Teaching With Art
The Teaching with Art workshop series leverages CSU’s rich cultural resources, including the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, and faculty expertise to enhance pedagogical practices across disciplines through object-based teaching and learning.
The series provides CSU faculty with innovative teaching tools that integrate visual literacy, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary learning through engagement with art objects, design pieces, and cultural artifacts.
Series Goals
- Enhance faculty pedagogical skills through object-based teaching methods
- Foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and dialogue
- Increase utilization of CSU’s cultural resources for academic purposes
- Develop sustainable partnerships between academic departments and cultural institutions, positioning TILT as a hub for cross-disciplinary teaching innovation
- Create a repository of best practices for teaching with art and objects
Workshop Topics Include
- Object-Based Teaching
- Teaching Critical Thinking Through Art
- Community Engagement Through Cultural Objects
- Science and Art Intersections (STEAM+)
- Navigating Difficult Conversations Through Art
- Writing and Creative Expression with Visual Prompts
Teaching With Art
Creative workshops that use visual art and artistic practices to foster reflection, dialogue, and new perspectives on teaching, learning, and student experience.
Art-Making as a Way to Learn (and Do) Anything!
Facilitator: David Pyle
Location: Gregory Allicar Museum of Art – 1400 Remington
Wednesday, February 11 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm MST
TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies
The arts create transformative pathways to engage and understand science, mathematics, engineering, and the humanities. Join us for an exploration of hands-on, actionable methods for integrating the arts into your curriculum. Be ready to dig into organic chemistry through papermaking, physics through music and color, materials science through painting, and cultural identity through quilting. These are just a few of the integrations that we’ll explore!
Oh My Muybridge! Horse Evolution, Photography and the (Crazy) Artistic Invention of Cinema!
Facilitator: David Pyle & Dr. Stephen Coleman
Location: Gregory Allicar Museum of Art – 1400 Remington
Wednesday, March 4 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm MST
TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies
How does image-making and photography illuminate our understanding of that magnificent machine, the horse? For this ‘Teaching with Art’ session with Dr. Stephen Coleman, CSU Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, and David Pyle, CSU Green+Gold Instructor, we’ll explore how the art of photography brings meaning to the science of equine evolution, culture and locomotion. From there, participants will have the opportunity to participate in the creation of a range of art/science interdisciplinary models for the classroom.
Sparking Learning through Image & Words: Creative Techniques for Student Engagement!
Facilitator: Dr. Tobi Jacobi, Department of English
Location: Morgan Library Lobby
Wednesday, April 8 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm MST
TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies
This workshop invites participants to experiment with image and writing as classroom strategies for engaging students in course content. We will explore several sample activities that can be adapted to any discipline as tools for deepening investment in content and creative approaches to standard assignments.
The Art, Physics and Transformative Power of the Pipe Organ!!
Facilitator: Dr. Joel Bacon & David Pyle
Location: Organ Recital Hall, University Center for the Arts
Wednesday, May 6 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm MST
TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies
Does music really align your cellular structure while it elevates your spirit? There’s science behind why the pipe organ shakes you to your boots and bones…and your soul. Join Dr. Joel Bacon, CSU Music Professor, and David Pyle, CSU Green+Gold Instructor, as we showcase the physics of music making and the organ. Discussion will include how this work can model the creation of a range of art/science interdisciplinary models for the classroom.
Contact
Anastasia Williams
Director of Teaching Excellence
Instructional Innovation and Engagement
Contact
Email: [email protected]