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Workshops

Reviving Excellence: Olympics at the MFA
Wednesday, May 5, 2004

Presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools Program, and held in conjunction with the forthcoming MFA exhibition The Greek Athlete: Games for the Gods.

 

Program Schedule

 

3:00—4:00

Registration (West Wing Lobby)
Refreshments (Riley Seminar Room)

 

4:00—4:10

Welcome
Barbara Harrison and Judith King (Trustees Room)

Barbara Harrison is the director of the Newton Public Schools-Brandeis University Greek Studies Program. Judith King is Head of Teacher Resources, Department of Museum Learning and Public Programs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

4:15—5:00

Slide Talk
Christine Kondoleon (Trustees Room)

Christine Kondoleon is the George D. and Margo Behrakis Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

 

 

 

Group 1

5:00—5:45

Gallery Highlights
Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (Greek Gallery)

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow is the project humanist of the Greek Studies Program. She is Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Classics at Brandeis University.5:45—6:30

Festschrift
Connie Carven, Judith Malone-Neville, and Greek Study Fellows (Riley Room, see reverse side for details)

Connie Carven is the teacher specialist of the Greek Studies Program. Judith Malone-Neville is the chief project administrator of the Greek Studies Program and Assistant Superintendent of the Newton Public Schools

 

 

 

Group 2

5:00—5:45

Festschrift
Connie Carven, Judith Malone-Neville, and Greek Study Fellows (Riley Room, see reverse side for details)

 

5:45—6:30

Gallery Highlights
Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (Greek Gallery)

 

 

 

Groups 1 & 2

6:30—7:00

Remarks
Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow ( Riley Room)

 

Festschrift (Riley Room)

Introduction to Festschrift
Connie Carven and Judith Malone-Neville

Presentations by Greek Study Fellows:

  • Creating Minoan Frescoes on School and Classroom Walls
    Christine Vaillancourt, 1999 Fellow
    Christine Vaillancourt teaches art at the Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton, MA
  • The MFA: A Rich Resource for Greek Studies
    Joshua Lawrence, 2001 Fellow
    Joshua Lawrence teaches English and Language Arts at the Timilty Middle School, Boston, MA
  • Art and Technology Site of Sites: An Online Resource of Greek Panathletic Sites
    Emil Penarubia 2002 Fellow
    Emil Penarubia teaches Greek and Latin at Boston College High School, Boston, MA.
  • The Trojan War: Images in Art
    Jennifer Piccioli, 1999 Fellow
    Jennifer Piccioli teaches English and social studies at the Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton, MA.
  • The Olympic Games & Brookline High's Parthenon Frieze
    Maureen Devlin, 2002 Fellow
    Maureen Devlin is the Coodinator of Social Studies, Brookline Public Schools
  • An Athlete in the Pocket
    Steven Rae, 2000 Fellow
    Steven Rae teaches art at the Pierce School, Brookline, MA.
  • Book and Resource Exhibit
    Barbara Scotto, 2000 Fellow; Catherine O’Flaherty, 2000 Fellow; and Diane Campbell, 2001 Fellow
    Barbara Scotto teaches fifth grade at the Driscoll School, Brookline, MA.
    Catherine O’Flaherty teaches English at the Tobin Middle School, Boston.
    Diane Campbell is the head of the English Department at Wellesley Middle School, Wellesley, MA.

 

Thanks to Judith King, Coordinator of Teacher Resources, MFA, for her generous assistance. Thanks, too, to Karen Kosko, 2004 Fellow, and Diane Campbell 2001 Fellow for their assistance.

In Riley Room, ancient Greek music from Musique de la Grece Antique: Atrium Musicae de Madrid, Gregorio Paniagua, Harmonia Mundi www.harmoniamundi.com.


Receptions

Ithaka 2005 – Reception, Celebration, Festschrift
Brandeis University
October 17, 2005, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

A welcome to new Greek Study Fellows and a festschrift of projects related to the study of ancient Greece for use in classrooms K-12, developed as a part of The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the Schools, 2004-2005, presented by Greek Study Fellows.

Program

Welcome

  • Barbara Harrison, Program Director
  • Judith Malone-Neville, Project Administrator, Newton Public Schools
  • Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Project Humanist, Brandeis University
  • Connie Carven, Program Teacher Specialist and Liaison with School Districts

    Presentations

  • A Feast of Books, Book Exhibit
    Barbara Scotto, Brookline Public Schools and Cathy O’Flaherty, Boston Public Schools
  • The Examined Life: Lessons for School Leaders from the Ancient Greeks
    Robert McCarthy, Brookline Public Schools
  • Ancient Greece, Enrichment Activities: Supplemental Activities for Day One
    Julie Kenerson, Julie Dennis, Claire Fusaro, Wellesley Public Schools
  • Ancient Greek Zines: A Magazine Project for Elementary and Middle Grades
    Lana Holman, Belmont Day School

    Presentations, Guests are invited to walk from station to station at their own pace

  • Greek Literature for Little Ones
    Kimberly Cox, Waltham Public Schools
  • The Power of Story
    Judy McCarthy, Brookline Public Schools
  • Ancient Greek Zines: A Magazine Project for Elementary and Middle Grades
    Lana Holman, Belmont Day School
  • Ancient Sparta
    Aleida Inglis, Cambridge Public Schools
  • The Examined Life: Lessons for School Leaders from the Ancient Greeks
    Robert Mc Carthy, Brookline Public Schools
  • Philosophers Against Democracy: Plato and Aristotle
    Joel Greifinger, Newton Public Schools
  • Ancient Greece, Enrichment Activities: Supplemental Activities for Day One
    Julie Kenerson, Julie Dennis, Claire Fusaro, Wellesley Public Schools
  • Law, Leadership, and Community: Compliance and Disobedience in Antigone and American History
    Karen Brennan, Brookline Public Schools
  • Greek Mythology WebQuest
    Elizabeth Matera, Angela Coffidis, Newton Public Schools
  • Great Ancient Greece Resource Web Page
    Lisa Rhodes, Cambridge Public Schools
  • In a Word: Medea and Antigone
    Monica Kneist, Cambridge Schools
  • Untitiled
    Sharon Mathieu, Beaver Country Day School
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