The Van Gogh Experience

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PEDC 9054 The Van Gogh Experience
3 Graduate Level or In-service Credits/ 45 hours Instructor: Janice McLachlan January 3-30, April 1-29, June 1-28, July 1-30, October 1-30
University of the Pacific PEDC 9054

The world has been captivated by one of the most mysterious painters of all time, Vincent Van Gogh. Take a journey that will bring back in time through the life and the legacy of this great master. Study the personal letters of Van Gogh. He wrote over eight hundred letters in his lifetime. He shared these deep personal thoughts and aspirations with his brother Theo and other personal confidants. Learn about his controversial paintings and the biography of Van Gogh the genius and Van Gogh the mad man. Van Gogh suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy as well as other mental and physical conditions that prompted a lifetime of anguish that could only be understood through his paintings. This course will help educators use the works and life of Van Gogh to create meaningful resources to bring back to their individual classroom. Educators will create a wide variety of classroom resources for real use. Meaningful interdisciplinary lessons will be the focus to meet the CCSS and open the door for students to explore the symbolism of one of the biggest artistic influences of all time. This course is appropriate for all educators K-12, psychologists, guidance counselors and social workers.