Audience: General and special education teachers, arts and media specialists
In anticipation of Richard Loring’s exhilarating production of African Footprint at Wharton Center in March 2009, two pre-performance workshops are being oered. Compared to mega-hits like Riverdance and Stomp, African Footprint conveys a sense of the history of South Africa from prehistory to colonization to contemporary times. The purpose of the pre-performance workshops is to provide local resources on the central and related art forms used in the show so that teachers have a repertoire of examples and information to enrich the classroom. In this rst workshop, resources related to literature and visual arts depicting the rich history of South Africa will be shared. Facilitator: Amy Kilbridge, Ingham ISD English Language Arts Consultant.

For more information on African Footprint, visit www.africanfootprint.com.

• Date:  October 7
• Time:  4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
• Location:  MSU, Wharton Center, Festival Lobby/Pasant Theatre
• Cost:  $25
• Credit:  0.3 SB-CEU, pending MDE approval
• MSIF Strand:  Teaching for Learning; Personnel & Professional Learning
• Contact:  Chris Quinn, (517) 244-1285 or cquinn@inghamisd.org

Audience: General and special education teachers, arts and media specialists
In anticipation of Richard Loring’s exhilarating production of African Footprint at Wharton Center in March 2009, two pre-performance workshops are being offered. Compared to mega-hits like Riverdance and Stomp, African Footprint conveys a sense of the history of South Africa from prehistory to colonization to contemporary times. The purpose of the pre-performance workshops is to provide local resources on the central and related art forms used in the show so that teachers have a repertoire of examples and information to enrich the classroom. In this second workshop, resources related to music and dance depicting the rich history of South Africa will be shared. Facilitators: Beth Post, Williamston Community Schools creative arts teacher and Diane Newman, founder and executive director of Happendance Professional Dance Company.

For more information on African Footprint, visit www.africanfootprint.com.

• Date:  November 18
• Time:  4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
• Location:  MSU, Wharton Center, Rehearsal Studio/Stoddard Grand Tier Lounge
• Cost:  $25
• Credit:  0.3 SB-CEU, pending MDE approval
• MSIF Strand:  Teaching for Learning; Personnel & Professional Learning
• Contact:  Chris Quinn, (517) 244-1285 or cquinn@inghamisd.org

Audience: K-12 teachers registered in teams of two (one arts teacher and one general or special education teacher); all subject areas welcome
Can innovation, creativity, and imagination be taught? Arts teachers, through a variety of disciplines, work with students every day to do just that. Under the direction of Russell Granet, director of Arts Education Resource, partnering teachers will create a shared understanding of the role of arts integration in the classroom, identify the goals of an arts-integrated project/lesson/unit, and plan ahead for assessing, documenting and reflecting on implementation of the project. Partners will implement their project between January and April 2009 and meet for a showcase session in the spring to share their results. The building principals of registered partner teams will be expected to attend an administrator breakfast session on January 14 to obtain important tips that serve to support the emerging arts-integration partner effort.

• Dates/Times:  January 13 (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.); April 28 (12:30 - 4:00 p.m.)
• Location:  MSU, Wharton Center, Pasant Theatre/Festival Lobby
• Cost:  $125/per team of two
• Credit:  0.6 SB-CEU, pending MDE approval
• MSIF Strand:  Teaching for Learning; Personnel & Professional Learning
• Contact:  Chris Quinn, (517) 244-1285 or cquinn@inghamisd.org

Audience: Theatre and stage production teachers
This three-day, intensive, technology-based lighting design workshop is for industry professionals, faculty and college students in theatre and stage design and production. Area secondary teachers who teach students lighting design or work with lighting design in their school productions are invited to come and learn from professionals in this state of the art conference conducted by Donald Holder, award winning lighting designer and Jeanne Koenig, associate lighting designer for Disney’s THE LION KING.

Registration fee includes daytime parking for sessions and one ticket to designated performance of Disney’s THE LION KING.

• Dates:  March 27-29
• Time:  Full day sessions, start time TBD*
• Location:  MSU, Wharton Center
• Cost:  $275
• Credit:  1.8 SB-CEUs, pending MDE approval
• MSIF Strand:  Personnel and Professional Learning
• Contact:  Sandy Thomley (517) 353-1982 x 109 or thomley@msu.edu

*Full schedule to be posted soon.

Audience: Anyone interested in creating poetry and experiencing the art form
Mayhem Poets meld the hip-hop rhythms of the street with the vocabulary of literature. These three twenty-something Rutgers graduates spread messages about diversity, self-image and creativity by being poets, performers and teaching artists. Area teachers are invited to experience creating contemporary poetry alongside college students from MSU’s new Residential College in the Arts and Humanities in a fast-paced, artist’s workshop.

Note: Teachers interested in attending a Mayhem Poets performance at Wharton Center with their students should register with Laurie Briseño, briseno@msu.edu or (517) 353-1982 x 141.

• Date:  April 13
• Time:  3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
• Location:  MSU, College of Arts and Humanities/Wharton Center, Pasant Theatre
• Cost:  $40
• Credit:  0.3 SB-CEU, pending MDE approval
• MSIF Strands:  Teaching for Learning; Personnel and Professional Learning
• Contact:  Chris Quinn, (517) 244-1285 or cquinn@inghamisd.org

Audience: General education, special education, and arts teachers of students in grades 5-12
This workshop will be conducted by the Mayhem Poets, three twenty-somethings, graduates of Rutgers University who combine hip-hop rhythms with dynamic theatrical techniques to create powerful performances. Performance poetry is an accessible, appealing art form that can motivate students to foster an appreciation for both classic and contemporary poetic/theatrical expression. Participants will learn from these teaching artists the formula and techniques they use to ignite the creative process, one that permits all kinds of students opportunities for expression.

Note: Teachers interested in attending a Mayhem Poets performance at Wharton Center with their students should register with Laurie Briseño, briseno@msu.edu or (517) 353-1982 x 141. If interested in attending the Residential College workshop with college students to create poetry, see April 13 session, “Find Your Inner Poet,” for more information.

• Date:  April 14
• Time:  4:00 - 7:30 p.m.
• Location:  MSU, Wharton Center, Pasant Theatre
• Cost:  $40
• Credit:  0.3 SB-CEU, pending MDE approval
• MSIF Strands:  Teaching for Learning; Personnel and Professional Learning
• Contact:  Chris Quinn, (517) 244-1285 or cquinn@inghamisd.org