005

The annual Arts and Technology residential summer institute was held July 12- 15, 2005 in scenic Castleton, Vermont. "Removing the Mystery of Photoshop--The Basics" was taught by Lian Brehm and Lowell Klock. Below are photos of our talented class.
Our Class Students enjoying the beautiful Castleton State College campus Lian Brehm in action
Lisa and Michael, neighbor helping neighbor Class concentrating on their assignments This class mosaic was created from a black and white image then divided into nine panels for each student to "colorize"

Student work from the 2005 Arts and Technology Summer Institute

ARTS & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE HELD AT TWINFIELD SCHOOL APRIL 30, 2005

Participants attended a variety of workshops learning how to utilize technology through writing and art activities, participating in hands-on activities using programs such as Photoshop, and saw a demonstration of 3-D Collaborative Environments. There was also a session on expanding the digital image through mixed media. A full group presentation on ARTT (Art Responding Through Technology) allowed attendees an opportunity to see how the on-line mentoring program worked. The ARTT ANNUAL MEETING followed the conference.

ARTT Exhibit

was held on October 1, 2004 - November 14, 2004 at

Chaffee Gallery for the Visual Arts
16 South Main Street
Rutland, Vermont

Chaffee visiting hours:
Every day but Tuesday 10 AM - 5 PM and Sunday from noon - 5 PM at Rutland

www.chaffeeartcenter.org/index.htm

  Visitors at the Chaffee ARTT show on opening night
The ARTT student work exhibited is from teachers: Heidemarie Holmes-Heiss (Nikita "Garden Flower" and Phoebe "Stalking Cat"); Lian Brehm (Max "Futuristic Car" and Molly "Self Portrait in Chagall Syle"); Jan Danziger (Casey (Casey's drawings) and Emily (Koala Bear) Summer Institute 2004 participant work is represented by Sandra Hack, Judith Baird, Dave Barrett, Scott Helman, Pat Sanders, Karen Jacobs, Joanne Rouleau and Lian Brehm (2003). And that's just what is on the wall!

Lowell Klock and Heidemarie Heiss-Holmes present session for Stowe area teachers

At the request of Cacky Peltz, Art Educator from the Lamoille South Supervisory Union, Lowell and Heidemarie shared the work of ARTT students, teacher, and artist mentors on November 23, 2004. Attending the session were: Michelle Boleski, art teacher at Warren, Fayston, Granville Village Elementary Schools; Susannah Slabinski, art teacher, Peoples Academy, Morrisville; Ruth Kaldor, art teacher Cabot K-12; Kathleen Nann, tech curriculum coordinator, Stowe; and Mark Arnold, tech media from Morrisville. Participants read panels of student work from the Chaffee Show and were given a tour of the ARTT web site.

The workshop participants were given temporary access to the password protected web site. The posting process was explained and they all learned to navigate, collapse, go forward and backward, to make comments, edit and delete. Workshop participants were encouraged to comment on student work on the site. Heidemarie, an elementary art educator and occasional mentor, described how she went about ARTT posting with her students. Several students with interest in sharing art work on the password protected web site. meet at recess or other non class times. They discuss their work, ask questions, and prepare a write-up for the mentoring site. Heidemarie discusses each piece with the young artist and then posts the piece. Once comments are received from mentors, she will work with students to revise their art work and post the revision along with more description about the changes made and questions that still remain. At the end of this cycle, the student will acknowledge the comments. Heidemarie mentioned that this process is a trimester's work. After viewing the posting and responding cycle, the group mentioned that this was a good program for enrichment and/or for students who need motivation. Heidemarie prints out her students' threads for a bulletin board display for the whole school to view and keeps the printed threads on file.
New Co-Coordinators Appointed

Penny Nolte's new job and personal obligations have led her to resign as coordinator of ARTT and from the Board of Directors of Vermont MIDI/ARTT Project, Inc. The Board of Directors appointed Lian Brehm and Jan Danziger as co-coordinators at a special meeting on November 2, 2003. We all wish Penny well and thank her for her years of work on behalf of visual arts educators, music educators, and professional artists. Lian and Jan will work diligently to provide leadership and continuity that Penny previously supplied.
ARTT Video is Available

The ARTT video is not only of interest to members of the project who are doing presentations with their schools and communities, but also anyone who would like to learn more about our online arts mentoring project. You can borrow it or buy this 10 minute documentary by Deb Ellis and Fern Tavalin for $10. It features students, teachers, and mentors who share how they interact through ARTT, as well as examples of student artwork.
ARTT Teacher and Mentor Present at National Conference

Marty Leech, Art Teacher at Missisquoi Valley Union High School, and Graciela Monteagudo, ARTT Artist/Mentor, lead a panel session at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference that was recently held in Orlando. Their session, titled Art Responding Through Technology, was very well attended and resulted in requests for additional information about ARTT from as far away as Alaska. Marty and Graciela presented a Power Point display, the ARTT video, and examples of student work from the ARTT showcase.
"In 1995 the US Department of Education provided funds through the Technology Innovation Challenge Grant program to Vermont schools via the WEB Project to build an innovative online network of students, teachers, artists, and community organizations working together to help improve student performance in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Online Arts Mentoring in music composition (VT MIDI Project) and visual arts (Art Responding Through Technology--ARTT) formed the first two groups."

from Distance Learning in Schools of Rural Vermont: Online Arts Mentoring, Tavalin, F., Nolte, P., MacLeod, S., and Hughes, B. (2000)