Prairie Visions 2009

Public Art: Defining & Redefining Community Identity

National memorials or local street art– how can public art works define who we are?

Travel to exciting public art sites in Omaha & Council Bluffs to experience innovative classroom approaches for using public art to represent community identity
Design your own community and create art works to learn how community identity can create community in your diverse classrooms
Explore how public art honors the past, defines the present and envisions the future

Differentiation: Process • Content • Product

Experience the pedagogy of Differentiation
Learn how to use public art in a K-12 differentiated curriculum in Process, Content and Product
Gain experience in curriculum design, arts integration, and meaningful interdisciplinary curriculum in social studies, language arts, science, math and the arts
Special presentation: Meg Saligman, internationally acclaimed artist of the mural Fertile Ground in downtown Omaha. Fertile Ground tells the story of Omaha’s past, present and future, featuring historical references, present-day communities and the future of the city.
Special site visits: Council Bluffs, Downtown Omaha, UNO. Site to site travel provided.