Free
Teacher Nights
Teachers from all disciplines, who work in Nebraska and western Iowa PK-12 school districts, are welcome to participate in this free program. Join in to connect with other teaching professionals—and yourself—over artful experiences at The Joslyn.
CONNECTIONS
Art has a way of connecting the dots—between ideas, people, places, and ourselves. This school year, explore the relationships woven through art and discover how they shape the way we see the world.
NOVEMBER PROGRAM
Connections to People: Explore how art reflects the ways people gather, connect, and exchange ideas. Teachers will explore Café Society: Art and Sociability in Paris, 1855–1914.
Each registrant will participate in a 30-minute gallery experience and then a 90-minute workshop. Free, with registration required; online registration closes Nov 16 (or when it reaches capacity); walk-ins accepted as space allows.
GALLERY EXPERIENCE: The Art of Gathering
Discover how Parisian cafés became lively centers of social life, artistic expression, and creative exchange in the exhibition, Café Society. Spend time studying works by Vincent van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Édouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, James Tissot, Edgar Degas, and more. Gallery Teachers will be on hand to share insights and spark conversation about the people, performances, and energy of café culture.
WORKSHOP: Gilded Graph Theory
In mathematics, graph theory explores relationships between objects, between people, between ideas. This workshop makes space for you to investigate, explore, and elevate relationships that interest and excite us as we engage in the Café Society exhibition. Join artists Noni (poet), Ang R. Bennett (visual artist), and Kafele Williams (musician) to experience a modern-day artistic exchange inspired by gatherings in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Paris.
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