Speaker(s): Hope Torrents

Visual Thinking Strategies: The Fine Art of Looking

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This discussion will focus on Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and its applicability with adults.

Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is an approach to teaching that uses art to engage students in critical thinking and visual literacy. VT has been proven to improve student performance on standardized tests. The key to VTS is that it requires students to "look" at the artwork, and not just "see" it. This means that they need to analyze the composition, form, and meaning of the work. In order to do this, they need to use their prior knowledge and experience, as well as their imagination. VTS is an excellent way to get students to think critically about what they are looking at, and to develop their own interpretations of the world around them.

Hope Torrents Shares Her VTS Expertise

As the School Programs Coordinator, at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Hope Torrents has implemented and managed the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) for two schools participating in the Miami Dade County Public Schools Museums Magnet Program.

She has developed an innovative and interdisciplinary program at the University of Miami that uses VTS and art to hone observation and communication skills in the service of clinical diagnosis. Working in partnership the Lowe Art Museum, Miller School of Medicine, School of Nursing and Department of Psychology have filled a gap in medical education to strengthen healthcare.

Towards the end of the presentation, Hope will facilitate a discussion with the audience about Visual Thinking Strategies using a contemporary work of art. She will explain how VTS enables audiences, of any age, to engage in meaningful discussions about works of art.

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Speakers

Hope Torrents

As the School Programs Coordinator, at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Hope has implemented and managed the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) for two schools participating in the Miami Dade County Public Schools Museums Magnet Program. She has developed an innovative and interdisciplinary program at the University of Miami that uses VTS and art to hone observation and communication...

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