Supporting Well-Being Through Mindfulness and Creativity
Crooked Tree Arts Center, in collaboration with Charlevoix-Emmet ISD, is excited to offer art teachers a day to collaborate, create, and learn. The day will begin with a presentation and interactive workshop combining concepts of mindfulness with creative practice to explore the intersection of neuroscience and creativity. Mindfulness Consultant Amy Janssens will work alongside Boyne City High School Art Teacher, Jim Beckering, to share ways these ideas can be applied to hands-on making through the manipulation of clay.
Building on the foundation established in the morning session, attendees will have a mindful walk through the galleries and will spend the rest of the afternoon in CTAC’s art studios for hands-on creation. Round-table discussions and reflections will conclude the day.
About the Presenters
Amy Janssens, Mindfulness Consultant and MBSR Instructor
Amy Janssens is an experienced mindfulness instructor, parent coach, motivational speaker, small business owner, and outdoor educator. Passionate about self-care, self-regulation, and compassion, Amy shares mindfulness and parenting tools with individuals, families, schools, and businesses.
Amy is a licensed teacher in the state of Michigan, Mindful Schools Certified Mindfulness Instructor, and an MBSR Teacher trained through Brown University. Amy also holds a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction through Michigan State University and is a Certified Conscious Parenting Coach.
Passionate about teaching and learning, Amy loves to empower her clients and audiences with the tools to show up in the ways they most want and form deeper connections in their lives.
Jim Beckering, Boyne City High School Art Teacher
Jim Beckering is in his twenty-second year of teaching art for Boyne City Public Schools. He brings a lifelong love for clay to this professional development day. Jim believes students' futures and teachers' attitudes and emotions can be molded in a positive direction through a shared experience with clay.
PLEASE NOTE: Participants will have an opportunity to attend two of the following breakout workshops in the afternoon.
Clay with Jim Beckering
Figure Drawing with Egan Franks Holzhausen
Weaving with Shanna Robinson
Check your registration confirmation email for a link to register for the breakouts of your choice.
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Tenets
Safe, Supported, Healthy, Engaged
Date / Time
May 1 / 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Target Audience
This program is designed for K-12 art teachers. Non-art teachers using art in their classroom may also benefit.
Location
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey
Learner Outcomes
Participants will:
- Gain a better understanding of the benefits and methods of mindfulness practices.
- Discover ways to bring mindfulness into the art studio classroom.
- Learn techniques and processes for art production.
- Learn how mindfulness practices can be used to aid in classroom management and interpersonal relationships.
Pending approval, State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs) will be offered. Further information will be provided by the course instructor at the training.
