Upoming National/International Events

7th IDEA Congress

Live, Living Diversity! Embracing the Arts of Transformation!

Saturday July 17 – Sunday July 25, Conference, Belem, Brazil

The congress “affirms two interlinked priorities for the 21st Century: the necessity to celebrate and practice cultural diversity as a guarantee of living participatory democracy; and the necessity to embrace pedagogies based in the arts and our languages, knowledge and skills of transformation to democratize our world and communities to enable us to have a sustainable human future”. Link to conference website

Methodology for pupil & performing Arts Centred Teaching

Tue Aug 17 – Sun Aug 22
Workshop/Residency Greece http://www.theatroedu.gr

Second World Conference on Arts Education:

Will take place in Seoul from the 25th to the 28th of May. If you would like to learn more about this event, other activities carried out by UNESCO in the field of Arts Education such as a Survey on the Road Map for Arts Education or find resources on this topic, please visit our new website: www.unesco.org/culture/en/artseducation

First Issue (Nov 2009) of Drama Research: International Journal of Drama in Education:

Now available on line from National Drama, UK (click on this link for PDF). The contents of the first issue are as follows:

Peter O’Connor Silent, Upon A Peak in Darien: Drama Education from the EdgeMaria
P. van Bakelen The Multiple Body as a Sign
Joe Winston Beauty, laughter and the charming virtues of drama
Andy Kempe Exploring the edges of theatre form and moral values through a practical approach to Grand Guignol
Bethany Nelson Beyond Belonging: The Relationship Between Community and Power for Urban Students of Color
David Montgomerie The Problem of Responsibility: an examination of Bakhtin’s
dialogic concepts of ‘answerability’ and ‘ethical understanding’, and their importance
for process drama in the first years of schooling
Laura Mc Cammon ‘Everybody has Somewhere they Belong; Luckily for me I Belong in Theatre’: Experienced Secondary Students Reflection Their Participation in Theatre
Leonora Macy Using a' drama eye' to plan an integrated language arts program

CALL FOR PAPERS

Views, Values and Visions – Art and Art Education

Presented by Art Education Victoria (AEV) and Art Education Australia (AEA)

Views, Values and Visions, the South East Asia-Pacific Regional Congress of the International Society for Art Education (InSEA) will be held in Melbourne, Australia

14th to 16th October 2010

The Congress hosts are partners:

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Education - Celebrating 60 years of education services
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Education

The Congress is supported by:

The International Society for Art Education
The UNESCO Observatory: Multi-disciplinary Research in the Arts and
The Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau.

This Congress will bring together art education experts, researchers and practitioners from Australia and the South East Asia-Pacific region, including art educators from schools, tertiary institutions, museum and gallery educators, artists, policy makers and students.

INVITATION TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS FOR CONSIDERATION

Researchers and practitioners in the visual arts and art education are invited to submit abstracts for peer-reviewed papers, presentations and practical workshops within the theme and subthemes of Views, Values and Visions in Art and Art Education.

Applicants are encouraged to think imaginatively about using the gallery spaces for presentations in NGV Australia Federation Square, NGV International and at ACMI. Presenters will also be encouraged to use Cinema 1 and a digital classroom in ACMI, education studios within NGV International and NGV Australia, the Great Hall and the Clemenger Auditorium at NGVI, as well as seminar spaces.

The Congress will be asking:

In this ever-changing world where the breadth of knowledge and diversity of
views is growing, what should we hold on to in art education, and in art theory
and practice?
What should we let go of?
Can we articulate the values we should maintain and develop?
What are our visions for the future?
How do we embrace changes in technologies, science and the environment?

Sub themes include:

Visual Arts education in the digital age
Innovative art practice within school curriculum
National curriculum and the visual arts
Voices of artists, students and teachers
Qualities and capabilities of high school graduates
Media and digital technologies
Diversity and cultural identities
Developing intercultural understandings
Building connections between Asia and Australia through art education
Visual culture, knowledge and communication
Creativity, learning theories and professional practice

NOTES FOR SUBMISSIONS

Abstracts submitted for peer review will be refereed by members of editorial board of Australian Art Education, AEA’s A rated journal. Abstracts from any relevant discipline will be considered, provided they make an original academic contribution to the research and practices of art education.

Abstracts must not exceed 300 words (excluding bibliography) and should be submitted under one of the key themes listed above. All abstracts must be in Arial 12 font and double spaced, with the official contact page attached.

Please do not submit multiple copies of the same abstract under different themes. All abstracts will be reviewed and may be moved into a different theme if needed. Once you have submitted you cannot make modifications.

Submissions should be made through the AEA website www.arteducation.org.au with your abstract, and contact details.

You can also submit your abstract via email (conference@arteducation.org.au) or fax. +613 9349 3389.Email and fax submissions must be made on the template which is available to download from our website and you will need to submit the official contact form along with your abstract.

Deadline for abstract submissions 30 April 2010.
Notification of acceptance 14 May 2010
Deadline for full papers for peer-review and publication 12 July 2010