Here are the descriptions and focuses of the many workshops designed and delivered by GATE participants and the ISP team, including Job-Alike and Teacher as Artist/Designer sessions.
Please read through the offerings carefully so you can choose wisely when filling out the sign-up form.
FRIDAY SESSION 1
60-minutes
Creating Celtic Knotwork (ES, MS/Hands-on)
By Chip Doehring
Sparky in the art room: AI as your creative teaching assistant (All/Skill, Tech Tutorial)
How can AI become a creative partner that helps art teachers design better learning experiences and empowers students to think, create, experiment, and grow?
By Domingo Martinez
Make a Photo I Have Never Seen Before (All/Hands-on)
How do you engage your students to make personal digital photographs that go beyond the skill set and thinking they walk in with on Day 1?
By Keri Jolley
Permanent & Temporary- School Murals as Community Builders (MS/Discussion, Forum)
How can you foster community spirit and build relationships within the school walls and beyond through the creation of temporary or permanent mural projects?
By Mary Ferguson and Marilee Van Nice
Life as an Art Teacher Primary, Lower Elementary School (ES, Aimed at beginner art teachers/Discussion, Forum)
Why is it important to teach Arts?
How can we foster creativity, originality, and confidence while meeting individual needs?
By Faith Freeda Kumaraswamy
FRIDAY SESSION 2
60-minutes
The Art Studio as a Connective Hub (MS/Discussion, Forum)
Building Interdisciplinary Bridges in Middle School.
By Lucie Wiedemann & Lee Ann Thomas
The Great Art Escape (MS, ES/Hands-on)
How can we use gamification to make art learning more engaging, meaningful, and memorable? What if learning more about Art is like solving a mystery?
By Maribeth Relano
Toothpick Sculptures (MS, HS/Hands-on)
How to work with a singular motif to create a 3D artwork?
By Kirsten Palmer
Make It Move! Mixed Media Collage to Animated GIF (All/Hands-on)
How can we transform a simple mixed-media art-making activity into an opportunity for creativity, confidence, reflection, and digital storytelling? How can we use simple mixed-media and digital techniques to help students build confidence and see their art in new ways?
By Melinda Eversteyn
AI and Visual Arts (All/Discussion, Forum)
How should we educate for a world that includes AI?
By Erik Niemi
SATURDAY SESSION 1
60-minutes
Prototyping Practicality: Modeling Systems, Patterns and Phenomena in the Design Studio (All/Hands-on)
How can physical prototyping and structured constraints transform abstract systems into creative agency, collaborative trust, and artistic resilience - fostering an experimental mindset in the design studio?
By Matthew Martin
Demystifying Portrait Drawing – Scaffolding for Success (MS, US/Hands-on)
What are some low-stakes strategies that can empower students to approach portrait drawing from a fresh perspective, reduce the fear of failure, and build confidence along the way?
By Petr Dimitrov
100 Languages: Fostering Playful Exploration in the Studio (All/Discussion, Forum)
How do we provide open-ended opportunities for children's creativity?
By Melanie O'Leary and Rachna Mathur
The Art of Transformation (HS/Hands-on)
When One Medium Isn't Enough / How can moving between artistic media deepen creative thinking and strengthen students' artistic ideas?
By Sophia Stella Soseilos
Ancient Quipus in Modern Art (All/Hands-on)
How do we preserve and communicate significant life events—like growing a family or celebrating a milestone—without using words or numbers?
By Monica Letts-Folger
SATURDAY SESSION 2
90-minutes
Shadow Play in Color (All/Hands-on)
How can light, shadow, and flowers inspire us to create something together?
By Lindsey Bailey
Upcycling Fast-Fashion into Self-expression (All/Hands-on)
We are drowning in generic, fast-fashion clothes that do not reflect our individuality: what are ways forgotten clothes can be upcycled to better express our personalities?
By Eric Saline
Soil, Story, Soul: African Mark-Making with Low-Cost Materials (All/Hands-on)
How can art made from soil, found objects, reclaimed wire, and community stories travel from a Limpopo Kruger Buffer Zone classroom to a global stage, and what does it teach us about identity, resilience, and conservation?
By Walter Andrew Sibuyi
Layer by Layer: A Responsive Papercutting Workshop (MS, HS/Hands-on)
How can a papercut composition built with each new cut responding to the layers beneath it, foster creative discovery and unexpected outcomes?
By Alisa Blundon
Unpacking the IBDP Visual Arts course for newbies (HS, IB DP/Discussion, Forum)
Are you newish to the IBDP visual arts curriculum and want a place to explore your burning questions? Join two workshop leaders for a conversation about the Visual Arts DP course. We’ll discuss what’s new, share experiences from our classrooms, and reflect together on how the course is developing. There will be opportunities to ask questions, exchange ideas, and hear different perspectives from colleagues working with the course.
By Shannon Brinkley & Anne Dirilgen
Transfer This! Fresh Ideas for Collage in Your Classroom (HS, MS/Hands-on)
How can image transfer techniques help us transform existing images into bold, expressive, and meaningful collages?
By Lisa Chui
Messing About: Playful Interaction Between Art & Science (All/Hands-on)
How the theory of Messing About invites experiential encounters and exploring new ways of knowing.
By ISP Early Childhood Foundations Team
TEACHER AS AN ARTIST/DESIGNER
Slow Stitching for Wellbeing
Hand stitching as mindfulness. Perfect angle for teachers who are stressed.
By Ejegul Kurbanova
Be, Know, Do!
Art Exploration & Experimentation in ES Art Studio
By Chip Doehring
Monoprinting with stencils, collage materials and a printing press
How can we use a printing process to create expected and unexpected results?
By Jeane Svihus
Stencil, Stencil, Stencil
Want to leave a lasting mark on ISP’s campus & learn, apply, and improve the essentials of stenciling? Come by & pick up your X-Acto knife!
By Petr Dimitrov
JOB-ALIKE SESSIONS
ES Teachers Job-Alike (ES/Discussion)
What practices work in the Primary/Lower/Elementary School? Art teachers of the Primary/Lower/Elementary School! Let's come together and discuss the latest challenges and successes in the art room.
By Zsuzsi Kallenberg
MS Teachers Job-Alike (MS/Discussion)
How do you structure your MYP art studio? What are the biggest challenges you’re currently facing? We'll discuss and share best practices, find solutions, and exchange resources. I’ll reach out after sign-ups so you can submit your burning questions.
By Tabatha Waller-Hefko
HS Art & AP Job-Alike (HS/Discussion)
What are you thinking about, working on, or excited about in your high school art classroom? This Job-Alike is for HS visual arts teachers across all courses and disciplines, including AP Art & Design. I’ll reach out before the Exchange to find out what you’d like to talk about, and we’ll shape our conversation from there. Bring your ideas, questions, successes, or challenges. Let’s share what’s happening in our classrooms and gain new perspectives from our colleagues around the world.
By Robyn Zellar
IB DP Visual Arts Teachers Job-Alike (HS/Discussion)
Sharing successful practice: What activities have inspired your students?
By Ian Davidson & Wendy Welander