School Arts Professional Development and Networking
Museum of Indian Art and Culture
Museum Hill, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Thursday and Friday, February 12 and 13, 2015
Date
Thursday
Activity
Presenter
Location
8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
Registration—All day—Performance
Welcome, Winter Meeting Details
Vicki Breen,
Classroom Atrium
MEEM Auditorium
Legislative Protocol and Updates
Annjenette Torres, Yann Lussiez
MEEM Auditorium
Tanya Vigil, Teresa Dovalpage
Self-directed
Self-directed
Conference room
ongoing
ongoing
Visit your Legislator
FAEA Model and Program
Development
9:30–12:00
(A—9:30–10:45)
Workshop I
A—CORE ARTS Curriculum Models
and Program Development
(Bring your laptop)
B—District Arts Education Models
(Arts Advisory Council,
Bridging to Middle School,
and Media postings)
Workshop II
Creative Expressions and Writing to
Publish
(B—10:45–12:00)
9:30–12:00
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
1:15–4:15
(C—1:15–1:25)
Introductions
C—Staff Introductions
(D—1:25–4:15)
D—STEM to STEAM
South Carolina’s South Carolina’s
statewide initiative and roll out
4:30–6:30
Workshop I
A—Jennifer Furman and Steve Ackerman
Classroom
B—Tyson Ledgerwood
Workshop II
Michael Long, MFA, ND
MEEM auditorium
Self-directed
Introductions
C—Della Warrior, Director
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
D—Scot Hockman
MEEM auditorium
Music by PLAY
Ferdi Serim
Classroom Atrium
Date
Friday
Activity
Presenter
8:30 a.m.
8:30–4:15
8:45–10:15 and
10:15–12:00
Registration continued
Visit your Legislator
Workshop III
Brain Research and Creativity–
impact on New Mexico students
Workshop IV
Close Readings using
Photography and Music Videos
8:30–10:15 and
10:15–12:00
Workshop III
Dr. Rex Jung
Two concurrent presentations
Workshop IV
Scot Hockman
Two concurrent presentations
MEEM auditorium
Location
Classroom Atrium
Self-directed
MEEM Auditorium
O’Keefe Theater
12:00–1:15
Lunch (on-site)
1:15–3:30
Workshop V
The Arts in New Mexico:
A Brighter Path Together
Workshop VI
Creative Expressions and
Writing to Publish
Workshop VII
FAEA Model Ideas and
Program Development
Workshop V
Dr. Yann Lussiez
O’Keefe Theater
Workshop VI
Michael Long, MFA, ND
MEEM Auditorium
Workshop VII
Steve Ackerman, Bonnie Bernal, Cindy Simmons,
Jennifer Furman, Belinda Hardin, Tyson Ledgerwood,
Laura Thurston, Debbie Woodward
Classroom Room
Evaluation—Door Prizes—
Adjournment
Any CURRENT PED UPDATES
MEEM Auditorium
3:30–3:45
“Let us put our minds together and see what kind of life we can make for children.”
Sitting Bull
Scot Hockman
R. Scot Hockman is the Education Associate for the Visual and Performing Arts at the South Carolina
Department of Education. He is a former chair of the South Carolina Art Education Association, South
Carolina Alliance for Arts Education and a former member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts
Education Network (KCAAEN) Leadership Committee. He is a recipient of the SC Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development Teacher of the Year Award and the National Art Education
Association Middle Level Art Educator of the Year. In 2012, he was awarded the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner
Governor’s Awards for the Arts. Currently, Scot was writer for the National Coalition for Core Arts
Standards Media Arts Standards. He consults on topics that include arts integration, arts literacy,
STEAM, Common Core State Standards, educator evaluation, and grant writing.
Dr. Rex Jung
Rex Jung is an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico, a research
scientist at the Mind Research Network, and a practicing clinical neuropsychologist in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. He studies both brain disease and what the brain does well—a field of research known as
"positive neuroscience. His research is designed to relate behavioral measures, including intelligence,
personality, and creativity, to brain function and structure in healthy, neurological, and psychiatric
subjects. He has published research articles across a wide range of disciplines, including traumatic
brain injury, lupus, schizophrenia, intelligence, and creativity.
Michael Long, MFA, ND
Michael Long, visual artist, writer and educator, holds an MFA degree from the University of Colorado
and a BFA degree from the College of Santa Fe. He also studied painting at the Art Students League in
New York. In addition, he earned a Doctorate of Naturopathy from Clayton College of Natural Health. He
has used his holistic and creative approach to teach fine art for over twenty-five years including at the
University of Colorado, Santa Fe Photography Workshops, Eastern New Mexico University, University of
Hawaii, Dar al-Kalima College (Bethlehem, Palestine), The Contemporary Museum (Austin, TX) and at
many public and private K-12 schools. He has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally. He
recently self-published a book titled ART JUMPSTARTS: 107 Playful Mixed Media Exercises to Inspire
Creative Flow.
Dr. Yann Lussiez
Dr. Yann Lussiez currently works for the Legislative Finance Committee as a Program Evaluator
providing programmatic and budgetary recommendations that improve performance and increase
accountability for higher education and public schools. Previously, he served as a charter school
director at Rio Gallinas School for Ecology and the Arts, primary school principal, MEF International
School, Istanbul, Turkey, and principal at El Dorado Community School. He has been a K-12 art teacher,
high school French Teacher, elementary teacher, and Peace Corp Volunteer in the Central African
Republic. An avid photographer and painter, Dr. Lussiez has made numerous presentations on his
doctoral work on the role of empathy in leadership, creating caring communities, and the relationship
between social emotional learning and the arts.
NEW MEXICO FAEA District Presenters & Suzanne Teng, World Music Performance
Steve Ackerman, Bonnie Bernal, Emma Burt, Teresa Dovalpage, Jennifer Furman, Belinda Hardin,
Tyson Ledgerwood, Cindy Simmons, Laura Thurston, Tanya Vigil, Debbie Woodward