[DAC] FW: Press Release -- Book Launch and Student Art Exhibit 10/15

[Joyce Linehan]

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From: Wilka, Matthew [mailto:mwilka at psinnovation.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:31 AM
To: Wilka, Matthew
Subject: Press Release -- Book Launch and Student Art Exhibit 10/15
 
  
For Immediate Release - October 10, 2007
 
 
Contact:
Matthew Wilka, Education Writer, Project for School Innovation
21 Queen Street
Dorchester, MA 02122
Tel: (617)-825-0703 x3292; Email: mwilka at psinnovation.org
 
 
Book Launch & Art Exhibit: Portraying Identity Through Art
 
Project for School Innovation (PSI) will celebrate the publication of
Portraying Identity Through Art - the fourth book in our 'Wisdom of
Educators" series - with a book launch & Art Exhibit on Monday, October 15
from 4:30 to 6:00 PM at The Harbor School, located at 11 Charles Street in
Dorchester.  
 
Portraying Identity Through Art is a source book developed by real classroom
teachers featuring case studies from their experience, accompanied by
practical, proven strategies for middle-grade visual arts instruction. In
2005-2006, five middle school visual arts teachers from Boston area public
schools participated in PSI's Support Network for Innovative Classrooms.
The teachers met monthly to collaboratively review, research, and apply new
methods of teaching students to express their identity through art.  This
book illuminates those methods, and illustrates how art can enhance
students' overall academic learning and knowledge of themselves.
 
According to education researchers Ellen Winner and Lois Hetland, "While
students in art classes learn techniques specific to art, such as how to
draw, how to mix paint, or how to center a pot, they're also taught a
remarkable array of mental habits not emphasized elsewhere in school. For
students living in a rapidly changing world, the arts teach vital modes of
seeing, imagining, inventing, and thinking. Though far more difficult to
quantify on a test than reading comprehension or math computation, each has
a high value as a learning tool, both in school and elsewhere in life."  
 
The October 15 book launch will include displays of student artwork as well
as insights from the teachers involved.  The event will take place at the
Harbor School with light refreshments, and copies of Portraying Identity
Through Art available at the special event price of $20.00. 
 
This will be the first "Art Collaboration" event of the newly-renovated
Harbor School - a school initiating an innovative K-8 pathway that builds
important links for elementary and middle school students as well as the
local community.  Please join us to celebrate the Harbor School's
achievement and the exciting exhibit and book launch.
 
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Thank you for spreading the word about this great event and resource for
teachers, parents, school leaders, and anyone interested in arts education
in our schools!
 
 
Matthew Wilka
Education Writer & Communications Coordinator,
Project for School Innovation
21 Queen St.
Dorchester, MA 02122
(617) 825-0703 x 3292
www.psinnovation.org <http://www.psinnovation.org/>  
...........Transforming education by sharing success 
 
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