An event for educators (K-12, college, museums) organized in conjunction with the exhibition To the Stars Through Art: A History of Art Collecting in Kansas Public Schools, 1900-1950 on view August 22, 2023 – May 11, 2024. Registration is required. Some seats reserved for general public. 
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The Sue Jean Covacevich Educators Conference
Inspiring Students Through Art Collecting

Conference schedule:

8:30: Registration

9: Introductions

9:15-10:45: Panel 1
Art Collecting and Kansas K-12 Schools

An Overview: Beach Museum of Art Curator Elizabeth G. Seaton

Birger Sandzén’s “Art for All” Campaign: Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery Curator Cori Sherman North 

“A Dire Need for Good Pictures”: New Deal Art for Schools: Kara L. Heitz, lecturer in history, Kansas City Art Institute, and owner/producer, Clio’s Scroll Productions

11:00-12:30: Panel 2
Educational Use of School Art Collections

Opening New Doors:  Looking at Art to Build Skills: Kathrine Schlageck, Beach Museum of Art Associate Curator of Education; Kim Richards, Beach Museum of Art Education Specialist

Parsing Perception through Portrait Art: Beach Museum Specialist Nate McClendon

12:30-2: Lunch in Aggieville and time to explore To the Stars Through Art exhibition

2-3 Panel 3
Stories from Schools

Care Challenges and Successes: The Art Conservation Campaign of the USD 465 Winfield Foundation: J. K. Campbell, USD 465 Winfield Public Schools Foundation

Resilience, Restoration and Beyond: The LCC Art Collection Story: Mike Brotherton, emeritus professor of English, Labette Community College, Parsons

3-4: Time to explore To the Stars Through Art exhibition

The event will be recorded and available on the museum's YouTube channel afterward.

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Image: Ethel Spears, WPA Cutting Down a Tree, ca. 1938, 2016.30