Art+Meets+Science+--+Teacher+Workshop+with+the+American+Institute+for+Conservation

Thursday, June 1, 2017 -- 4:30-6:30pm Facilitators: Libby Pokel-Hung (Art Institute of Chicago) with guest facilitators Sarah Barack, Ellen Chase, Beth Edelstein, and Colleen Snyder (American Institute for Conservation K-12 Working Group members)
 * Art Meets Science: Conservation in the Classroom **

__**Program description **__ Join art conservators from the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Freer/Sackler Galleries, and New York University to learn how the study of art objects through a conservator’s eyes can provide opportunities for unique inquiry-based and interdisciplinary lesson plans. Conservators examine and study the materials and techniques of artworks, asking questions about the artist’s choices, examining how art-making processes shifted throughout history, and investigating how art objects have changed or been altered over time. This approach not only illuminates a new perspective on museum collections, but enables teachers to link art with topics from science, history, math, and other subjects into exciting and collaborative lesson plans.

The event is offered by the Art Institute of Chicago’s Teacher Programs team in conjunction with the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) 2017 conference, and will be co-facilitated by AIC’s K-12 Working Group members Sarah Barack (New York University), Ellen Chase (Freer/Sackler Galleries), and Colleen Snyder and Beth Edelstein (Cleveland Museum of Art). The group has provided conservation-focused teacher workshops and in-classroom programs in schools for the last five years, and looks forward to further developing curriculum ideas with teachers in the Chicago area.

Guided by the conservators, participants will spend time in the galleries engaging with works of art and later explore ideas for curricular connections.

__**Agenda **__ 4:30-5pm Welcome and introductions; Overview: What does a conservator do?

5-6pm In-gallery discussions

6-6:30pm Connecting conservation to the classroom

__** Featured artworks **__ Fragment of a Funerary Naiskos

Hellenistic or Early Roman dish

Bishamon

Container Depicting Warriors, Rulers, and Winged Beings with Trophy Heads

Nkisi Nkondi

Adoration of the Shepherds

__** Resources **__
 * Art Meets Science Powerpoint presentation shared by the American Institute of Conservation team**

http://www.conservation-us.org/membership/current-members/outreach-and-advocacy/k-12-education#.WTjQshPytR0
 * American Institute of Conservation -- K-12 Education Resources**


 * Position paper on Conservation and K-12 Education**

@https://publications.artic.edu/roman/reader/romanart/section/481
 * Roman Art Online Scholarly Catalogue** -- includes in-depth commentary and conservation research on works of art from the museum's collection:

Skip to the section on the **Roman glasswares** discussed in the galleries here: @https://publications.artic.edu/roman/reader/romanart/section/558/558_anchor

@http://www.artic.edu/research/digital-publications/online-scholarly-catalogues
 * Explore other Online Scholarly Catalogues** featuring conservation research:

(Art + Science tours will be available this fall; tour reservations will open in early August here: @https://scheduler.artic.edu/.)
 * Art + Science Teacher Resource Manual**

**Videos: Conservation research at the Art Institute of Chicago** The Science of Van Gogh's Bedroom: [] Renoir's True Colors--Science Solves a Mystery: [] **Next Generation Science Standards:** [] A New Vision for Science Education Matrix of Science Cross-Cutting Concepts