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Barbra Kates
Primary Discipline: Visual Arts Areas of Specialty: Ceramics, Multimedia, Digital media (Photography, Computer graphics, Video, Power Point), Curriculum development and implementation; Staff development
Additional Disciplines/Specialties: Dance, Literary Arts, Music, Theatre, Integration of Arts and Academic areas; Connecting Arts EALRs and Academic GLEs
Based in: Yelm
Biography: Barbra Kates has always been passionate about the arts, creativity, imagination and sharing. She received her BFA in Studio Arts from Towson State University and a Masters of Education in arts integration and performance based learning through City University of Seattle. Barbra has been a teaching artist and arts education consultant since 1999. She has participated in over 200 successful residencies in Washington schools and has designed an EALR aligned K-6 Visual Arts Curriculum for three school districts. She describes her personal photography and digital media work as an ongoing exploration into ways of combining new ideas and developing inventive techniques for self expression. Barbra is an Adjunct Faculty of Photography at South Puget Sound Community College. She is also a lecturer in Art History and Digital Photography for Princess Cruises. Her work has been exhibited internationally and published in print media, including National Geographic.
When asked about her approach as a Teaching Artist, Ms. Kates wrote this: “As a teaching artist, I am engaged in an ongoing conversation with learners, teachers, principals, administrators, artists and the community. I see myself in partnership with the classroom teacher, planning, collaborating and co-teaching. The arts and arts integration are effective ways to connect with, and actively engage, diverse learners. In the classroom I share my skills and knowledge through innovative teaching techniques. Hands-on work in the arts provides students with opportunities to use original thought processes, challenge themselves, make aesthetic decisions, develop critical thinking skills and creative problem solving, make connections to other academic content areas and tap into their own creativity. One of my strengths as a teacher is my ability to adapt pedagogical skills to teach students of all ages. I am a strong advocate of art for art's sake, because the skills that art teaches are unique.
Suitable for Grades: K-12 Curriculum Integration Possibilities: Literacy, Reading, Writing, Math, Science, History, Social Studies, Technology, Other Arts Disciplines
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