CE Scholarship Opportunity

Friday, July 30, 2010

The Mary Cone Barrie Scholarship is an annual scholarship granted by Destiny Solutions worth $2,500 each to help two qualified students achieve their continuing education goals.

Featured Instructor: Gabrielle Kanter

Friday, February 19, 2010- Sunday, February 28, 2010

Gabrielle Kanter is teaching Painted and Printed Textiles for the Classroom at The Arts in Stockton, NJ, this February. Earning degrees in Fiber Art - a BFA from the University of the Arts and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art - Kanter has 10 plus years experience as a professional artist and teacher. She also has an extensive background in working with students of all ages, levels and abilities.

Featured Course: Characters and Cartoons

Saturday, February 13, 2010- Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Saturday Arts Lab in the Division of Continuing Studies provides educational opportunities in the visual arts - drawing, two- and three-dimensional design - and technology for students in grades K-8.

Featured Courses: Stage Combat and Improvisation

Saturday, February 13, 2010- Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Pre-College Saturday School has expanded offerings in performing arts. Stage Combat and Improvisation are new courses for the spring semester.

Featured Student: Zahmu Sankofa

Zahmu Sankofa is an 8th grade teacher at the AMY at James Martin School in the Philadelphia School District.

Featured Instructor: Nicole Tranquillo

Wednesday, January 27, 2010- Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Teaching Voice for Continuing Education this spring is vocal artist Nicole Tranquillo.

Continuing Education Now An Approved Veterans Education Benefit Provider

To better serve the growing veteran student population, the University of the Arts Continuing Education program is now an approved provider of the Department of Veterans Affairs GI Bill education benefits. Veterans, National Guard/Reservists and dependents/survivors are eligible.

Instructor Tom Quinn's film available on DVD

Pre-College and PIE Instructor Tom Quinn's film The New Year Parade has hit DVD!

Instructor Tom Quinn's film plays at Ritz Bourse

Friday, October 30, 2009- Thursday, November 5, 2009

Instructor Tom Quinn's film, The New Year Parade will get a one-week run at the Ritz Bourse Theater starting on Friday, Oct. 30.

NxtUp Philly Features Innovative Events

Monday, October 5, 2009- Friday, October 16, 2009

Celebrating the Philadelphia region's creativity, commerce and community, NxtUp Philly is a two-week program of events from October 5 - 16. NxtUp Philly will highlight innovation and present discussions of art, design, film, business, architecture, fashion, food and more.

Saturday Arts Lab's K-8 Classes Now Part of Pre-College Programs

Saturday, October 3, 2009- Saturday, December 12, 2009

The Saturday Arts Lab provides educational opportunities in the visual arts - drawing, two- and three-dimensional design - and technology for students in grades K-8, and it is now part of Pre-College Programs in the Division of Continuing Studies.

Featured Instructor: Jennifer MacMillan

Saturday, October 3, 2009- Saturday, December 12, 2009

Jennifer MacMillan is teaching Audition Preparation for the Pre-College Saturday School program this fall and she will be teaching and Improvisation in the spring semester. She earned her BFA in Acting from the University of the Arts and recently co-founded her own arts company, Aspire Arts where she serves as Executive Director.

Featured Instructor: Alec Karros

Friday, October 2, 2009- Sunday, October 11, 2009

Alec Karros is teaching Ceramics-Focus on Throwing, Levels 1, 2 and 3 at the Wayne Art Center for the Professional Institute for Educators this fall. Currently an adjunct associate professor at the University of the Arts, Karros earned a BFA from Philadelphia College of Art and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. He maintains a professional studio, Bulls Eye Pottery, in Mountainville, NJ.

Featured Course: The Screen Printed Poster

Tuesday, September 29, 2009- Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Greg Pizzoli is teaching The Screen Printed Poster for Continuing Education this fall. Studying English literature at Millersville University, Pizzoli minored in Fine Art and first took a screen printing class the last semester of his senior year. He immediately fell in love with the process and has been constructing his life around making work ever since.

Featured Course: Explore the Arts of Philadelphia

Thursday, September 24, 2009- Thursday, December 10, 2009

Explore the Arts of Philadelphia is a cultural program presented each semester through a partnership with the Professional Institute for Educators (PIE) and the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP) to bring visual, performing, literary and cultural resources into the curriculum for K-12 teachers.

Career ReDesign Fair + CS Open House

Friday, September 11, 2009

The Division of Continuing Studies Career ReDesign Fair + Open House will take place Friday, September 11 at 5:30 pm.

Fall 2009 Continuing Studies Registration Now Open

Online registration for the Professional Institute for Educators and Continuing Education programs is now open. Fax, mail-in and walk-in registrations are currently being accepted for the Pre-College Saturday School and Saturday Arts Lab (K-8) as well as Continuing Education and the Professional Institute for Educators.

Featured Course: Philadelphia Inspiration

Monday, August 3, 2009- Friday, August 7, 2009

Philadelphia Inspiration is a week-long intensive designed for classroom teachers, arts specialists, special education teachers, librarians, resource specialists and administrators. The focus is on current brain based strategies and arts integration specifically developed to include educators from various disciplines and grade levels.

Philadelphia Magazine's "Best of Philly" 2009 - Best Adult Classes

Continuing Education at the University of the Arts was named the Philadelphia region's Best Adult Classes in the 2009 Best of Philly issue of Philadelphia magazine.

Pre-College Summer Institute Closing Exhibitions + Performances

Closing events for the Pre-College Summer Institute's two-week Dance and Jazz programs will be held on Friday, July 17. The four-week Acting, Art + Media and Musical Theater programs will have their final events on Friday, July 31.

