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2021 Preconference
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Nan Park, Thursday November 18, 2021 9 AM-3:30 PM, In this hands-on workshop, you will immerse in a series of thought-provoking making and thinking prompts to help you consider the raw materials of your daily existence, with the goal of identifying the themes, processes, marks, and reflection formats that resonate most with you. Invoking the ever-present inspirations inherent in our natural surroundings, we will also harness the power of nature to inspire, ground, and revive us. Together, we will delve into compelling questions: How does immersion in nature ground us to the present, allowing the spaciousness needed to wander and wonder? In tandem with immersion in nature, how might artmaking practice serve as reflective practice that elicits deep contemplation about ourselves, serving as a powerful pathway toward self-care? The purpose of this workshop is to inspire artist-educators to renew their artmaking practice and recognize that art, made in small ways within a busy life, can inform evolving ideas about what it means to be an artist-teacher. You will:
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—NYSATA professional development participant, August 2021 |
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Participants should bring a sketchbook/journal, any special colored papers they have and want to work with, and their favorite writing/drawing tools |
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About Nan Park |
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Nan Park is a teacher, artist, mother, wanderer, and collector. Over the past 13 years, with son Jonah, she has engaged in a meandering journey of discovery through his eyes, using art and nature as grounding forces for slowing down, noticing with intention, finding resilience, and contemplating new pathways forward. Together, they collect ephemeral moments and indelible memories. She continues to embed structures for encouraging students to embrace these mindful habits in their own artmaking and teaching practice. In almost 30 years as an art educator, NAN has taught in a variety of K-12 art classroom settings, and since 2004, she has been faculty in the MA in Teaching program at MICA. From 2018-2020, she also served as Interim Director of the MA in Art Education program at MICA. In MAT, she teaches both undergraduate and graduate art education courses and mentors students in their practicum experiences, and in MAAE, she mentored art educators as they conducted qualitative research in their classrooms. Nan holds an MA in Art Education from the Maryland Institute College of Art, an MS in Art Education from Syracuse University, and a BA in Fine Arts from Haverford College in Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of the 2020 NAEA Eastern Region Higher Education Art Educator Award, the 2017 NAEA Art Educator of the Year Award for Maryland, and the 2014 MICA Trustee Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching. She regularly presents at state and national conferences and has been an active member of the Executive Council of the Maryland Art Education Association. Nan’s research interests include contemplative practices in the higher education classroom, including contemplative artmaking practice as a means for art educators to cultivate mindfulness in their lives and explore their artist-teacher identities. Her studio practice revolves around capturing moments of everyday living, using ritual and contemplation as frameworks for making. |