These nine-day residential programs feature lecture/discussion sessions, hands-on performance classes, and collaborative lesson-planning workshops, all led by advanced scholars and artists in a variety of fields. Participating teachers watch performances, research in the University of Maryland libraries, learn new technology skills, and join field trips to museums in Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC. To cap the program, participants develop interdisciplinary lesson plans and return to the University of Maryland for follow-up sessions in the fall and spring to present their work to their colleagues.

Click on a link below to learn more about previous Fine Arts Institutes.

2008: The Arts of India, 1556 - 1658
   
2007: The Portuguese Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Artistic and Cultural Exchange
   
2006 2006: The Arts & Artistic Legacies of the West African Civilizations
   
2005 2005: Looking East, Looking West: Europe & Arabia 1450-1750
   
2004 2004: The Impact of Islamic Culture on the Arts of the Renaissance
   
2003 2003: The Arts of the Renaissance
   
2002 2002: The Arts of Ancient Greece
   
2000 2000: Africa & its Influence: Jazz and America, Considering the Postmodern

 

2008 Program Information

June 23-July 1, 2008

Free for Maryland Public School teachers!