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CANADIAN ART GALLERY EDUCATORS 2010 SYMPOSIUM
unCAGEd: Art without Borders
Saturday, May 8 - Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Chicago, Illinois
Time to hit the road! Join your CAGE colleagues for exciting professional development sessions in Chicago, Illinois.
This year's symposium will provide opportunities to network with Canadian Educators, sharing our successes and challenges, as well as to learn from colleagues and institutions in Chicago.
Arnold Aprill, Executive Director of Chicago Arts Partners in Education (CAPE), will present a keynote, inspiring and coaching CAGE delegates how to successfully document our process. In 2003, the Advocacy Institute and the Ford Foundation recognized CAPE and Aprill with a Leadership for a Changing World Award acknowledging CAPE's leadership in innovative approaches to school improvement through the arts. Other sessions include a workshop with the Chicago Architecture Foundation addressing their mantra “meet people where they are”; an exploration with the Museum of Contemporary Photography on creating effective community collaborations; and a presentation at the Museum of Contemporary Art on working with contemporary artists.
Site visits include tours of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smart Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House and more.
AGENDA
Saturday, May 8
10:00 - 11:00 am CAGE Registration at Hotel Monaco, 225 North Wabash
1:00 pm Meet in Hotel Monaco lobby to walk together to Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Ave.
1:30 pm Shared Experience - meet with colleagues at Art Institute of Chicago
Guided Tour of the Ryan Education Center and time to explore the Modern Wing
Facilitator: Jean Sousa, Director, Interpretive Exhibitions and Family Programs, Art Institute of Chicago
7:00 pm Dinner…Meet and Greet
Location: South Water Kitchen, River Room, Hotel Monaco, 225 North Wabash
Sunday, May 9
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago Avenue (Conference Room)
8:30 - 8:45 am Meet and Greet
8:45 - 9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 - 12:00 am Keynote session: Documenting the Process
Speakers: Arnold April, Executive Director of Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE), and Marissa Reyes, Polk Brothers Associate Director of Education, Museum of Contemporary Art
Art educators are often very good at getting a project or program done, but are we as successful at documenting what we do? How can we best capture our practice? How can we fully document our process with an eye to future programs? Why is documentation vital, and why are we so afraid of it? Combining presentation with hands-on experimentation, this session will use the CMCA's exhibition "Production Site" to expand our documentation repertoire.
Come to this interactive session armed with a digital camera (and download cable for connecting to your laptop), a laptop (if you have it), and a question about your current practice (e.g.: "How do I get adults more involved after a lecture series?", "What is the best way to extend gallery-based learning back in the classroom?").
Be prepared to leave this session with a usable record you can present back at your museum!
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own as you walk to Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Avenue
1:30 - 4:00 pm Meeting Your Audience Where They Are: real programs for real people
Interactive session addressing the needs of both adult and school groups, indoors and out
Facilitator: Jean Linsner, Vice President of Youth Education, Chicago Architecture Foundation
5:00 - 6:30 pm Architectural Riverboat Tour and Networking Session
Join fellow CAGE delegates for an informal dinner at a local restaurant or have dinner on your own.
Monday, May 10
Location: Hotel Monaco, 225 North Wabash
8:45 - 9:00 am Coffee and Tea
9:00 - 10:00 am CAGE Annual General Meeting
10:15 - 11:15 am CASE Study 1 - SUBMIT A CASE STUDY TODAY!
Facilitator: TBA
11:15 - 12:15 pm CASE Study 2 - SUBMIT A CASE STUDY TODAY!
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12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch on your own as you walk to Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan Ave
2:00 - 5:00 pm Effective Community Collaborations
Facilitators: Corinne Rose, Manager of Education, Museum of Contemporary Photography and Cynthia Weiss, Associate Director, Project AIM, Centre for Community Arts, Columbia College
Join fellow CAGE delegates for an informal dinner at a local restaurant or have dinner on your own.
Tuesday, March 11
Explore Hyde Park
10:00 - 11:30 am Guided Tour of Smart Museum, University of Chicago, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave.
