The Lexington Arts and Crafts Society will be hosting the 18th Annual Regional High School Artists Show at the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society. This year the exhibit is scheduled for Saturday, November 2, through Sunday, November 17, 2013. The opening reception is Friday, November 1, 6-8 p.m. in the Parsons Gallery of the LexingtonArts and Crafts Society, 130 Waltham St., Lexington.  The Society will provide refreshments. Many Burlington High School art students will have their work on display.

Saturday, October 26, 2013
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Wentworth Institute of Technology

2013 participating schools (to date):
Arizona State University
Boston Architectural College
California College of the Arts
Carnegie Mellon University
The Cooper Union School of Architecture
Drexel University
Drury University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Illinois Institute of Technology
Judson University
Kent State University
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Miami University
MIT Department of Architecture 
The New England School or Art + Design at Suffolk University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New School of Architecture & Design
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Northeastern University School of Architecture
The Ohio State University
Philadelphia University
Rice University
Rhode Island School of Design
Roger Williams University
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Syracuse University
Temple University
Tulane University
UMass Amherst Architecture + Design
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin
Washington University in St. Louis
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Woodbury University

This past summer I had the pleasure of attending " The American Skyscraper: Transforming Chicago and the Nation" Landmarks of American History and Culture teacher workshop.

The workshop took place in Chicago and was hosted by the Chicago Architecture Foundation. The talented and incredibly knowledgable Jennifer Masengarb of the Chicago Architecture Foundation did a wonderful job organizing and orchestrating the events of the weeklong workshop. 

I gained great knowledge during the workshop about the history of Chicago architecture and the impact that the skyscraper had on it's history and development of the city. The week was structured with daily readings and discussions; lectures from scholars; site visits; tours of the city and the architecture firm of Goettsch Associates. I left Chicago with a greater understanding of the skyscraper and it's history and armfuls of resources for my classroom and students. I would also continue to use the CAF Discover Design website and enter their annual competition for teens.

The CAF also houses the inspiring model city.

The Chicago Model is the only accurate and up-to-date three-dimensional portrait of Chicago's downtown.  This 320-square-foot work-in-progress enables you to see chicago as you've never seen it before.

I would highly recommend this workshop and other NEH workshops to other educators.