CANCELLED: Building a Culture of Thinking in Classrooms and Schools: Stuff You Can Use on Monday

• 8:30 am – 9 am | Check-in and networking
• 9 am – 9:10 am | Welcome
• 9:10 am – 10 am | Thinking Like an Artist
• 10 am – 10:40 am | Building a Culture of Thinking in Classrooms and Schools: Stuff You Can Use on Monday
• 10:40 am – 10:50 am | Morning break
• 10:50 am – 12 pm | Building a Culture of Thinking (continued)
• 12 pm – 1 pm | Lunch Break (Lunch is not provided.)
• 1 pm – 2 pm | Building a Culture of Thinking (continued)
• 2 pm – 2:30 pm | Museum Activity – Gallery Experience
• 2:30 pm – 2:40 pm | Afternoon break
• 2:40 pm – 3 pm | Building a Culture of Thinking (continued)
• 3 pm – 3:10 pm | Art Confession
• 3:10 pm – 3:30 pm | Closing and Reflection

Dr. Fred Burton
Dr. Fred Burton’s career includes being an elementary school teacher in public progressive schools in Wyoming and Ohio and was the principal of Wickliffe Progressive Elementary School in Upper Arlington, Ohio for 13 years and received the Administrator of the Year Award. For 16 years, he was a tenured associate professor in early childhood education at Ashland University and for 10 years served as the Visiting Education Scholar at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio. For 12 years, he was selected to be a summer faculty member for the Project Zero Institute in the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Additionally, he was on the summer faculty of the Future of Learning Institute in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His teaching and consultant work centers on the role that creativity, thinking, and the arts play in schools, museums, and business settings. He has numerous publications and has presented and consulted for school districts and museums throughout the United States. 

Cindy Foley
Cindy Foley is the Director and CEO of the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM). Foley began her role at GRAM in June 2023 after a 17-year tenure at the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), where she most recently served as the Scantland Family Executive Deputy Director for Learning, Experience, and Engagement since 2015. An accomplished educator, writer, and speaker, Foley is a seasoned thought leader in the arts sector, with over 30 years of experience in helping museums cultivate curiosity and drive social engagement. Foley has held various roles throughout her career in development, curatorial, learning, and administration, and prior to her tenure at CMA, she worked at the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) in Portland, Maine, and the Wexner Center for Arts in Columbus, Ohio. Foley has been on the faculty of the Maine College of Art and Harvard University’s Project Zero Classroom Summer Institute. She is a board member for FLAME (Forum for Leaders in Art Museum Education) and TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior). Foley was appointed to the Michigan Arts and Cultural Council in 2023. She holds a master’s degree in Art Education from Ohio State University, and a bachelor’s degree in Individual Studies in the Arts from the University of Kentucky.