Studio to Classroom: Reclaiming Your Artist Identity
Studio to Classroom: Reclaiming Your Artist Identity is a dynamic professional learning experience designed specifically for K-12 art teachers. This course centers personal artmaking as a powerful tool for transforming classroom practice. Participants will engage in meaningful, low-supply studio challenges that mirror the creative constraints students experience every day. Through hands-on exploration, teachers will rediscover the vulnerability, problem-solving, and risk-taking inherent in the artistic process.
Each assignment intentionally bridges personal studio work with adaptable strategies for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. Collaborative reflection and peer dialogue help translate studio discoveries into authentic teaching shifts. The course emphasizes process over product, conceptual thinking, and accessible materials.
By the end, teachers will leave with renewed creative confidence and classroom-ready ideas and resources grounded in their own artistic growth.
FORMAT: Asynchronous online learning
DATES: 7/6/26 - 7/31/26
FACILITATOR: Kristine Monahan, City School District of Albany, Art teacher
GCRTC CONTACT: Denise Lutter, Ed.D., GCRTC Teacher Leadership Coach for Visual and Performing Arts
FEE: None. Registration is required.
CTLE HOURS: 15
REGISTRATION: https://tinyurl.com/bdd5ynbh