Tweens and Teens Going Green Art Programming for Librarians

Course Description

Many Tweens and Teens are already green.  They have an appreciation and sensitivity to going green.  Now you have the opportunity to offer and share some fun and educational art projects and programming.

Tweens and Teens Going Green Art Programming for Librarians class is the creative spark you need to incorporate entertaining and educational fun into your programming ideas.  What can you do with recycled fast food containers, newspapers, old books, plastic bottles and other throw aways?  You can easily turn them into art objects and programming ideas.  You will learn how to develop themes which include gardening, ocean life, and other subjects such as helping to make others aware of endangered wildlife. This is your opportunity to develop a portfolio of creative ideas that you can use with your tween and teen visitors immediately.   This class is for everyone-even those without any art background will stretch their creativity and skills by making hands on projects with objects that they may have previously tossed away. 

Presenter

Instructor Valerie Colston, M.A. is an author and art professor with many years of experience developing and teaching art programs in libraries in San Diego, California.  This 12 hour online workshop is inspired by the newly released and recommended (School Librarians Feb. 2012) book published by Libraries Unlimited titled Teens Go Green! Tips, Techniques, Tools, and Themes for Young Adult Programming Libraries Unlimited Dec. 2011 .   Ms. Colston was an art consultant to the Wyland Foundation Ocean Challenge program for teachers.  Her book 200 Projects to Strengthen Your Art Skills published by Barrons Educational Series has received outstanding reviews appearing in School Library Journal, National Art Education Association newsletter, and more. Her It's Easy to be a Green Teen  appeared in the youth librarian publication Voices of Youth Advocates magazine.  She has several years experience teaching online workshops to librarians across the U.S. and in other countries.

Format 

12 hour online workshop.  Enroll at www.ArtMuseums.com  Fee-$59.00

Course Objectives

Librarians and staff taking this class will learn teaching tips for working with tweens and teens.  They will also learn step by step instructions for creating art projects, see illustrated outcomes, be encouraged to develop their own portfolio ideas.  Participants will develop their own creative skills and gain ideas for developing art projects and programming.

Week 1-Tools You Will Need to Go Green.  Techniques and Resources.

What are the basic supplies you will need? Where do you find resources for creating environmentally friendly art projects and ideas?   Learn the answer to those questions and how to create budget minded art from recycled materials using simple techniques.

Week 2-Creating  Programming that Tweens and Teens Want

This unit presents those things that teens like and turn them into hands on projects and programming. Fashion Shows, Car Design, and Jewelry making are just a few of the projects presented.  What you do with newspaper, brown paper and those plastic six pack water bottle rings will be incorporated into this session.

 Week 3-Money Matters and Green Group Themes

What can you make for under a $1.00 and those things you would normally throw away? The answer is more than you realize. Table Fountains and other group art projects are also the stars of this unit.

Week 4-Art is an Action Verb.  Projects that Inspire and Change the World

Learn how to use Art for good.  Helping Animals, Intergenerational, and Celebrations are just a few of the projects that round out this last week.

 

 

Sign Up Today for the class today.  This is a 4 week workshop only $59.00 (USD)  UK, Canadian, Australian and other currency accepted on the Pay Pal secure website.

Here's what youth librarians are saying about past art workshops (Arts and Crafts for the Youth Librarian) with the instructor:

This class has planted the seeds for many ideas, and provided resources that I can go back to when I'm stumped. I would recommend this class to people who are looking for fresh ideas and new resources, or for people who are new to programming.

In working on this workshop I have worked also on my Summer Reading Program for our library. Week 3 gave so many ideas to use that it was fun to do them and discover which ones would work well for our young patrons. I now have crafts for at least 2 of the 4 books we will read in my Youth Discussion Group. I am well ahead of the game.

I really enjoyed answering the questions about the piece of art in the museum. I want to use some of the questions I learned this summer when we read "Chasing Vermeer" because the book deals with a piece of art.

Thanks for all the help with one of my books for the Summer Reading Program.

Well, I had not thought about bonding art and books together in one reading hour before, so I got new and interesting views of what to do. Thank you for the wonderful ideas.
I had a great time brainstorming ideas and reading the suggestions everyone had!
I feel I learned how to study a painting in more depth. That a painting is made up of many facets. The lines, colors and textures all blend together to make one painting.

I gained lots of great ideas from everyone. The ideas were great and I will incorporate some of them into my programs.

I will keep a copy of the different things I have learned in this session of the class to apply it to painting I encounter. It is exciting.

I bookmarked several of the sites presented in the lessons which will come in handy when I get stuck for ideas. It also helps reading the other's experiences in working with library patrons in crafts events.

Finding ideas are hard to find and this is a wealth of information for myself and the library.

Thank you very much for the wonderful and interesting web-sites, you mentioned. There are so great ideas.

I was delighted to find some new web sites for inspiration - many of my students love to draw and I hope to integrate some of the cartoon drawing lessons in to our weekly book club meetings, possibly in the creation of bookmarks, etc.

It has been great having so much information all in one place. I enjoyed browsing through the many websites & links. Many are new to me. I appreciate all of your suggestions for organization, supplies, storage, recycling, and art tips & resources.

Where do I begin! I have learned about so many resources. I really liked the online scavenger hunt, what a great idea. I also really loved the letter writing with beads.

This week gave me a great many resources to use in our library. I really had to think for the scavenger hunt but I love the idea and did work our a hunt. I also thought the "wanted" poster was fun as well .  .  .

There really are a wealth of information and ideas to explore.

I would recommend this class to others. After all I took this class because my supervisor recommended it to me.

I have definitely learned a great deal in this course and would recommend it to others.  I am a new librarian, and I did not know what to do with arts and crafts.