Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences recognized for the quality of the educational experiences it provides. As an integral part of the College environment, the Bates College Museum of Art serves as the primary source of art exploration for educators and students from the Lewiston-Auburn area. Art education is a top priority for Museum staff and we strive to improve the quantity and quality of programs for the students of the region by working to enable them to become visually literate through the processes of seeing, thinking, and learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 1996, gift from the Arthur and Helen Baer Charitable Foundation enabled the Museum to launch The Thousand Word Project<\/span>under the direction of Anthony Shostak, the museum\u2019s Curator of Education. Aimed at middle-school and high-school students, the program has become the flagship outreach program at the Museum, effectively integrating the Museum of Art with the curricula of the surrounding public schools and the College. In 2002, an anonymous family foundation provided funds to support TWP for two years, thereby allowing every 7th-Grader and 8th-Grader in the Auburn Middle and Lewiston Middle Schools to participate in the program. Through additional support,TWP is evolving into a web-based curriculum, allowing greater access to schools beyond the Lewiston-Auburn area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Curator of Education, Bates College Museum of Art, received his BFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he has shown his work internationally, most recently in the traveling exhibition Revoluciones del Mundo originating in Havana, Cuba. Shostak has served as the Curator of Education at the Bates College Museum of Art since 1994. He is lead curator on the forthcoming exhibition Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotograph, planned for 2012. He was also lead curator of the interdisciplinary exhibition exploring sustainability Green Horizons and editor of its exhibition catalog. Shostak organized several other exhibitions, including The Body Holographic: Harriet Casdin-Silver; From Where I Stood: Photographs from Ireland, Hawaii, and Lands Between by Rowena J. Otremba; Joseph Nicoletti: A Retrospective; Metamorphoses: A Collaboration with Ovid by Wally Reinhardt; Alex Grey: Numinous Flesh; Pre-Columbian Ritual Ceramics; Contemporary German Prints. He is a musician, performing on uilleann pipes and 5-string banjo, and, with the band he co-founded, released the eponymously titled CD Wake the Neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n LEIGHTON IMAGES, a Maine-based, multi-media production company<\/span>, oversaw the creation of the on-line curriculum. Over two hours of video is included on this site, including state-of-the-art animations and special effects engineered to bring the content alive. Educational Clients include Apple Computer, Great Schools Partnership, Biology Sciences Curriculum Studies, Harcourt-Brace, Diploma Plus, and the Boston Public Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GEOFFREY LEIGHTON,Producer and Director of Photography, has over 35 years experience in video and multi-media production. In addition to his award winning documentaries, commercials, and long form programming, Leighton has produced a variety of large scale multimedia educational projects. These projects include \u201cExplore Life!,\u201d a twenty-eight part documentary series for Harcourt- Brace, \u201cThe Tragedy of the Commons,\u201d an interactive curriculum for Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies, as well as \u201cThe Complete Collection of Physics Demonstrations,\u201d a twenty-five disc series for the National Science Foundation. He has also worked to develop teacher development material with Apple, the Lucas Foundation, Center for Collaborative Education, Classroom Connections, the City of Boston, as well as the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Currently, he is producing professional development material with the Tech Goes Home Project in Boston and the Diploma Plus Network of schools.<\/p>\n\n\n ANITA CLEARFIELD, Producer\/Director, has created many award-winning independent films, documentaries and educational programs, including \u201cOlivia Records: More Than Music,\u201d and \u201cVacation Nicaragua.\u201d As a staff producer at Maine Public Broadcasting, she produced for the \u201cSchool Zones\u201d series (following educators throughout a year in the classroom), as well as \u201cQuest,\u201d (science series including topics such as \u201cClimate Change\u201d) and the \u201cMaine Experience\u201d (history segments from \u201cThe Underground Railroad\u201d to \u201cIce Harvesting.\u201d). Her recent work includes the documentary \u201cThere Ought to Be a Law,\u201d that features an on-line curriculum for the study of the legislative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCredits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure> Anthony Shostak, Curator of Education, Bates College Museum of Art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nLeighton Images<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>Geoffrey Leighton, Producer and Director of Photography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nAnita Clearfield, Producer\/Director<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Laura Richter, Technology Integration Specialist<\/h3>\n\n\n