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The Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts invites you to attend WATERCOLOR BOOTCAMP AIEA is thrilled to offer this special workshop for our participating schools and teachers. Join us for this exciting and unique opportunity! This is a skill building session for educators who would like to learn about painting with watercolor. We will cover the basic techniques and how to apply them in a painting. We will experiment with creating textures from household materials. Charles Burchfield (1893- 1967) will be our focal artist with his paintings of the seasons, landscape, and weather. Gain confidence in your watercolor painting so you can instruct your students and have fun! Leave with lesson ideas to connect visual arts to your curriculum. All supplies provided. WHAT:  SUPERDAY workshop for K-12 Teachers  WHO:  Durinda Cheek, M.Ed, started as a facilitator for AIEA in 1995 and became director in 2009.  She taught art in middle and elementary schools prior to serving as the art department chairperson at The McCallie School in Chattanooga for ten years. … Read More »Watercolor Bootcamp

VIEWPOINTS: Creating character through the body, PART 3 WHO:  Mickey Lonsdale, is an internationally known, award winning physical theatre actor and dancer. He originally hails from Ramer, Alabama. He began his dance training at Alabama Dance Theatre and has a B.A. in Theatre from Auburn Montgomery. While in college, he became the emcee for the Montgomery Biscuits, entertaining 7000 fans nightly. After graduating, Mickey moved to Italy to pursue an M.F.A. in Physical Theatre at the Accademia del’Arte. He received training in Commedia Dell’Arte, Clown, Dance, Choreography, and Acting.  During this time, he attended Flic Scoula di Circo, Circus School, where he trained in acrobatics, acro dance, Chinese pole, walking globe, and various other circus skills. While in Europe, he performed with companies such as Familie Floz in Germany, Divaldo Continuo in the Czech Republic, and Red Dot Theatre in Italy and Turkey. After receiving his M.F.A., Mickey moved to the NYC area where has starred in several independent films, commercials, TV shows, and works as a free-lance dancer. He… Read More »VIEWPOINTS: Creating character through the body, PART 3

WHO: CELESTE MILLER, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Grinnell College in a position that allows her to combine her love for teaching with her investigation of dance as a performing art, cultural practice, political act and a method for the embodiment of ideas and beliefs.  She is also the co-founder and director of Big If Dance Experiments – an open collective of dancers, actors, movers, musicians and other artists. The name   ”Big If” comes from Charles Darwin.  In a letter to Joseph D. Hooker in 1871 Darwin wrote, “It is often said that all the conditions necessary for the first production of a living being are now present.  But if (and oh, what a big if)….” Celeste was the director of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival’s Choreographer’s Lab focusing on dance and community engagement from 1993-2005; and has been the co-founder and director of Jacob’s Pillow Curriculum in Motion since 1993. WHEN:  FRIDAY, January 12, 2018 9:00-3:00 WHERE:  1715 27th Court South, Birmingham AL 35209    … Read More »Curriculum in Motion®: Using Creative Movement and the Kinesthetic Mode to Enhance Learning

JANUARY 20 CONTRA-TIEMPO Dance for Schools w/ Rebecca Renard-Wilson  and Diana Toledo partnership with AL Dance Council (Birmingham) Discover the place of movement as a catalyst for writing and storytelling in this workshop. The presenters from the California-based company will lead participants in community-building exercises, movement/text exploration, and process reflection.   FEBRUARY 4 Monet:  Art in Nature/Nature in Art. w/ Durinda Cheek French Impressionist painter Claude Monet was known for his paintings of his water garden.  He was also a master gardener who designed and oversaw the garden.  Monet said, “I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” Adaptable to Life Science in all grades, we will explore the ecosystem and habitat of the water garden and life cycles of the creatures who exist there.  We will create our own Impressionist works with different media such as model magic, paint, and printmaking.  Come away with lots of ideas for using Monet in the classroom for Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science. FEBRUARY 25 A Pedagogy of Questioning w/ Ivan… Read More »Coming Soon! – SUPERDAYS 2017

Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts is pleased to offer this special workshop for our participating schools and teachers. Come join us for an exciting time and a unique opportunity! Welcome to South Korea: Exploring Culture with Bee Lee Tullos WHO: Bee Lee Tullos has been an elementary art teacher at Montgomery Academy in Montgomery, AL for 23 years. Prior to that, she taught in Montgomery Public Schools.  She received her M.Ed. from Troy State University in 1989. During summers, she travels internationally to learn the culture and art of the countries that she visits, and upon returning to the United States, she designs interdisciplinary curriculum to teach the art and culture of these nations. She has traveled extensively through the Americas, Asia, and Europe, and will be visiting in Africa this summer. WHEN: February 27, 2016 – 10:00 – 3:00 WHERE: Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Studio 2 WHY: Come join us for an exciting time and this unique opportunity—explore the arts and culture of South Korea, and create art… Read More »Welcome to South Korea with Bee Lee Tullos

Come join Lottie for The Second Annual Holiday Homecoming Concert, benefitting The Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts (AIEA), live at The Sanctuary, Tuesday, December 22nd at 7 o’clock pm. She’ll serenade you with your favorite old Lottie originals, some of her brand new original tunes, and a handful of holiday classics, all sure to impress. Doors open at 6 pm, music starts at 7 pm. Merchandise and CDs available for purchase after the show. *A percentage of all proceeds will be donated to The Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts (AIEA). http://artseducation.org/ Tickets available for purchase now on the SHOP page at: http://www.MoreLottie.com/   The Sanctuary 432 S Goldthwaite St, Montgomery, Alabama 36104