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Tuesday, October 20, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Bring Creativity to Any Classroom: Pathways Through Art, Lettering, and Poetry
Presented by Courtney Berolzheimer, Former Educator, Current Program Director, Blackwing Foundation
Sponsored by Blackwing Foundation
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Join us to explore the full Pathways to Creativity framework, Blackwing Foundation's free, educator-written arts curriculum for K–12 classrooms. Every lesson lives at blackwingfoundation.org with no login, no paywall, and no special equipment required.
Not every school has an art teacher. Not every schedule has room for a dedicated arts block, and not every budget can absorb another curriculum purchase. This edWebinar is built for the educators working around those realities. We'll walk through three complete series:
- The Art Series (grades 1–6), developed with Kim Bavington of Art Classes for Kids, builds foundational technique through lessons inspired by artists including Yayoi Kusama, Jasper Johns, and David Hockney.
- The Lettering Series (grades 3 and up), developed with Heather Leavitt Martinez of Let's Letter Together, offers three pathways—Intro to Lettering, Graphic Novelist, and Cursive Writing—connecting handwriting to storytelling, design, and student confidence.
- The Verse & Voice Poetry Series (grades 6–8), developed with Poetry Rocks Schools, turns the poems already on your syllabus into fully produced music videos paired with Common Core–aligned lesson plans. No music teaching experience required.
For each series, we'll cover the grab-and-go approach, the mediums and supplies you'll actually need, and the supporting tools—video lessons, slide decks, teacher guides, Kahoots, and Quizlets—that make a lesson classroom ready.
Attendees will leave able to identify realistic entry points for arts integration in a full schedule, explain how a skill-progressive pathway differs from a one-off art project, navigate the site and pull a ready-to-teach lesson in minutes, and adapt lessons across grade bands and content areas. After our session, you'll have what you need to bring a quality arts lesson into your classroom tomorrow. This edWebinar will be of interest to elementary through high school teachers, school leaders, and district leaders.
About the Presenter
Courtney Berolzheimer is a Program Director for Blackwing Foundation. With a master’s in STEM, she brings a decade of classroom experience to her role. Courtney taught a variety of grade levels and subjects with a strong emphasis on math. She always looked for creative ways to bring art into her math lessons, which opened the door for students’ creative thinking. She also spent multiple years teaching at an arts magnet school, where she saw firsthand how the arts influence and inspire children across subjects. That experience deepened her belief in the transformative power of creativity and the importance of integrating the arts into every classroom. Courtney is passionate about students having regular access to art during the school day, as not every school has an art teacher and not every student can attend after-school programs. Her ultimate goal is to empower teachers to provide students with quality art lessons.
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Blackwing Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to championing arts and music education. Inspired by the creative legacy of the Blackwing pencil, we work to ensure that all students have access to the enriching power of art.
Our flagship initiative is Pathways to Creativity, a free arts curriculum designed and delivered in collaboration with expert artists and educators. Every pathway offers grab-and-go lessons — video instruction, slide decks, teacher guides, and classroom activities — organized into skill-building sequences any teacher can pick up and run, regardless of art background or budget.
Pathways to Creativity currently includes the Art Series, the Lettering Series, and the Poetry Series, with new series in development. Everything is always free at blackwingfoundation.org — no login, no paywall, no special equipment.
