Saturday, March 9, 2013 // 8:00AM–12:00Pm for Teachers of Grades K–2 // 1:00–5:00pm for Teachers of Grades 3–5 // Museum Studios & Galleries

There’s more to a portrait than you might think. Portraits are often viewed as a mere depiction of a person when in actuality they are a visual text that can be read as biographies that communicate significant information about a person’s life. This engaging workshop, using the Museum’s collection, teaches how to help students build background knowledge. Teachers can apply this strategy to teaching historical and literary figures across the curriculum.

Jamin Carter is a visual artist and art educator. He holds a BFA in sculpture and painting and a Master's of Arts in Teaching in visual art education. He has taught in K-12 classrooms and currently teaches studio art and A.P. art history in a public high school in Memphis, Tennessee. He spent five years working as an art educator in three diverse Title I schools ranging from grades K-8. Additionally, he has worked as a mentor in elementary and middle school art classrooms modeling skills and techniques that utilize arts integration as well as other unique approaches to art education. Jamin has worked in various media such as oil painting, sculpture, and brush with ink. He currently has a studio in Memphis where he has exhibited work and served as a consultant for public art works with the Urban Arts Commission and Vita Brevis.

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