Arts Express Summer Conference for Elementary Educators

June 6-7th, 2023 

Hosted by the BYU ARTS Partnership

 

Register early for the best selection of our engaging and educational workshops in dance, drama, literary arts, music, media arts, visual arts, and arts integration in science, language arts, math, and social studies!

Select from over 50 unique and engaging breakout sessions with national and local presenters including sessions presented by the Utah Division of Arts and Museums and local POPS Arts Organizations. And this year, join us for a special emphasis in STEM and Environmental Science as we present integrated lessons featuring the Utah SEEd Standards and as we partner with the Utah STEM Action Center. All presenters have planned sessions based on Utah's core standards.

 

 

Workshops

Select from over 50 unique and engaging breakout sessions with national and local presenters. All presenters have planned sessions based on Utah's core standards.

 

Get the Mobile App

To access your schedule & other conference resources:

  • Download the Aventri Events app.
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  • Login with the email address you used at registration and last name. Passwords are case sensitive: the first letter of your last name must be capitalized!

 

Location

Find directions to Vista Heights Middle School, as well as a building map and nearby hotel information.

Keynote Presenters

Ben Abbott

BYU Professor of
Ecosystem Ecology

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 Keely Song 

BYU Professor of Dance

 

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Fry Street Quartet

The Crossroads Project

 

         

 

Mary Hall Surface 

Award-winning Director & Playwright

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Read about all of the national and local presenters coming to Arts Express!

COST

Registration is $75 before April 15, then $90 until May 10, or when we reach capacity. Contact your district arts representative or your principal to ask about financial support that may be available. No refunds after May 10.

CREDIT

To sign up for USBE credit or USBE Relicensure points: click here and log in to your MIDAS account, then select Arts Express (Course no. 39479/Section 5).

To sign up for 1 BYU credit, click here. The cost is $47.

PRESENTERS

Read about the national and local presenters coming to Arts Express!

SCHEDULE

Read about this year's unique breakout sessions here.

Featured Artists

More coming soon!

 

Artist In Residence: Frank McEntire

We are honored to have Frank McEntire as this year's artist in residence. Frank is known as an artist, curator, writer, and arts administrator. His sculpture has been shown widely, as he has put together assemblages and installations pointedly expressive and symbolic of cultural and political themes. He has curated exhibitions for most museums and art centers in Utah. He is the former art critic for the Salt Lake Tribune and Salt Lake Magazine and has published numerous essays for magazines and exhibition catalogs and an award-wining book Final Light, about legendary Utah painter V. Douglas Snow. McEntire’s leadership as the former executive director of the Utah Arts Council (now Utah Division of Arts and Museums) and his service on boards, panels, and task forces has enhanced the careers of many artists and the overall cultural life of the state. In the catalog for McEntire’s ambitious Spontaneous Memorial installation when it was exhibited in Houston, TX, renowned author, curator, and museum director Jim Edwards stated he has “come to think of Frank McEntire as one of our country’s most outstanding assemblage artists. He has joined the ranks of Ed and Nancy Kienholz and Betye Saar, American artists who have also devoted their art to issues dealing with social justice politics, religion, and spirituality” (Dictionary of Utah Fine Artists, p. 240, 2022).

 

Learn more here.

 

 

 

Working Artist: John Patten

John Patten serves as the executive director of the BYU-Public School Partnership and directs BYU’s Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling (CITES). Prior to this appointment in 2022, he worked in Alpine School District for 30 years—first as an art teacher, then as assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent. He and his wife Arryn have 5 children and one grandchild and they live in Springville. Sewing costumes for cosplay has become a hobby ever since he and a daughter attended FanX for the first time in 2014. Not only do they attend the three-day event each year, they typically sport at least one different costume each day. 

 

 

 

Performing Artist:
Meadowlark String Band Storytellers 

The Meadowlark String Band Storytellers weave words, warbles song and delights creatures of all ages with their stories and music. Bringing together their collective experiences as performers and life enthusiasts, Melissa Chilinski and Roz Newmark thoroughly enjoy sharing the marvel of spinning yarns. Melissa has been an active musician for a decade, impressing audiences with her abilities on guitar, banjo, and vocals. For over twenty years, Roz performed as a storyteller with Ripple Tales, a duo who blended story, movement, song and audience participation.  Now, building a new tradition, the Meadowlark String Band Storytellers will lay down the bread crumbs that can lead you back to your childlike wonder of life. If you’re afraid a smile might crack your face, it is strongly advised that you do not venture into their world of melodies and magic. 

 

 

 

Performing Artist: DJ "Woody" (Michael Wood)

While shopping record stores in Berkeley in my high school days, Michael discovered a much vaster musical palette from the radio that he listened to at home or the choir I participated in. Classic Rock and Soul, Hip Hop, Reggae, Jazz and Classical: the whole spectrum of music that appealed to different audiences for different reasons. It hooked me to understanding what the world of DJing was all about.

 

Learn more here.