Studio: Environment, Land, and Eco Art

Your students’ next artwork could start with the world right outside their door. Explore sustainable and living materials, develop concept-driven pieces rooted in real environmental systems, and build a curriculum that gives your students a powerful new reason to care about the place they call home.

3 Credits|8 Weeks|$1275

Credits

Tuition*

$1275

Timeline

8 Weeks

Offerings

Sep 2026

Prerequisites

None

Programs & Goals

Continuing Education
MA in Art Education

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AOEU Course Code

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ART582

Morningside Course Code

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EDUC 500 AOE 082

*Effective September 1, 2026 tuition will be $500/credit

How can art connect students to the world around them? How can environmental themes spark authentic, meaningful studio experiences? In this studio course, participants will explore environmental, land, and eco-art through hands-on, concept-driven artmaking. Participants will investigate the work of historical and contemporary artists, experiment with sustainable, site-responsive materials, and develop a cohesive body of work rooted in place, ecology, and community. Studio practice is the heart of the course, with regular critique and refinement shaping each project. Throughout the process, participants will translate their artistic discoveries into inclusive curriculum ideas, classroom management strategies for alternative materials, and assessment approaches that support concept-driven artmaking in K–12 settings.Discover strategies for embedding literacy practices into the art room to elevate students’ communication, comprehension, and creative problem-solving skills! In this course, participants will critically evaluate literacy methodologies and frameworks. They will refine literacy methods to integrate reading, writing, visual, digital, and verbal literacy skills into their curriculum. Through multimodal activities, participants will design arts-based activities that promote critical thinking, language development, and interdisciplinary connections, including developing tailored assessment tools to measure literacy growth. Reimagining perspectives and approaches, participants will leave this course with a practical, concrete roadmap for literacy integration.

See the course syllabus and Graduate Catalog for more details.

Required Materials

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition. ISBN

Additional Materials

Computer with basic audio and video input and output equipment
Internet access (broadband recommended)
Basic computing skills (see AOEU’s Technology Requirements)
Access to AOEU’s online learning platform, Brightspace, to view course content, submit assignments, and engage in discussion (provided)
A Google Drive account (provided)
Word-processing platform (Microsoft Office, Pages, Google Docs)