Facilitator: TBA
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own as you walk to Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue
1:00 - 2:30 pm Guided Tour of Robie House and Discussion
Facilitator: Jan Kieckhefer, Director of Education, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
3:00 - 4:00 pm Introduction to The Renaissance Society and Exhibition Tour, University of Chicago, 5811 South Ellis Avenue
Facilitator: Hamza Walker, Director of Education and Curator, The Renaissance Society
NOTE:
*Please bring information about your gallery/museum and programs for our information table.
*CMA Travel Bursaries are available for delegates attending the CAGE 2010 Symposium. Applications must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the beginning of the symposium. For more information, visit Canadian Museums Assocation Travel Bursaries. There are opportunities to share accommodations with fellow delegates.
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Tools for Change: Meeting Future Challenges
Saturday, March 28 – Tuesday, March 31, 2009
National Gallery of Canada and Portrait Gallery of Canada (a program of Library and Archives Canada)
Ottawa, Ontario
Children who enter grade one this fall will not be retiring until 2068, if then. No-one can adequately forecast the changes they will face over their working life and with the current state of the economy, environmental issues and political unrest, no-one can guess what the role of the art gallery will be in the future. How do we prepare ourselves for the changes we will face as art gallery educators?
This symposium will explore the current climate of change that art galleries are facing and how we can move forward to create a sustainable model for the future. Many art gallery educators are embracing tools and techniques from professionals working outside the museum in order to not only respond to change but to go forth and meet future challenges. Presentations from professionals in the fields of advertising, visitor studies, interpretive planning and academia will share their expertise to further extend these discussions. We will gather new ideas to add to our educator's toolbox, reflect on our own practices as museum and gallery educators and move closer to actualizing our dreams of making our museums more relevant in our ever changing communities.
The symposium “provided a window into understanding what future challenges art educators will face, now face and the tools necessary to forge ahead in a positive frame of mind.”
The symposium was “great! I appreciated the chance to get to know other symposium participants. It was a relaxing atmosphere within which to share our experiences and begin to develop relationships.”
The presentations were “outstanding.” They “helped to clarify many of my thoughts pertaining to museum and gallery education.” They were “dynamic” and “engaging!”
“As always the 2009 CAGE Symposium was a welcome opportunity to gather with colleagues, network and refocus.”
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Connections: Art and Communities
April 12 - 15, 2008
Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
Communities...geographical, social, cultural, political, and even virtual - can collectively define who we are and how we see the world. More and more, a multiplicity of communities are reflected in the exhibitions and collections of art galleries and museums. What does this mean for educational programming and interpretation?
This symposium will look at ways in which gallery educators can make connections with and within communities through art. Presentations will focus on innovative approaches for community engagement including First Nations collaborations, issues of cultural diversity, school program initiatives and programming at artist-run centres. Bring your own community experiences in programming to this timely and relevant symposium.
"I loved this symposium and thought I might explode with all the great info."
"I found the theme very relevant to issues we are dealing with - lots to think about."
"Excellent theme that can be adapted to institutions of any size."
"Good equilibrium between practice and theory."
"I found all the gallery visits really inspiring. Each location gave me different insights into my own programming - it was great to make the connections."
Visual Arts Summit - A Collective Agenda for the Visual Arts
In November 2007, a broad cross-section of representatives from the visual arts sector in Canada gathered in Ottawa to build "a consensus and a strategy to broaden the appreciation of Canadian art - both domestically and internationally."
A Collective Agenda for the Visual Arts was developed to articulate the importance of the visual arts to Canadian society and to advocate for greater support for the sector from the federal government.
CAGE invites CAGE members and visitors to our website to read the petition and to sign their names in support of the visual arts in Canada.
For more information, please visit Visual Arts Summit
Canadian Art Gallery/Art Museum Educators (CAGE) is a non-profit association of educators from art galleries and museums across Canada.
Formed in 1989, CAGE has a long history of providing support for gallery and museum educators.
CAGE members are students, teachers and professionals who work and study in the field of art gallery and museum education. CAGE offers its membership the opportunity to:
- network with other professionals in the field from across Canada through meetings and CAGE's members-only discussion boards
- learn about research in the field through frequent mailings of educational and promotional material
- be affiliated with provincial, regional and international associations of art educators and museum professionals
- exchange information about employment opportunities in the field
CAGE is an association governed by an executive committee elected from the association for terms of one to two years. Communication is maintained through representatives from all regions of the country.
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