2010

PAN STATE CONFERENCE 2010.

Thank you to the 160 delegates who attended this year's conference ‘Literacy through the Arts'

The Arts is the bridge to...
all literacies and narratives,

the sharing of the human experience,

the use of images, performance, music, movement and multi media to bridge learnings.

This year's PAN Conference will bridge all learnings in a meaningful, purposeful and enjoyable way.

Visual Literacy
Visual literacy is often defined as the ability to interpret and understand visual texts.
These texts are usually broadly defined as any print, visual item, including artwork, picture books, advertising, film and video clips, websites or any other item that can be visually interpreted. As an essential 21st-century skill, teaching visual literacy helps students to better interpret art and visual media they come in contact with.Analysing art involves looking closely at the work and considering how the various elements create an effect or experience.                                                            Courier Mail Headstart Tuesday Feb 9 2010-02-18

Term 1 Workshop 2010 Visual Arts -Paper Sculpture
Roslyn Haydon To register ring 3902 3333 Cannon Hill State School

4.00 -5.30pm Cost 27.50 (gst incl)

 Thursday 18th Feb Wellers Hill State School
 Thurs 25th Feb Moreton Bay College
 Thurs 4th Mar Wavell Heights State School
 Thurs 11th Mar Milton State School

Paper Sculpture - physically engage your students in the narrative using paper and glue.

Presenter Ros Haydon -Ros presented an introduction to paper sculpture in term 3 PAN afternoon workshops. This workshop will focus on deconstructing the narrative when creating and looking at the paper sculpture skills that will engage students in developing characters and setting.

• Learn the skills of paper sculpture -shaping, manipulating and assembling paper to represent ideas
• Explore creating narrative using paper sculpture- hear and discuss how Ros has implemented this in her classrooms.
Paper sculpture aligns well with these objectives "in looking at innovative ways of acquiring new understanding and applying new knowledge. The workshop will show how to integrate paper sculpture into the daily classroom curriculum

Paper Sculpture is a form of visual arts that requires little preparation, readily available inexpensive materials, few core skills, easy clean up and instant results. The value of this form also is its freedom from set rules and steps that other paper art forms like origami require to obtain success. This freedom promotes exploration and experimentation as well as discussion during construction. The workshop will look at creating forms by shaping, manipulating and assembling paper to represent ideas.

The designing will be in plain paper and 3D aspect demands more planning, problem solving, experimenting, exploration, manipulating, arranging, controlling, and modifying. On a higher level it also demands anaylsing the object or person to be represented and then deconstructing and reconstructing to obtain the end product. Because of the nature of this visual art form it fits into all levels of the Visual Arts curriculum.

"Applying more creative teaching practices and cultivating students' creativity skills explicitly across the curriculum is the essence of a 21st Century teacher." - Rod Welford, past Minister for Education and Training, past Minister for the Arts.
Paper sculpture aligns well with these objectives "in looking at innovative ways of acquiring new understanding and applying new knowledge." It has the ability to enhance all areas of the curriculum and can be used very successfully in stimulating development and success in literacy. The workshop will show what a useful tool this form of art is and how to integrate it into the daily classroom curriculum.

PAN Video Tutorials

Fantasy Fish and Creepy Creatures -Michelle Bugler
Twisted Wire -Dona Spencer

2 video tutorials on one DVD featuring Michelle Bugler and Dona Spencer

Michelle and Dona are leading arts practitioners and educators who share their ability to engage children and provide valuable arts skills for all teachers. Michelle Bugler demonstrates observation and imagination drawing techniques with clearly articulated language, that supports and guides learning. Dona Spencer shows the process of developing ‘a concept' through to a resolved art work.

Arts Education Professional Development Workshops
Primary Arts Network - Year of Creativity Conference 2009 DVD

Cost $30 + GST $3 - Total $33

contact Joy Pohlner- joypohlner@gmail.com Ph 3902 3333

Primary Arts Network
Cannon Hill State School
845 Wynnum Road
Cannon Hill QLD 4170

PAN Conference 2009 from Primary Arts Network on Vimeo.

PAN Creative Workshops 2009 from Primary Arts Network on Vimeo.

PAN Conference Keynote 2009 from Primary Arts Network on Vimeo.