WAM’s summer teacher institute gives teachers the opportunity to learn new strategies to help build visual and verbal literacy. Explore WAM’s galleries and be inspired by the theme of Art, Identity, and New Literacies while working alongside photographerWing Young Huie and spoken word artist, Desdamona.
*To increase diversity of participants and benefit all participants in the course, there is a reduced rate available if you identify as a teacher of color.
Engage with WAM to discover, wonder, create, think critically, and learn to look with new perspective on the world around you. A variety of programs provide opportunities for reflection, experimentation, inspiration, creativity, enjoyment and authentic learning experiences and play.
Workshops
Workshops for Educators, Classes, Teens, and Private Groups The Weisman offers group visits, guided tours, workshops; WAM also offers guided tours especially tailored for UMN classes. Contact wamtour@umn.edu to learn more about what’s available. In addition, WAM offers many online experiences, including virtual tours, virtual workshops and class experiences. Please visit our website or contact the education department for a customized experience, wamtour@umn.edu or jtyung@umn.edu. Artful Writing: Art as a Spark for Creative Writing Artists and authors notice things that…
Get outside of your bubble. That was the charge of Wing Young Huie’s March 4 workshop at WAM. For the artist, getting people uncomfortable about equity and diversity is a narrative he has long explored in his photography work. His real competency lies in making every participant in his workshops comfortable talking about the same topics. Not just comfortable, but eager and open to “get outside your bubble.” This was the second workshop the Minnesota based photographer conducted at the…
