This workshop will provide teachers with methods and techniques for incorporating the visual arts across the curriculum: Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies. Artworks from the Rutgers-Camden Collection of Art will be used.

Research has clearly revealed the powerful, positive impact that a strong arts curriculum has on learning in other academic subjects, attitudes, and behaviors among pre-school, general K-12, and at-risk students. Furthermore, the act of artistic creation has been determined to be critical to students’ undiminished biological, emotional, and cognitive development.

Duration: 3-5 hours at your school

Using selections from the Rutgers-Camden Collection of Art as a framework, teachers will explore mathematical concepts in art.

Location: Videoconference or your school
Duration: 45-minute videoconference or 3-5 hours at your site

Using selections from the Rutgers-Camden Collection of Art as a framework, teachers will explore language arts concepts in art.

Location: Videoconference or your school
Duration: 45-minute videoconference or 3-5 hours at your site

Using selections from the Rutgers-Camden Collection of Art as a framework, teachers will explore how artists create the illusion of a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional canvas.

Location: Videoconference or your school
Duration: 45-minute videoconference or 3-5 hours at your site

How to apply it practically in the classroom and on museum field trips.

Location: Your school
Duration: 3-5 hours

Please call to inquire about programs specifically designed for your needs. These programs can take place at your school or at RCCA. Workshops range from one to three hours and can include a hands-on visual arts workshop for teachers.