San Diego Preconvention Workshops/Tours
National Art Education Association
March 29-31, 2014
San Diego, California
All buses will depart from the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel
unless the workshop is being held at the Hilton Hotel
Friday, March 28
From Navy Base to Arts & Culture District─A Cultural Transformation
Naval Training Center at Liberty Station
2640 Historic Decatur Road
San Diego, CA 92106
Group departs at 9:30 am—Returns approximately 3:30 pm
NTC at Liberty Station is set on 28 waterfront acres with picturesque views of downtown San
Diego, the bay, and surrounding hillside. A model for base re-development, NTC is a cultural
transformation turning a former navy base into a thriving arts and culture district of dance
companies, museums, instructional studios, galleries, and nonprofits. Your experience will
include: viewing a performance by a premier dance company at Dance Place San Diego;
meeting artists and instructors working in their studios and galleries; enjoying a fresh lunch and
sweets from an artisan chocolate shop and catering company; and hands-on artmaking ranging
from mosaic making, photography, culinary instruction, and more! Tour Leader: Alan Ziter.
Lunch WILL be provided.
Ticket Price: $99
Limit: 45
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Murals and Visual Art at the Elementary Level
Zamorano Fine Arts Academy
2655 Casey Street
San Diego, CA 92139
Group departs at 9:30 am—Returns approximately 12:30 pm
An onsite visit to Zamorano Fine Arts program to see our visual arts program in action, which
includes three visual arts teachers plus a photography artist-in-residence. We have a vibrant
program that continues through the budgetary and academic support of our administration and
our parent teacher foundation (ptf). Participants will enjoy a walking tour of our murals on site
that are created with our students every year. There will also be discussion of how the murals
are accomplished and in what time frame. Tour Leader: Don Masse. Lunch will NOT be provided.
Ticket Price: $35
Limit: 60
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Using the Arts as an Organizing Tool to Create an Emerging Arts and Culture Destination in a
Diverse Community
Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation
404 Euclid Avenue
San Diego, CA
Group departs at 9:30 am—Returns approximately 2:30 pm
From the start, arts and culture have been galvanizing forces for bringing residents from diverse
neighborhoods together. Community teams worked together to plan and design Market Creek
Plaza and the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, which have become magnets for bringing people from
across the country to The Village at Market Creek. An atmosphere of cross-cultural sharing
helps deepen understanding of their own cultures while building bridges to others. Art connects
culture and commerce through capacity-building and training opportunities. It is a platform for
economic growth and employment for local community artists. Art has shaped Market Creek
into a global village that conveys a sense of the world coming together.
The tour will include some walking around this vibrant campus, meeting with artists and
community organizers, a catered lunch by Market Creek Catering, artist performances, a stop
by WriterzBlok—a graffiti artist education program—and video presentation of the history of
this national model program. Tour Leader: Victoria Hamilton. Lunch WILL be provided.
Ticket Price: $69
Limit: 40
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2014 NAEA Museum Education Division Preconference
8:30 am – 5:00 pm followed by a wine reception from 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Stronger Together: Collaborating to Connect Communities
Today’s climate of instant information, coupled with visitors’ desire to learn in new and
interesting ways, makes collaborations more vital than ever. Collaborations offer new entrance
points to the ever-more inquisitive museum-goer. For art museums, partnerships create
opportunities to address visitor curiosity, engage our communities, and open access to our
collections in new and out of the ordinary ways. They also provide fresh perspectives to works
of art and ways of thinking. The 2014 NAEA Museum Education Preconference examines the
importance of innovative collaborations in art museums and explores the benefits and
challenges in creating meaningful partnerships with other organizations and people in our
communities.
The Preconference offers new insights on the idea of innovative external partnerships. The
collaborative work currently taking place by the Balboa Park art museums and many other
models from across the country serve as inspiration for our day, as participants challenge
themselves to think about what it means to extend the work of their institutions outside the
museum’s walls. The Preconference also considers the question of what is and what is not
collaboration. The ultimate goal of the day is for every attendee to leave with one or more
fresh ideas on collaborations that they can create in their own communities.
