Lecture: STEAM | Evenings for Educators

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) education engages students in the creative process across subjects and prepares them to be 21st century leaders and innovators. In this interactive presentation, CEO Dr. Leah Hanes of STEAM education nonprofit Two Bit Circus Foundation shares how teachers can guide student inquiry, creativity, and critical thinking with STEAM.

Evenings for Educators is a professional development program for K–12 teachers focusing on LACMA’s permanent collection and special exhibitions. Each session presents strategies for incorporating the visual arts into the classroom with activities that explore the artistic process, approach works of art as primary sources, and emphasize parallels between the visual arts and core content areas. Learn more at https://www.lacma.org/education/teachers.

Watch the corresponding workshops here:

WORKSHOP: Dancing Sculptures
In this workshop, teaching artist Billie Rae Vinson takes a close look at sculptures of dancing figures in LACMA’s collection, then asks participants to incorporate principles of balance to create their own dancing sculptures out of recycled and household materials. For grades K–12.

WORKSHOP: Primary to Secondary Colors
In this workshop, teaching artist Judy Blake discusses colorful artworks in LACMA’s collection, then helps participants create their own unique pieces that demonstrate how secondary colors are created by mixing primary colors together. For grades K–6 and SDC.

WORKSHOP: Designing from Nature
Teaching artist Alessa Quiroz examines artworks in LACMA’s collection depicting animals, then asks participants to put on their designer’s hat to come up with ideas for inventions inspired by nature. For grades 6–12.

Virtual Evenings for Educators is made possible by the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation, the Mara W. Breech Foundation, and The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation.

All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Margaret A. Cargill Arts Education Endowment, Nancy Seltzer, and Gloria Ricci Lothrop.

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