{"id":66087,"date":"2016-03-07T07:12:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T12:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=66087"},"modified":"2016-03-06T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T20:15:14","slug":"regional-teacher-student-art-show-opens-march-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=66087","title":{"rendered":"Regional Teacher-Student Art Show Opens March 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BOCES\"<\/a>Eighteen art teachers from the Madison-Oneida BOCES region are presenting a unique student-teacher art\u00a0exhibit at a young gallery in Rome to help showcase their work as both teachers and professional artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt: The Common Thread\u201d opens March 4 from 6-8 p.m. at Artistree Studios and Gallery, 205 W.\u00a0Dominick Street, Rome. The exhibit will run through March 31 during regular gallery hours: Thursdays\u00a0from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

The idea for the exhibit grew from a conversation between Canastota art teachers Kristie Boisen and\u00a0Denise Whalen two years ago. Last year, Boisen began facilitating a Professional Learning Community for art teachers through MOBOCES, an initiative of a regional Strengthening Teacher and Leader\u00a0Effectiveness grant, which offered many intensive professional development opportunities.<\/p>\n

Through the PLC, Boisen brought up the teacher-student art show idea again with her colleagues. Eighteen\u00a0of the PLC members who also work professionally as artists outside the classroom signed on. They\u00a0represent seven area school districts.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of the idea of our PLC was to celebrate art teachers as artists. I think that\u2019s something that makes art\u00a0teachers different from other teachers,\u201d Boisen said.<\/p>\n

Susan Grow Colmey, an art teacher at Staley Upper Elementary School in Rome, is a member of the Art\u00a0Teachers PLC \u2013 and also happens to run her own nonprofit gallery in Rome. She opened Artistree in 2014\u00a0in the old Oliver\u2019s Building, near the Capitol Theater, and offered the space for the show.<\/p>\n

The group decided to host the exhibit during March to celebrate National Youth Art Month, and each\u00a0teacher exhibitor has invited one outstanding art student to display a piece in the show as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt that we couldn\u2019t celebrate the teaching half of ourselves without having our students there,\u201d\u00a0Boisen said. \u201cWe have teachers from all grade levels participating so the students are K-12, and I\u2019m really\u00a0excited to see some of the elementary school work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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