Events

Grants and PD Opportunities for Art Teachers

National Endowment for the Arts

https://www.arts.gov/grants/grants-for-arts-projects

US Patent & Trademark Office - Teacher Summer Institute

Design Thinking

https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/kids-educators/nsti 

Alaska Geographic offers high quality learning experiences. Popular multi-day field courses immerse participants in intensive wilderness-based experiences led by experts in fields ranging from geology and birds to mosses, mammals, and more. These are active learning vacations. Participants must be in good physical condition and ready for some of the challenges of exploring Alaska. Hiking distances and physical fitness levels are described in greater detail for each course. These courses are accredited through the University of Alaska and are designed for adults.

https://www.akgeo.org/field-courses/#1674682450333-a7531509-951a

The Smithsonian offers a wide array of opportunities to help you incorporate museum learning about art, science, history, and culture into your teaching practice. Visit a website below to discover professional development resources from across the Smithsonian.

https://www.si.edu/educators/professional-development

The National Gallery of Art provides K–12 educators and administrators professional development that deepens understanding of the visual arts and develops their teaching practice.

https://www.nga.gov/learn/teachers/professional-development.html

The Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles (KCCLA) and National Korean Studies (NKS) have held Korean history and culture seminars for teachers and educational administrators across the United States to enhance the image of Korea’s national brand, and to promote correct understanding of Korean history and culture every year since 2004. (※ In 2023, it will be held as a two-day webinar)

https://www.kccla.org/events/view/?eid=6596&cm=6&cy=2023

Women in Modern East Asia: Understanding their Challenges and Successes

From the mid-19th century on, East Asian women’s lives have been marked by modernizations, imperialism, revolutions, warfare, and new roles in the workforce and within the family home. Women claimed their autonomies and rights through different avenues, be it liberalization, feminism, and the idea of the “new” or “modern” woman. Various state initiatives uplifted and/or appropriated women, affecting their day-to-day lives. This summer institute offers secondary teachers the opportunity to work with scholars and specialists and investigate primary sources to better understand Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese women’s voices and experiences. What were their challenges and successes across time and place in modern East Asia?

https://www.nctasia.org/course/women-in-modern-east-asia/