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Vermont Art Educators Association's Winter Conference:
"​The Power of Image" with Clemmons Family Farm
​

January 21, 2022 on Zoom

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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.
REGISTER

The Power of Image

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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:
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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. 
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​● 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. 
REGISTER
This program is joyfully presented through an equitable partnership between Vermont Art Educators Association 
​and Clemmons Family Farm.
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PO Box 546
Charlotte, Vermont 05445
​​Leave us a message at: 765-560-5445
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  • What We Do
    • Our Programs >
      • Heritage Celebrations >
        • MLK Day 2023!
        • Kwanzaa 2022
        • Juneteenth 2022!
      • K-12 Ethnic Studies >
        • Field Trips
      • Creating Healthy Communities >
        • Beneath Our Skin
        • Cancelling Miss Rona
        • A Sense of Place >
          • A Sense of Place at NEFA-CCX
      • Art >
        • Farm2Art Program >
          • Summer 2016 Farm2Art Program
        • Culinary Heritage & Arts Program
      • Farm
      • Forest
      • Heritage
  • About
    • Our Team
    • About Us >
      • Our Vision
    • Who We Are >
      • Jack and Lydia's Living Legacy
      • How Jack and Lydia Found and Bought the Farm
      • Holding On to Our Legacies
    • When Are We Open?
    • Press Coverage >
      • Other News >
        • 2019 Visitors Survey: Sneak Preview
        • 2018 Updates
        • 2017 Updates
        • 2016 Updates
    • What Our Community is Saying >
      • 2018 Visitor Survey Findings!
      • Feedback from other Vermont communities
    • Subscribe!
  • Artists' Registry
    • Are You Looking for an Artist?
    • Why, Hello there, Artists!
  • Historic Buildings
    • Venue Rentals
    • Stay with Us!
    • Six Historic Buildings
    • The Barn House >
      • The Barn House Legacy
      • Stay with Us!
    • The Big Barn >
      • "Making History, Creating Place" Videos!
      • The Historic Water Cistern
    • The Main House >
      • About the Black Locust Trees
    • The Shop >
      • The Authentica Library
      • Shop Storytelling Videos
  • Please Donate!
    • Subscribe!
  • 2023 Calendar!!