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Teacher Workshop: Marc Chagall's America Windows- Creative Response through Dance Dec. 1st, 2012



December 1, 2012 9:30AM–3:30PM Ryan Education Center $50; 5 CPDUs

Renowned modern artist Marc Chagall produced and gifted to the Art Institute his brilliantly blue stained glass //America Windows// in honor of the country’s bicentennial and the national spirit of liberty and creative freedom. Recently restored and reinstalled in the museum, visitors can once again experience the windows’ vibrant depiction and celebration of different modes of artistic expression including dance, literature, music, and, of course, visual art. This Saturday workshop explores both the history and symbolism of this dynamic imagery, as well as the responses it has and can inspire in audiences. After a morning session to thoroughly examine the windows, the afternoon will include a conversation about the nature of creative response and a special workshop led by **Hubbard Street Dance Chicago** to develop your own responses to the windows through dance. Discussions through the day will identify links to Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts. Visual art, dance, and elementary classroom teachers are encouraged to attend and all participants will receive teaching resources related to Chagall's America Windows and to linking dance to Common Core State Standards. Make your [|reservations] today!


 * Reservations are required for this program.**

Marc Chagall. //America Windows//, 1977, detail. Gift of Marc Chagall, the City of Chicago, and the Auxillary Board of the Art Institute of Chicago. __

Resources

 * All items with an asterisk are available in the Crown Educator Resource Center.


 * [|Art Institute of Chicago: Chagall's America Windows]**


 * Hubbard Street Dance Chicago**

Discover historic mural paintings in eleven Chicago Public School buildings with photographs, information on the murals, and lesson plans for grades Pre K-12
 * Chicago: The City in Art**

A Palette of Glass: The America Windows of Marc Chagall This film (by Chuk Olin) details the creation of Marc Chagall's, //America Windows// for the Art Institute of Chicago.
 * __Videos:__**

Art Institute of Chicago: Marc Chagall's America Windows

[|Inside the Studio: One Thousand Pieces] Take a glimpse inside the studio of Hubbard Street Dance. Learn about the creative and choreographic process of creative response.

[|Peace Windows: Lesson Plan]

Evans, Kim. //Marc Chagall: Profile of the Artist.// [DVD]. West Long Branch: Kultur, 2011.*

Kultar Video. //Artists of the 20th Century: Marc Chagall.// [DVD]. West Long Branch: Kultur, 2004.*

..Olin, Chuck. //A Palette of Glass: The America Windows.// [DVD]. New York: Phoenix Films, 1977


 * __Bibliography:__**

Chagall, Marc. //Marc Chagall and the Jewish Theater.// New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1992*

Chagall, Marc. //My Life.// New York: The Onion Press, 1960.

Compton, Susan P. //Chagall.// New York: H.N. Abrams, 1985.

Greenfeld, Howard. //Marc Chagall.// New York: Abrams, 1989*

Harriss, Joseph A. 2003. "The Elusive Marc Chagall." //Smithsonian// Magazine, December. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/chagall.html#ixzz289s24fir.

Hubbard, Olga M. 2007. "Complete Engagement: Embodied Response in Art Museum Education." //Art Education//, November.

Weisberg, Shelly K. //​Museum Movement Techniques: How to Craft a Moving Museum Experience//. Lanham: Altamira Press, 2006

Wilson, Jonathan. //​Marc Chagall//​. New York: Random House, 2007


 * __Classroom Projects:__**

[|Stained Glass for Your Class, by John W. Healy]


 * __Photos From the Workshop:__**


 * Connecting Art, Narrative, and Creative Response:**


 * Creative Response** **Through Dance (led by Hubbard St Dance):**[[image:learningthroughmuseums/102_0561.JPG width="348" height="258"]][[image:learningthroughmuseums/102_0565.JPG width="348" height="258"]][[image:learningthroughmuseums/102_0557.JPG width="348" height="258"]][[image:learningthroughmuseums/100_5237.JPG width="348" height="258"]] [[image:100_5193.JPG width="530" height="398"]]



__Videos from the Workshop:__

[|Marc Chagall's America Windows- Creative Response through Dance (Discussion)]

__[|​Marc Chagall's America Windows- Creative Response through Dance (Dancing and Choreography with Hubbard St. Dance)]__

__[|Marc Chagall's America Windows- Creative Response through Dance (Danceing and Choreography with Hubbard St. Dance pt 2)]__