The entirety of the 2014 Museum Education Division Preconference takes place in San Diego’s
picturesque Balboa Park, which served as the site of the 1915-1916 Panama-California
Exposition. The day begins at the San Diego Museum of Art with the Stronger Together:
Collaborating to Connect Communities Panel Discussion focusing on innovative collaboration
initiatives taking place in San Diego, across the country, and around the globe. Discussions
continue in the beautiful museum galleries of the San Diego Museum of Art, the Mingei
International Museum, the Museum of Photographic Arts, and the Timken Museum of Art,
where participants will take part in a Looking, Learning & Collaborating Gallery Experience.
After an al fresco lunch, participants have the opportunity to attend two Learning Together:
Collaboration Case Study Workshops. These thematic workshops are designed to offer space for
open dialogues on creating collaborative opportunities in one’s own community. During the
workshops, presenters will share specific projects and offer insight on managing collaborative
work in museums. The day concludes with an outdoor wine reception giving participants an
opportunity to share ideas for future collaborative work and to celebrate the good work they
are doing in art museum education.
Note: After registering for the Preconference, attendees will receive an e-mail with a link to an
electronic form that allows them to select afternoon break-out sessions and lunch options.
Please allow 7-10 days to receive this e-mail follow up.
Ticket Price: $75/NAEA members; $55/NAEA students; $90/Non-members
Limit: 270
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Making Curricular Connections with Visual Journals: Part 1 – Working with Mixed Media
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Hands-on workshop that emphasizes the influence of image making and the written word on
visual journals. This workshop focuses on a variety of mixed media artmaking techniques and
how to utilize the visual journal as a catalyst to drive a visual arts program. Participants will
leave this session with tested and proven strategies and concrete examples and notes for
cultivating learner-directed artmaking and fully integrating the visual journal into the art studio
classroom. Sample journals highlighting the session content will be available for viewing. Bring
your cameras! Participants are asked to bring a sketchbook, a basic watercolor paint set,
watercolor pencils, a glue stick, any favorite art materials, and personal collage items.
Workshop leaders: David R. Modler, Eric M. Scott. Lunch will NOT be provided.
Ticket Price: $49
Limit: 60
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Making Curricular Connections with Visual Journals: Part 2 – Working with Writing Prompts
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Hands-on workshop that emphasizes the influence of image making and the written word on
visual journals. This workshop focuses on various writing prompts and formats as part of a
process for developing lines of inquiry for meaningful artmaking, while also creating
connections to other areas of the K-12 curriculum. Participants will leave this session with
tested and proven strategies and concrete examples and notes for cultivating learner-directed
artmaking and fully integrating the visual journal into the art studio classroom. Sample journals
highlighting the session content will be available for viewing. Bring your cameras! Participants
are asked to bring a sketchbook, a basic watercolor paint set, watercolor pencils, a glue stick,
any favorite art materials, and personal collage items. Workshop leaders: David R. Modler,
Eric M. Scott. Lunch will NOT be provided.
Ticket Price: $49
Limit: 60
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NAEA Preconference: Professional Learning Institute
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
What YOU need to know about the New Core Standards for Visual Arts and Media Arts
Get an in-depth look at the standards and meet members of the Visual Arts and Media Arts
Writing Teams:
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Learn about the new arts standards framework using Enduring Understandings and
Essential Questions
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See how the visual arts standards and the all new media arts standards interface to
support student learning and your instructional practices
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Identify essential strategies for using the standards to help all learners succeed
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Unpack the standards to optimize instructional practices that support the transfer of
knowledge and skills called for in the Common Core standards
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Deepen your knowledge about cornerstone assessments
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Explore instructional and assessment strategies that prepare students for college and
careers
Lunch will NOT be provided.
Ticket Price: $99
Limit: 150