Featured Instructor: Bruno Circolo

Bruno Circolo teaches for all three Continuing Studies programs - Continuing Education, Pre-College Programs and the Professional Institute for Educators.

Featured Instructor: Robert Hicks

Robert D. Hicks, PhD is teaching Material Culture of Science this summer, a Professional Institute for Educators course at three Center City Museums.

Featured Course: Art + Performance

Monday, July 6, 2009- Friday, July 31, 2009

Rising sophomores and juniors in the Pre-College Summer Institute Art + Media Exploration program create their own schedule comprised of both concentrations and electives. With over 45 courses to choose from, Art + Performance is one exciting elective offered this summer.

New iTeach Technology Intensive Begins June 29

Monday, June 29, 2009- Friday, July 3, 2009

The Professional Institute for Educators just added a new summer course with instructor Scott Duggan.

Featured Instructor: Bruce Schimmel

Tuesday, June 23, 2009- Sunday, July 12, 2009

Bruce Schimmel is teaching Podcasting as Documentary at the University of the Arts for PIE this summer. "I've been teaching since grad school, and I like teaching teachers because they are very critical and I learn just as much from them about the craft of teaching," he said.

Featured Course: Wayne Inspiration

Monday, June 22, 2009- Friday, June 26, 2009

Designed to provide educators from all disciplines, including librarians and administration, an engaging week to invigorate classroom teaching and earn graduate credit for professional development, PIE Inspiration began in August 1997 in Center City Philadelphia at the University of the Arts.

Teaching Artist Certificate Information Session

Monday, June 15, 2009

The Teaching Artist Certificate Program is an intensive certificate that offers practicing artists the opportunity to build their knowledge base and capacity for bringing their skills into the classroom. Those who have experience as teaching artists will acquire specialized skills and in-depth expertise to equip them with a professional credential for advancement in the field.

Former Pre-College Student Publishes Novel Loosely Based on UArts Summer Program

Author Siobhan Vivian attended UArts' Pre-College Summer Institute in 1996 and went on to earn a degree from UArts in Writing for Film and Television in 2001. She recently published her second novel, Same Difference, which is loosely based on her experience in the Pre-College Summer Institute.

Featured Course: Painting

Monday, June 15, 2009- Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Working from the figure, still life and invented forms, students explore painting materials, techniques and concepts on an individualized level in Alexis Granwelll's Continuing Education Painting course.

The University of the Arts Launches Nation's First Teaching Artist Certification Program

Recognizing artists as a vital component in Pre K - 12 educational reform, the University of the Arts and the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP), in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, will begin offering a first-in-the-nation Teaching Artist Certificate through the University's Continuing Studies Division this fall

Mural Dedication: South Philadelphia Kaleidoscope

Saturday, April 18, 2009

A dedication for the mural created by students in the University of the Arts Pre-College BRIDGE Program in partnership with muralist Shira Walinksky and the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program will be held on Saturday, April 18 from 1:30 - 4:30 pm.

Featured Instructor: Chris Darway

Friday, April 17, 2009- Sunday, April 26, 2009

Chris Darway is teaching the Professional Institute for Educator's Jewelry - Metal Clay class at The Arts in Stockton, NJ this spring.

Featured Instructor: Daniel Schank

Continuing Studies Instructor Dan Schank has taught Collage for Pre-College Programs as well as the Professional Institute for Educators. A former student of the UArts Pre-College Saturday School himself, he is teaching Collage for the Pre-College Summer Institute for the second year this summer.

Featured Course: Painting the Head from Life - A Weekend Workshop with Peter Schaumann

Saturday, April 4, 2009- Sunday, April 5, 2009

Learn the Alla Prima oil technique of the Belle Epoque masters with instructor Peter Schaumann. This Continuing Education workshop begins with a three hour painting demonstration exploring the Alla Prima (direct wet in wet) technique working from a live model.

Featured Instructor: Susan Rodriguez

Susan Rodriguez is an artist, author and educator. She holds a BFA and an MEd from Tyler School of Art at Temple University. She is a strong advocate for multicultural appreciation and a consultant for inclusionary education, art education and museum appreciation.

Featured Instructor: Heather Mae Erickson

Saturday, February 28, 2009- Saturday, March 21, 2009

The Professional Institute for Educator's course Ceramics: Focus on Throwing, Levels 1, 2 & 3 are being taught at the University of the Arts by Heather Mae Erickson this spring.

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The Division of Continuing Studies is now on Facebook.

Featured Course: Explore the Arts

Wednesday, January 28, 2009- Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Professional Institute for Educators is pleased to offer a new course in collaboration with the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership.

Featured Instructor: Cordelia Frances Biddle

Tuesday, January 27, 2009- Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Author Cordelia Frances Biddle will share her writing talents and experience with UArts CE students in her Writing Workshop this spring.

Featured Course: Acting Lab

Monday, January 26, 2009- Monday, April 6, 2009

This CE workshop taught by Justin Jain provides a basic foundation into the craft of acting to all participants, regardless of experience.

Grant Awards Received for Pre-College Programs

The Division of Continuing Studies is pleased to announce recent grant awards from the 1675 Foundation, the Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation, the Brook J. Lenfest Foundation, the Christian and Mary Lindback Foundation, and the Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation to help meet the required match of the three-year grant awarded by the Surdna Foundation.

Spring 2009 Continuing Studies Registration Now Open

Online registration for The Professional Institute for Educators is now open. Phone registration and registration with a deposit is also available. Plus, a tuition discount for PIE registrations received by January 16.