Course Description: Participants explore and develop personal creative habits followed by arts discipline-specific instruction, led by master artists, taught in studio environments to awaken the artist in each participant while providing a deep investigation of the latest artistic techniques.

Facilitator: Carien Quiroga

Bio: Carien Quiroga, an award-winning multimedia visual artist and educator, uses her artmaking and teaching practices to engage with creative both communities locally and internationally. Social Justice, mindfulness, and collaboration is at the core of her artistic work. Her teaching includes intergenerational art programs, professional development for educators, mural-making residencies, and workshops with incarcerated youth and adults, including those with mental illness. She holds a BA in Criminology and Psychology from the University of Pretoria, BA in Fine Art from the University of South Africa, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Visual Art focusing on Artmaking practices in Correctional Facilities. www.carienquiroga.com

Key Teaching and Learning Strategies explored in this course: 

• Perception - METACOGNITION: Deepen the awareness of the personal creative and teaching & learning practice. For oneself and others.

• The Creative Process Map - BIG IDEAS: Guide participants through a creative response to a relevant and exciting concept.

• Facilitator Role - TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: Align technology tools to learning goals.

• Artist Communities - COLLABORATIVE LEARNING STRUCTURES: Adopt collaborative learning structures to deepen learning goals.

To download the full MSDE Fine Arts Office Professional Learning Framework, please click here.