This fall begins a new series of teacher workshops designed to help educators use the museum's permanent and traveling exhibitions as primary source material for teaching in a variety of subject areas. The workshops are held on Wednesday evening when the museum is open late. Participants evaluate each workshop, and this information is used to improve subsequent workshops. Meet guest curator Melissa Wolfe as she introduces the Butler's new exhibit of works by America's premier Native-American portrait painter Elbridge Ayer Burbank. Butler Education Director, Carole O'Brien presents the Butler Native-American Teacher Packet with slides and classroom projects.
Local instructors demonstrate ways to coordinate the exhibition with classroom curriculum.
Butler art instructor Kathy Young provides hands-on activities related to the exhibition. This workshop is designed for junior high and high school teachers. Butler Director Dr. Lou Zona walks through the Butler's contemporary galleries and traveling exhibits highlighting postwar American art. Former YSU English Department Chair, Dr. Sandra Stephan presents suggestions for creative writing based on contemporary art. YSU Sociology Professor discusses American culture at the end of the twentieth century and trends to look for in the new millennium.