Vermont Art Educators Association's Winter Conference:
"The Power of Image" with Clemmons Family Farm
January 21, 2022 on Zoom
Above: Thomas A. Dillon and Margaret Dillon family, photographed by William Bullard, about 1903. Source: How Black Americans used portraits and family photographs to defy stereotypes (msn.com)
Join us for a full day of immersion in Black history, art, joy, and resilience!
Through visual arts workshops and other sessions from our Windows to A Multicultural World K-12 program, participants will learn to apply Clemmons Family Farm's signature LEARN-COMMUNE-CREATE approach to build knowledge, strengthen skills, and nurture empowering collaborations
with Vermont teaching artists of African descent.
with Vermont teaching artists of African descent.
The Power of Image
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA HISTORY THROUGH VISUAL ARTS
FULL-DAY IMMERSION PROGRAM
Friday, January 21, 2022
8:00am - 8:30am
Welcome and Introductions by VAEA President
Announcements
8:30am - 9:15am
LEARN: PLENARY PRESENTATION
Keynote by Clemmons Family Farm President Lydia Clemmons
Black History, Art, Joy and Resilience in K12 Education in Vermont:
About Windows to A Multicultural World and the Clemmons Family Farm.
● Maximum of 100 participants.
9:15am - 9:20am BREAK
9:20am - 10:20am
COMMUNE: PLENARY DISCUSSION
Cultural Competency Skills for Team-Building with Black/African- American Artists.
● Panel Discussion and Q&A with CFF collaborating artists.
● Maximum of 100 participants.
10:20am - 10:30am BREAK
10:30am - 12:30am
CREATE: WORKSHOPS, ROUND 1
Select a workshop and engage with a Clemmons Family Farm visual artist!
CREATE: with African-American history, cultural identity and visual arts.
This will include a 90-minute workshop facilitated by the Teaching Artist. The 90-minutes will include time for workshop participants to work individually offline and time for participants to show and discuss the artwork they have newly created during the workshop session:
This will include a 90-minute workshop facilitated by the Teaching Artist. The 90-minutes will include time for workshop participants to work individually offline and time for participants to show and discuss the artwork they have newly created during the workshop session:
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● Workshop Option A: African-American Quilting
with Teaching Artist Christle Rawlins-Jackson Experiencing Black History through Fabric: The Power of the Story Quilt We’ll explore the historical aspects of fabric through an Afrocentric lens and discuss how enslaved Africans brought to America their knowledge of fabric, and how that knowledge transformed and evolved into techniques applied to the contemporary story quilt. A story conveyed with fabric is an effective teaching tool, it is a creative outlet that is powerful as well as healing. We’ll also spend some time making our own quilt! |
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● Workshop Option B: Drawing and Painting
with Teaching Artist Kia’Rae Hanron Influence of the African Diaspora on Western Visual Art We'll learn about and discuss the lasting impact of African masks, sculptures, textiles, and artifacts on prominent artists and art movements from Europe and America. We'll also apply inspiration and understanding from themes and aesthetics discussed in the creative drawing activity that follows. |
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● Workshop Option C: Sculpture and Making
with Teaching Artist Harlan Mack Understanding African Mask Making, History, Elements, and Practice We'll familiarize ourselves with a number of African mask traditions and the people who use them. With this growth and understanding we will create our own masks that express and embody our own elements of importance, culture and communication. |
● Maximum of 35 participants in each workshop.
12:30pm - 1:30pm LUNCH BREAK
1:30pm - 3:30pm
CREATE: WORKSHOPS, ROUND 2
Select another workshop and engage with a second Clemmons Family Farm visual artist!
CREATE: with African-American history, cultural identity and visual arts.
This will include a 90-minute workshop facilitated by the Teaching Artist. The 90-minutes will include time for workshop participants to work individually offline and time for participants to show and discuss the artwork they have newly created during the workshop session:
● Workshop Option A: African-American Quilting (Christle Rawlins-Jackson)
● Workshop Option B: Drawing and Painting (Kia’Rae Hanron)
● Workshop Option C: Sculpture and Making (Harlan Mack)
● Maximum of 35 participants in each workshop.
3:30pm - 3:40pm BREAK
3:40 - 4:40
COMMUNE: PLENARY PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION
● Black Teachers Matter: Live spoken word performance by Kia’Rae Hanron
● Discussion: Building equitable partnerships with Clemmons Family Farm and our collaborating artists
● Maximum of 100 participants.
12:30pm - 1:30pm LUNCH BREAK
1:30pm - 3:30pm
CREATE: WORKSHOPS, ROUND 2
Select another workshop and engage with a second Clemmons Family Farm visual artist!
CREATE: with African-American history, cultural identity and visual arts.
This will include a 90-minute workshop facilitated by the Teaching Artist. The 90-minutes will include time for workshop participants to work individually offline and time for participants to show and discuss the artwork they have newly created during the workshop session:
● Workshop Option A: African-American Quilting (Christle Rawlins-Jackson)
● Workshop Option B: Drawing and Painting (Kia’Rae Hanron)
● Workshop Option C: Sculpture and Making (Harlan Mack)
● Maximum of 35 participants in each workshop.
3:30pm - 3:40pm BREAK
3:40 - 4:40
COMMUNE: PLENARY PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION
● Black Teachers Matter: Live spoken word performance by Kia’Rae Hanron
● Discussion: Building equitable partnerships with Clemmons Family Farm and our collaborating artists
● Maximum of 100 participants.
This program is joyfully presented through an equitable partnership between Vermont Art Educators Association
and Clemmons Family Farm.
and Clemmons Family Farm.
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