Curatorial
& Educational Collaboration: Eksperimenta!
Date: Wed. Jan 18, 2012
Locations: CWSE, OISE/UT: Rm 2-227, 252 Bloor Street West - Seminar on Curatorial Collaboration w/ discussion - 12 noon-1 pm (contact for info_ CWSE @ 416-978-2080)
& OCAD University: Room 230, 100 McCaul Street, - Presentation on Eksperimenta! 5pm - 6.30 pm (contact for info_ Denise Gagnon, OCADU Faculty of Art 416-977-6000 x317)
http://apache.ocad.ca/events_calendar/eventdetail.php?id=3910
http://apache.ocad.ca/events_calendar/eventdetail.php?id=3910
Both events are FREE and all are welcome!
Drs.
Joanna Black (U of Manitoba) and Miriam Cooley (U of Alberta) brought digital
art created by Canadian high school students to Eksperimenta!, a first of its
kind international conference and Triennial Art Exhibition that celebrated
secondary school visual art and contemporary art education. This presentation
and discussion will focus on women’s collaborative curation, the role of
educators, and on innovation in student
work.
Dr. Joanna Black is currently an Associate Professor of Art
Education in the Faculty of Education and is cross-appointed as an Associate Professor
in the School of Art at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. She
teaches visual arts education and new media education at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. Her research interests and published works are on the subjects
of the virtual visual arts classroom, new media, visual research methodologies,
social issues in art education, and digital visual arts pedagogy. She has
previously worked as an art director, curator, museum art educator, art
consultant, and K-12 teacher for close to twenty years in public and
alternative school settings.
Dr. Miriam Cooley is Associate Professor, Art Education and Associate
Chair Undergraduate Education in the Department of Elementary Education,
University of Alberta, and President, Canadian Society for Education through
Art (CSEA). Her research interests include: Art Education, collaborative
research, narrative inquiry, aesthetic creative inquiry processes, and
aesthetic response to visual aspects of contemporary culture, video and photo
installation and documentary film. Her current work-in-progress addresses the
visual aesthetics of creative spaces and the dynamics of creative collaboration
and learning. http://www.elementaryed.ualberta.ca/People/AcademicStaff/Miriam%20Cooley.aspx
http://www.eksperimenta.net/eksperimenta/concept/canadian-exposition/