2017 WSI Summer Institute (MGCCC Hospitality Resort Management Center): Full Schedule

1:30pm CDT

Metrics with Pier Mondrian

Using the works of Pier Mondrian as a springboard, integrate math skills (metric system, area, and perimeter) and visual art elements (color wheel and line design) to create a piece of visual art.

Speakers

Wendy Crawford

5th grade math teacher, Saltillo Elementary School

Wendy Crawford taught for 15 years in grades K, 2, 3 and 5. She was a graduate fellow at the University of Mississippi from June 2011- July 15, 2012 and during that time presented at many workshops, conferences and worked closely with several schools. She has presented at NCTM (National... Read More →

Sherrie Kindt

Teacher 5th Gr. Math, Saltillo Elementary School

Sherrie Kindt has been with Lee County Schools for 16 years. She taught 7th grade for 12 of those years at Guntown Middle and the 5th grade the past 4 years at Saltillo Elementary. Sherrie is a 2003 graduate of the University of Mississippi and a 2001 graduate of Itawamba Community... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 212

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

3:00pm CDT

Using Color to Create Mood in Art

Learn how you can use color, collage and oil pastel landscapes using specific color combinations to evoke drama, temperature, and mood. Wonderful for depicting landforms, biomes, habitats or setting of a story.

Speakers

Kay Thomas

Teaching Artist, ArtsSmart, TRAHC

Kay Thomas, visual artist, received an M.F.A. in ceramics from Arizona State University and a B.F.A. degree in ceramics from Texas A & M University-Commerce, Texas. A teaching artist with over thirty years of experience, Thomas has worked with students and teachers grades Pre K-university... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 212

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

11:15am CDT

Art of Creativity: How to develop your students' creative muscles.

Learn simple art techniques to exercise the creative side of your students' brains. These skills can also help your students learn sight, spelling, and vocabulary words. Also get tips on using social media to get the "art" word out to staff, parents and students, as well as fundraising!

Speakers

Marshall Ramsey

Marshall Ramsey is a two-time Pulitzer Finalist (2002 and 2006). His editorial cartoons are nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate and have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today and The Clarion-Ledger. He is the author several successful books including three cartoon collections... Read More →

Amy Ramsey

Wednesday June 14, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 216

60 min. Breakout, Creative Writing, Visual Arts

11:15am CDT

Using Color to Create Mood in Art

Speakers

Kay Thomas

Teaching Artist, ArtsSmart, TRAHC

Wednesday June 14, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 212

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

1:30pm CDT

Advocacy in Action: MAAE Teaching Artists Share Arts in Academics Residency Experiences in MS Schools

Learn how schools can apply for a scholarship for a 2017 Teaching Artist residency that weaves Dance, Media Arts, Visual Arts, Theatre, or Creative Writing into other academics. Come network with Teaching Artists who are experienced in the arts integration approach designed to nurture student creativity and deepen student understanding for success.

Speakers

Jerry Jenkins

kathryn lewis

MS Gulf Coast Community College

Kathryn Lewis and Althea Jerome have been Teaching Artists for the last 30+ years. Jerome is a musician/retired public music teacher and taught graduate and undergraduate college classes. Lewis has a background in theatre, arts integration, and taught and directed college theatre... Read More →

Richelle Putnam

Richelle Putnam is the Arts Project Director for The Montgomery Institute. She is also a Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) Teaching Artist/Roster Artist (Literary), a Mississippi Humanities Speaker, and a 2014 MAC Literary Arts Fellow. She writes for Mississippi Magazine, Town... Read More →

Terrence Roberts

Da Terrence Roberts is a jali/griot or storyteller in the West African Tradition of Jaliyaa. As a teaching artist/storyteller in the style of Jaliyaa Roberts embraces the teaching power of words and music. Students are fascinated with the culture, stories, and musical instruments... Read More →

Dr. Penny Wallin

Dr. Penny Wallin is Executive Director for MS Alliance for Arts Education and Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at MS State University Meridian. She has worked as teacher, teaching artist, principal, curriculum director (with a humanities emphasis), clinical professor... Read More →

Julie White

Mississippi Arts Commission (USA)

Julie White, Associate Professor and Director of Dance Education, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in performance from the University of Illinois and a Master of Fine Arts in choreography from the Ohio State University, along with Ohio Licensure in K-12 Dance Education. She performed... Read More →

Wednesday June 14, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Hall B

60 min. Breakout, Creative Writing, Dance/Movement, Drama, Music, Visual Arts

1:30pm CDT

pARTS of Speech

Use Music, Movement and Visual Arts, including "Carnival of the Animals" and "The Maestro Plays" to explore the parts of speech, including adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs. Use movement elements to demonstrate each, and create an illustration for your alliteration.

Speakers

Courtney Hall

Tina Morgan

Tina Morgan is a music specialist who began her career in the Columbus Municipal School District in 1989. She holds an Associate of Arts degree from Itawamba Community College as well as a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Education in Differentiated Instruction from Mississippi University... Read More →

pARTS of speech Tina Morgan pdf

Wednesday June 14, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Hall A

60 min. Breakout, Dance/Movement, Music, Visual Arts

1:30pm CDT

Seussational Math

You'll love the "Seussational" atmosphere while creating thematic posters that encompass a variety of standards in language arts, math and visual arts. Rediscover your love of Dr. Seuss and get great ideas to implement into math and language arts classrooms!

Speakers

Wendy Crawford

5th grade math teacher, Saltillo Elementary School

Sherrie Kindt

Teacher 5th Gr. Math, Saltillo Elementary School

Wednesday June 14, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 215

60 min. Breakout, Creative Writing, Visual Arts

1:30pm CDT

Teaching Time Through 'The Persistence of Memory'

Use Salvador Dali's painting "The Persistence of Memory" to initiate discussion, such as the creature in a "dream state" and time (AM and PM). Create your own version of the painting using pastels and watercolors!

