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Submit a Workshop Idea for the SMFA Health, Safety, and Sustainability Day!

Marilene Rivas-Chavez

To honor artist and former SMFA teacher Julie Graham, who recently passed away due to lung cancer, the Sustainability Committee is organizing the second Health, Safety and Sustainability Day on Wednesday March 4th, 2020. 

Students, alumni, staff and faculty members are invited to submit proposals for workshops to be held that day. Workshops can be either offered by individuals or small groups of collaborators. Collaborations between art specialists and science/engineering specialists are welcome. 

Through the workshops, participants will learn about sustainable and less-toxic techniques and materials for art-making. Hands-on activities are preferred. During the first HSS Day, workshops engaged with a wide range of practices, from knitting to painting with natural dyes, sustainable alternatives in photography and ergonomic safety. The full list of last year’s workshops is available here: 

https://tufts.box.com/s/wcvee147samm63njkhfyk543by6qvlvq

What will make a good workshop for this event? 

Workshops that provide access to:

  1. A skill, topic, or idea that helps to further innovative healthy, safe, and sustainable practices for all.
  2. A method or content that is not currently taught at the School.
  3. Techniques and materials that are fun, unique, and new. Perhaps you know how to develop pigments from food? Perhaps you know a printing technique that uses no chemicals?
  4. Ideas that allow to test new teaching techniques or approaches.

To submit your proposal, include information on:

         Workshop title:

         Goals of workshop (max 100 words):

         Connection to Health, Safety, and Sustainability (max 100 words):

         Material, space and equipment needs:

         Ideal number of participants:

APPLICATIONS are due on Friday January 24th. Submit by sharing this form via Box with silvia.bottinelli@tufts.edu

Note: Presenters will offer a short demonstration in the atrium from 1pm to 1.50pm and interested participants will follow them to pre-assigned classrooms for full workshops from 2pm to 3.30pm. For students attending classes that afternoon, permission to attend the full workshops must be granted by faculty.