Teacher Professional Development

Teacher Education

BAM’s Summer Teacher Institutes focus on integrating art into classroom curricula, building teacher knowledge and skills in the studio, and experimenting with hands-on, learner-centered facilitation. Come investigate artwork in the Museum, create art, and collaborate with teachers across subject and grade levels. Design projects and materials for use in your own teaching environment inspired by BAM’s current exhibitions. Participants can anticipate daily art-making projects and gallery activities at BAM, paired with articles, videos, and individual projects to be read, watched, and completed at home.

Register for two optional Boise State University or Northwest Nazarene University professional development credits the first day of class.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO START DATE. Classes fill quickly.

Building Identities, Building Learning
June 8 – 12, 2026

Monday – Friday
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (hybrid course: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at BAM, 2-4 p.m. remote)

Cost: $110 (BSU and NNU credit available)

Come together with Idaho educators this summer to increase your abilities to cultivate creativity and build understanding of identity. Learn how the process of artmaking fosters strong social-emotional, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills within students. Leave feeling inspired to infuse visual art into your curriculum across disciplines.

Teachers will explore BAM’s current exhibitions, including Here We Have Idaho: Belonging, Sofia Jaramillo and Ceci Richardson-Salvador; Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love; Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction; and Four Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art

Registration is final. No refunds will be granted for Teacher Institute registration fees.

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Calendar of Events

⇐ ⇒August 2024

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28 July 28, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	29 July 29, 2024x Museum Closed Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	30 July 30, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	31 July 31, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	1 August 1, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	2 August 2, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now	3 August 3, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now
4 August 4, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	5 August 5, 2024x Museum Closed Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	6 August 6, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	7 August 7, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	8 August 8, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction	9 August 9, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now	10 August 10, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now
11 August 11, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	12 August 12, 2024x Museum Closed Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	13 August 13, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	14 August 14, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	15 August 15, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	16 August 16, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now	17 August 17, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now
18 August 18, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	19 August 19, 2024x Museum Closed Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	20 August 20, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	21 August 21, 2024x Especially for Seniors – Free Admission Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	22 August 22, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	23 August 23, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now	24 August 24, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now
25 August 25, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	26 August 26, 2024x Museum Closed Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	27 August 27, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	28 August 28, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	29 August 29, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer	30 August 30, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now	31 August 31, 2024x Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection Portraits of Sky: Selections from the Permanent Collection RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction Spectrum: Color in Pigment and Light Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer 1:30 pm Mural Coloring: Coyote Now

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