Summer Kids 2009
Workshops for Ages 6-14
Register Now--Workshops Still Available
Jun 22 - Aug 14
Wexner Center for the Arts
All kinds of creative kids and tweens and teens--including those who've never thought of themselves as "artists"--will enjoy these weeklong (Monday-Friday), half-day workshops at the Wex.
Just Photoshop
Registration Open
Jul 6 - Jul 10
Wexner Center for the Arts
Concentrate on Photoshop all week long to really hone your skills, and take your manipulated digital photographs and sassy design efforts to the next level.
Environmental
Registration Open
Jul 6 - Jul 10
Wexner Center for the Arts
Do you prefer to run with the wind, feel the earth under your feet, and see the change of weather up close and personal?
Contemporary Self-Portrait Photography
This workshop is now full.
Jul 13 - Jul 17
Wexner Center for the Arts
Explore identity and the self-portrait through costumes, sets, and metaphors to try to catch a glimpse of who we each truly are. (This workshop is full. Check out the other courses listed at right or follow the registration directions below to join the waitlist.)
Graphic Novels and Comics
The workshop is now full.
Jul 13 - Jul 17
Wexner Center for the Arts
Research the history of comics and learn all the techniques, details, and processes you need to make your own.
| APR 4 - JUL 25 | Saturday Walk-in Tours | EXHIBITION-RELATED EVENTS |
| APR 9 - JUL 23 | Thursday Walk-in Tours | EXHIBITION-RELATED EVENTS |
| JUN 22 - AUG 14 | Summer Kids 2009 Workshops for Ages 6-14 | FOR KIDS & FAMILIES |
| JUL 6 - JUL 10 | Just Photoshop | FOR TEENS |
| JUL 6 - JUL 10 | Environmental | FOR TEENS |
| JUL 13 - JUL 17 | Contemporary Self-Portrait Photography | FOR TEENS |
| JUL 13 - JUL 17 | Graphic Novels and Comics | FOR TEENS |
| JUL 20 - JUL 24 | Architecture and New Thinking: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU | FOR TEENS |
| JUL 20 - JUL 24 | Documenting Your Extreme Life | FOR TEENS |
| AUG 3 - AUG 14 | Make Video Games: Advanced | FOR TEENS |
Subscribe to the Learn CalendarPrograms for Teachers
The Wexner Center offers workshops and resource materials for teachers to introduce issues in contemporary art and culture and to help you prepare your students for visits to the center. The center's exhibitions and building provide points of departure for in-depth workshops for teachers, as well as for public artists' talks, lectures, symposia, and other programs that may interest you.You can also plan in-service workshops for your school, or sign up for graduate-level courses created in tandem with Wexner Center programs.
Watch this page for current and upcoming events especially for teachers and educators. Read more on the Additional Teacher Programs and Resources page.
Teacher Resource Guide to the Spring/Summer 2009 Exhibitions
Click here for the Teacher Resource Guide to the spring and summer exhibitions (.PDF).Pages: Art and Literacy
High School students participating in the Pages program visit the Wexner Center at least three times during the school year, experience visual arts, performing arts, and film projects, and develop their own responses in poetry, prose, and artwork. Find out more about the program on the Pages blog.Interventions: Art & Environment Student Exhibition
High school students from all over central Ohio spent winter and spring 2009 exploring art and environmental issues as part of the half-year Art & Enviroment course at the Wexner Center. See the artwork they created in a Flickr photo album from their exhibition, titled Interventions and held in the center's Performance Space May 28–June 2.
Teachers Save on Membership
Wexner Center members experience the best in all the contemporary arts from an insider's perspective with special access and member discounts too. As an educator, you can save 10% on any level of Wexner Center general membership you choose, because we value your service to our community. Follow this link to find out more about member benefits and levels, or see a PDF digest of benefits at each level here.
To participate in the special educator's discount, download a membership form and follow the instructions to return it by mail or fax. Please include a photocopy of your school ID, union card, or similar form of identification as an educator. You can also receive the discount when you join onsite at the Wexner Center. Stop by the Patron Services Desk/Ticket Office on the entrance level or the Wexner Center Store on the lower level, and please be prepared to show identification as an educator.
To participate in the special educator's discount, download a membership form and follow the instructions to return it by mail or fax. Please include a photocopy of your school ID, union card, or similar form of identification as an educator. You can also receive the discount when you join onsite at the Wexner Center. Stop by the Patron Services Desk/Ticket Office on the entrance level or the Wexner Center Store on the lower level, and please be prepared to show identification as an educator.
Invite a Wexner Center Educator to Speak at Your School
Do you or your school’s faculty and staff want to learn more about our education programs? Members of the Education Department can be available almost any day of the week to come right to your school and deliver a short presentation on our programming and ways your school can be involved in the Wexner Center! Call (614) 292-6493 or email edweb@wexarts.org to arrange a special visit.
Parking for Teacher Programs
Convenient parking is available in the Ohio Union Parking Garages, just south of the Wexner Center, with entrances from High Street and College Road.
CONTACT
Please call the education info line at (614) 292-6493, or send an e-mail to edweb@wexarts.org, for more information, to receive a printed brochure with programs for teachers and school groups, or to join our mailing list.
SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL AND TEACHER PROGRAMS
MAJOR SEASON SUPPORT
FOR EDUCATION
Battelle
SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL AND
TEACHER PROGRAMS
Ingram-White Castle Foundation
Puffin Foundation
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Harry C. Moores Foundaion
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR
THE WEXNER CENTER
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
