Conversations Across Culture:
Community Arts Education,
Exploring Possibilities
Recently we have seen a rapid growth in the development of Community Arts programming in after-school and out-of-school settings. In response, The Program in Art and Art Education at Teachers College is conducting a conference in Fall 2007 to provide a forum for conversations exploring how the arts engage people in meaningful learning experiences that support community building and youth development. The conference seeks advance scholarship, diversity and equity in the arts education field.
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Conference Focus:- Conditions and issues that influence the professional development of those who are, or, those who wish to teach in the field of Community Arts.- Extant and emerging research and trends in the field of community arts, as well as the context in which such scholarly trends emerge. - Current practices and mediums through which community arts programs are implemented. Conference Activities:Panels, Keynote Speakers, Discussion ForumsConference Sessions:Session 1: Scholarship and the Community Arts Education Field: What can be learned from the past, present and, future? Download Guidelines for Submission Download Call for Proposals Cover Download Call for Proposals Back Registration:Dates: November 9 & 10, 2007Times: 9am-6pm Cost: Available for 1 credit @ $1030 per credit or 1.5 CEUs @ $325, special student rate @ $175 Location: Teachers College, Columbia University Click here to register. |
Some Featured Scholars & Professionals :Judith Burton - Professor, Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University.- Co-founder, the Center for Research in Arts Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. - Founder, the Heritage School a comprehensive high school featuring the arts, located in New York City. - Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in Great Britain; Distinguished Fellow of the NAEA; Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China. Geoffrey Canada - President/CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone, New York City. - Recipient of the first Heinz Award in 1994 for his work as President/CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone, New York City. - Acclaimed author of Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in American. - New York Times Magazine (June, 2004 cover story) called the HCZ Project, “one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time.” - Named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News and World Report (October, 2005). - Chosen by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to serve as co-chair of a task force assigned to significantly reduce poverty in New York City. Maxine Greene - William F. Russell Professor Emeritus in the Foundation of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. - Referred to as “the most important American philosopher on education since John Dewey.” - Founder and Director of the Center for Social Imagination, Teachers College, Columbia University. - Philosopher-in-Residence, Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education. - Past president of the American Education Research Association, Philosophy of Education Society, American Educational Studies Association, and the Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education. Shirley Brice Heath - Margery Bailey Professor of English and Dramatic Literature, Stanford University. - A linguistic anthropologist whose primary interests are oral and written language, youth development, race relations, and organizational learning. - Author of prize-winning book Ways with Words: Language, life and work in communities and classrooms (1983). - Widely known for her work with young people as co-researchers in the townships of Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as economically disadvantaged communities of the United States. - Directed the documentary video, “ArtShow”, which describes four youth-based arts organizations in the United States. Edmund Gordon - Richard March Hoe Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. - Director, the Center on Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. - John M. Musser Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Yale University. - According to Kurt Landgraf, President and CEO of ETS, "Dr. Gordon is one of the conceptual leaders of several major developments in education, including Head Start, compensatory education, career education, school desegregation, alternatives in educational assessment, and supplementary education.” Julian Zugazagoitia - Director of El Museo del Barrio, New York City. - Extensive experience internationally in both museum administration and curatorial work. - Held leadership positions at the Getty Conservation Institute, the Spoleto Festival in Italy, and served as the cultural attaché to the Mexican delegation to UNESCO. |
Conference Coordinators / Course Instructors:Cathleen Kiebert-Gruen - Instructor, Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University.- Advisor, Summer Masters Intensive Program, Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. - Board Secretary and a director to the Maxine Greene Foundation. - Director, Heritage School Extended Day Program and Community Programs. - Ed.D. candidate, Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. Laura Vural - Instructor, Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. Reference Links:Community Arts Network (CAN)The After-School Corporation (TASC) The Heritage School Harlem Children’s Zone El Museo del Barrio Sponsors: |
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