Speakers

Victoria "Tori" Liberto

Casey Elementary School

Tori Liberto is a second grade teacher at Casey Elementary in Jackson. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education with concentrations in English and Fine Arts from Mississippi State University. Tori has taught for over 18 years in Yazoo County, Rankin County, and Jackson... Read More →

Teaching Time With The Persistence of Memory pdf

Wednesday June 14, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 212

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

11:15am CDT

Animal Fabric Portraits & Prints

Explore the integration of scientific research skills and visual arts (print making). Create a portrait of an animal (reptile, amphibian, and/or mammal) on a piece of cloth using oil pastels, and then place it under heat to make a print. Use the print to explore ways in which the print and the actual portrait are similar and different!

Speakers

Kristi Bearden

5th Grade Science/Social Studies Teacher, Saltillo Elementary School

Kristi Bearden has been an educator for 13 years. She graduated from the University of Mississippi with both her bachelor's and master's degrees. In 2010, she became a National Board Certified Teacher. She currently works at Saltillo Elementary School as a 5th grade Science/Social... Read More →

Bettye Hannah

Saltillo Elementary School

Animal Fabric Portraits and Prints Bearden Kristi pdf

Thursday June 15, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 211

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

11:15am CDT

Creating Emotional Silhouettes

Use art techniques and skills to create an "Emotional Silhouette," desert scene collages which incorporate objectives in visual art, science, and language arts. Students place the silhouette of a desert animal in a habitat designed to reflect an emotional adjective.

Speakers

Samantha Kimble

My name is Samantha Kimble, and I am a third-grade teacher at Casey Elementary in Jackson, MS. I have been a teacher at Casey for ten years, and I am currently working on my Specialist degree in Ed Leadership. I am originally from Montgomery, AL and moved to Brandon, MS after my first... Read More →

Creating Emotional Silhouettes LESSON PLAN pdf

Thursday June 15, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 212

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

11:15am CDT

Economics & Art: Making the Connections

Come explore the intersection of economics (track within the social studies) and the visual arts. Using digital copies of several pieces of art from the MS Museum of Art’s permanent collection, educators will learn how to deeply engage students in learning economic concepts through the exploration of visual arts.

Speakers

Christy Walker

Christy Walker earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Social Studies Education in 2000 from Mississippi State University and a Masters of Education Degree from Belhaven University in 2004. She received her National Board Certification in 2005. Christy has over 15 years of experience... Read More →

Economics & Art Interdependence in Community Walker pdf

Economics & Art lesson plan Walker pdf

Economics & Art logo activity Walker pdf

Thursday June 15, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Hall C

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

11:15am CDT

Thematic Paper Art

Use paper art to teach math! After cutting colored paper into strips, make geometric figures. Then complete a chart to show what fraction of each color paper the artwork contains! (Can also learn addition, subtraction, fractions...!)

Speakers

Wendy Crawford

5th grade math teacher, Saltillo Elementary School

Sherrie Kindt

Teacher 5th Gr. Math, Saltillo Elementary School

Thursday June 15, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 215

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

1:30pm CDT

A Cut Above to Inspire Thinking

Most classrooms have scissors, paper, and glue. Use these simple materials to inspire thinking and learning around the works of Henri Matisse.

Speakers

Ann Nelson

teacher, Oak Grove Primary

In her 30th year of teaching, Ann Nelson is in a kindergarten/first grade looping classroom at Oak Grove Primary School in the Lamar County School District. Ann holds a BS from William Carey College, MEd from the University of Southern Mississippi, and EdS from William Carey College... Read More →

A Cut Above to Inspire Thinking Ann Nelson pptx

A Cut Above to Inspire Thinking Lesson Plan Ann Nelson pdf

Thursday June 15, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 211

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

1:30pm CDT

Cask Of Amontillado

Discuss the mood and tone of two different texts: “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado” and depict the mood or tone using color, shape and images.

Speakers

Cristina Hudgins

Cristina Hudgins is an English Language Arts teacher at Tupelo Middle School and a member of the Arts Integration team. She has been teaching 8th grade in the middle school since 2013. Before moving to Tupelo, Mississippi, Cristina taught 11th and 12th grade ELA and theater in the... Read More →

Breakout Session ToneMood Art Hudgins Cristina Handout pdf

Thursday June 15, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 216

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts

1:30pm CDT

I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More: An Arts Integrated All About Me Unit

Learn to integrate drama, music, and visual arts using activities based on the book "I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More," including self portraits by Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, and other famous artists. Then create your own messy self portrait inspired by the main character in the book!

Speakers

Miriam Carman

Madison Avenue Elemantary

Miriam Carman has 13 ½ years experience in elementary education, both regular education and special education. She works to individualized instruction based on students’ needs and interest to ensure all students achieve their full potential. After teaching regular education... Read More →

Thursday June 15, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 215

60 min. Breakout, Dance/Movement, Drama, Music, Visual Arts

1:30pm CDT

Little Hands and Big Ideas (putting the pieces together)

Learn to help students with disabilities find the artists within themselves. Create fun and stress-free art by using different techniques, even with students with motor processing, visual processing, and self expression limitations!

Speakers

Jeff Foster

Courtney Rotenberry

Special Education Teacher, Ann Smith Elementary

Courtney Rotenberry attended the University of Southern Mississippi and earned a dual degree in Elementary and Special Education with two minors. She's been teaching at Ann Smith Elementary for four years in the Autism room. She is on the arts committee, technology committee and library... Read More →

Thursday June 15, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 212

60 min. Breakout, Visual Arts