DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Special Projects:
Preface Event: A Preview to The Story Project
Preface Event: A Preview to The Story Project -- Powerpoint of selected permanent collection images for use by Story Project teachers who want to participate in the Preface exhibition. Process and due dates for student work included on the presentation
The Family Experience
The Family Experience was conceived through a marriage of two discrete fields of study -- museum education and art therapy. The exhibition was atypical. It was an experiment in using visual stimuli as a means of understanding personal and interpersonal psychological concepts and relationships. It encompassed a cross-pollination of ideas and purposes, from fields as diverse as the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and such arenas as anthropology and the law.
The Family Experience as a project not only included the exhibition but also a pilot project for special needs visitors, a handbook and workshop for special needs professionals such as art therapists, a catalogue, tours for special needs groups and others, a parallel exhibition by special needs groups titled Reflections on The Family Experience, a University class based on the exhibition, a lecture series, and a Teacher Institute in part based on the exhibition (Institute was offered in conjunction with the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science).
The Family Experience project was organized by the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts with assistance from Houghton Mifflin, the Florida State University Women's Studies Program, the Thompson Family, the Florida State University Art Education Department and State Farm Insurance. Grant assistance was provided by: the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts; the Leon County Cultural Development Program; and the Communiversity Partnership of the City of Tallahassee Cultural Services, Cultural Resources Commission.
View a PowerPoint presentation with images of the exhibition and related activities.
The Family Experience: Deconstruction and Reconstruction exhibition was accompanied by a public lecture series. From that series six of the PowerPoint presentations are available for viewing.
- To view the presentation on teachers' use of museums for therapeutic purposes by Dr. Marcia L. Rosal, FSU Art Education chair, on May 9th and at the "Exploring American Values: The Family and the Environment" Teacher Institute on June 1st click .
- To view the presentation by FSU Department of Anthropology professor, Dr. Elizabeth Peters, Kinship and Family in Other Animals: A Cross-Species Perspective, delivered on Tuesday, May 16th during the "What Makes a Family?" panel presentation click here.
- To view the presentation by Dr. Carolyn Brown Treadon, ATR-BC, LMHC, Finding Personal Meaning in Art: Honoring the Museum Visitor, delivered on Thursday May 18th during the "Family Art Therapy Treatment" panel presentation and at the "Exploring American Values: The Family and the Environment" Teacher Institute on June 1st click here.
- To view the presentation on the aging of family members by Amity K. Moncrief from the Sterling House that was delivered on May 23rd click here.
- To view the presentation on family violence by Sarrah Conn from the Claude Pepper Center, FSU that was delivered on June 1st click here.
- To view the presentation on family art therapy by Carolyn Brown Treadon, Dina Ricco, and Mindy Moore delivered on June 8th click here.
- To view the presentation by FSU Department of History professor, Dr. Suzanne Sinke, Historical Change in Marriage and Family, delivered on Tuesday, June 13th click here.
In Print: The Language of Art
As a part of the In Print: The Language of Art project/exhibition (May 12 - June 6, 2003) Viki Thompson Wylder (MoFA Curator of Education), Julie Childers (Lawton Chiles High School Graphic Design & Humanities Instructor), Leslie Cohen (Lawton Chiles High School Art Instructor) and Linda Johnson (Deerlake Middle School Art Instructor) prepared and delivered a PowerPoint presentation for the Florida Art Education Association Annual Conference (October 16-19, 2003; Orlando) and the National Art Education Association Annual Conference (April 16-20, 2004; Denver). The NAEA presentation recalled here was titled, Break the Mold: The Exhibition Approach. It can be viewed by clicking here.
Visual Arts and ESOL
Sara Chang, the ESOL (English as a Second Language) teacher at Pineview Elementary in Tallahassee, created this PowerPoint for an international conference, the 40th Annual TESOL Convention. In the presentation, she highlights the role the visual arts play in her instruction, particularly through a focus on four projects undertaken under the auspices of an FSU Museum/Pineview partnership agreement. Each of these projects, Haiku and Poetry, In Print: The Language of Art, Poetry and Pottery and The Road to America were developed in conjunction with FSU Museum programs. Ms. Chang includes images of her students work on display at the University. It can be view by clicking here.
Visions of the North Florida Environment
As a part of the Visions of the North Florida Environment project/exhibition (May 3 - June 10 2002) Viki Thompson Wylder (MoFA Curator of Education), Fran Kautz (Buck Lake Elementary Art Teacher), Sonia McDowell (Buck Lake Elementary Art Teacher) and Todd Bertolaet (FAMU Professor, Graphic Communication/Photography). prepared and delivered a PowerPoint presentation for the National Art Education Association Annual Conference (April 4-8, 2003; Minneapolis) and the Florida Art Education Association Annual Conference (October 16-19, 2003; Orlando). The presentation called Real Art: Teachers as Curators can be viewed by clicking here