Picturing America, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities, is a great tool for all teachers!  These high-quality reproductions of American art can be used in a variety of ways in any classroom or child care setting. This one-day program for teachers of children ages 0 - 18 will offer innovative ways to use visual images from Picturing America and Maine’s local art collections to teach critical thinking skills, visual and verbal literacy and American culture.  If you are new to Picturing America, or are already familiar with it, this program will help you expand your knowledge.

The program will be held on March 19th, 2011 at two of Maine’s premier local art institutions, the Bates College Museum of Art and the USM Lewiston-Auburn College Atrium Art Gallery. To register for this engaging one-day program, please see the forms below.

For more information on Picturing America go to: (for grades K-12) or to (for early childhood educators).

CEUs will be available for early childhood educators, K-12 teachers and Adult Education instructors.
Please bring a check made out to USM. The cost is $13 for early childhood educators and $20 for K-12 teachers and Adult Education instructors.

Join us March 19 at Bates College Museum of Art and the USM Lewiston-Auburn College Atrium Art Gallery
to explore innovative ways to use images to teach critical thinking skills and American culture

For more information, or a complete program, please email Martina Duncan

 

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top left photo: Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange

top right photo: Androscoggin River Flow, Connie McVey, watercolor, 17" x 21"