Thinking Minds in Motion: Connecting with Our Inner Artist

The Museum School at the Cape Cod Museum of Art presents:
Thinking Minds in Motion: Connecting with Our Inner Artist
with Nina Greenwald, Ph.D. and David Martin, Ph.D.

(4) Thursdays, January 26 – February 16, 2023, 1-3 pm
Member $140 / Non-Member $155

In a climate of relaxation and enjoyment and in a “safe haven” for generating and sharing ideas, this highly engaging four-session series invites participants to think critically and creatively through activities and discussion to discover, envision, play with, create, or experiment with their own artful ideas through their preferred means of expression. The medium could be drawing, painting, collage, decorative arts, sculpture, photography, dance, music, or writing –the sky’s the limit of possibilities!

As a special feature of this series, participants will engage in interactive exchanges with practicing artists from different fields of the arts; they will also enjoy lively group-think activities and use the museum’s exhibits to hone creative and critical thinking processes, and will be invited to voluntarily share the results of their own “artful expressions”– either individually or in collaboration with another person. No prerequisite experience or work in the arts is needed for participation in this series: just curiosity and interest in developing some of the processes of thinking. From the outset, the focus will be on freedom to dream and create.

Class Focus by Week:

Sources of Inspiration for Creative Productivity
Dismantling Blocks and Barriers to Creativity
Minds in Motion on the Move
Dabbling with our Inner Artists: Works in Progress

The Instructors:

Nina Greenwald, Ph.D., is an educational psychologist, former faculty and director of The Graduate Program of Critical and Creative Thinking, University of Massachusetts Boston. Her specializations include creative thinking and creative problem solving, critical thinking, invention, humor and thinking, problem-based learning and educating gifted students. A published author and keynote speaker, Nina is elected to the Danforth Associates of New England, selected higher education faculty distinguished for excellence in teaching. She lives in Barnstable Village.

David Martin, Ph.D., is Professor/Dean Emeritus at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. He has held positions as teacher, school principal, curriculum director, and professor of education. He has published works on social studies education, teacher education, deaf education, and cognitive development. He teaches part-time in the Critical and Creative Thinking Program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. His other interests include genealogy education and local history. He lives in Marstons Mills.

Cancellation policy: CCMoA must be notified 1 week prior for refund.