[LM_NET] SHARE: Picturing America grants still available

[Cheryl Youse <cyouse@GMAIL.COM>]

Happy End of Summer (especially to those of us headed back to school in a
week),

I just spent three days at a seminar at the Georgia Museum of Art on the
campus of the University of Georgia attending an NEH teacher seminar as one
of the recipients of the Picturing America grant.  Lindsay Mikal, Assistant
Director of Media Relations for NEH, asked me to pass along to all of you
the info that there will be another application window opening for this
grant.  You may apply between August 4 and October 31, 2008 to receive
copies of American works of art to use at your school.

If any of you have the opportunity to attend an NEH seminar, I strongly urge
you to do so.  We all felt very spoiled--the food was fabulous and the
programing was excellent.  We spent time in the museum studying the
collections and viewing the historic buildings on campus. William Eiland,
the Director of the Georgia Museum of Art, and C. L. Morehead, who collects
the work of Lamar Dodd (as well as other artists' work), generously opened
up their homes to us so we could view their personal artworks.   A number of
speakers proposed strategies for using the artworks in the classroom and
worked with us to further develop those strategies.  Those of us who
attended the seminar will be completing our own lesson plans, which will
also be posted on the website.

For more information, visit the Picturing America website at:

http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/

Even if you don't choose to apply for the grant, you're sure to find some
valuable resources on the website and at Edsitement

 http://edsitement.neh.gov/

which is also maintained by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
-- 
Cheryl Youse, MLS
Media Specialist
Colquitt County High School
cyouse@gmail.com

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