Teacher Night at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art on Tuesday Feb. 24 Features Lois Hetland

Lois Hetland

Teachers in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools are invited to the annual Teacher Night at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art.

Scheduled for 4 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 24, the night features Lois Hetland, the author of Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education

Admission is free. 

All galleries will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. and Hetland is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. 

Her visit is co-sponsored by the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Teacher night is an evening for all educators to grab materials that connect contemporary art to the classroom, take a tour of the exhibitions and socialize with colleagues over food, beer, and wine. Come early for the open house from 4 to 7 p.m. and stay for the keynote address by Hetland.

Lois Hetland, Ed.D, Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Senior Research Affiliate at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, was trained in music and visual arts. Hetland was an elementary and middle school classroom teacher for 17 years. An endowed scholarship has been established in her name and is awarded annually to a public school teacher to attend Project Zero’s annual summer institute at Harvard Graduate School of Education. 

SECCA is at 750 Marguerite Drive. For more information, please get in touch with Alex Brown at 725-1914 or alexander.brown@ncdcr.gov. alexander.brown@ncdcr.gov