Canadian Art Gallery Educators 2007 Symposium
New Content, New Approaches, New Teaching...New Learners?
May 26 – 29, 2007
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
TO REGISTER, download the registration form from our website:
http://www.cageart.ca
The role of the educator in art galleries is changing! New demands for a
more targeted approach that meets the needs of a diverse gallery-going
public is an exciting challenge that takes us into unfamiliar territories.
Tours, talks and lectures, the ‘bread and butter’ of educational programming
are based on long-held assumptions about how people learn. What roles can we
play in the learning process? Do children learn in the same ways that adults
learn? Have new technologies changed the way we think and learn How can an
examination of learning inform our practices?
Symposium Agenda
Saturday, May 26
Location: Sheraton Hamilton, 116 King Street West
5:30 – 6:00 pm Welcome! Registration
6:00 – 9:00 pm Dinner...Discovery...Discussion
Please bring with you a maximum of 3 images (photographs, prints - no slides
please) that reflect what learning in a Gallery means to you. Be ready to
share these with colleagues.
Sunday, May 27
Location: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King Street West
Please bring brochures, posters, and information about your gallery/museum
and programs for information table.
8:30 – 9:00 am Registration
9:00 – 10:30 am New Learners? Has new technology changed the ways in which
gallery visitors learn? What implication does this have for gallery
programming?
Keynote Panel:
Dr. Mark Morton, Teaching and Technology Specialist, The Centre for Teaching
Excellence, University of Waterloo
Dr. Barbara Soren, Independent Consultant, Program Coordinator of Museum
Studies, Faculty of Information Studies and Coordinator of the Knowledge
Media Design Collaborative Program, University of Toronto
10:30 – 11:00 am Break
11:00 – 12:00 pm Discussion groups and feedback on panel session
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch at Café at AGH
1:30 – 3:00 pm Conversations: New Approaches in the Gallery
An open conversation between speakers and symposium participants focusing on
New Approaches.
Christine Castle, Museum Consultant and Educator
Renée Wetselaar, Workers Arts & Heritage (Community Arts)
Tiffanie Ting, Director of Public Programs, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm Tour of Art Gallery of Hamilton
Evening Dinner on your own
Monday, May 28
Location: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King Street West
9:00 – 9:15 am Business/Announcements
9:15 – 10:15 am CASE Study 1 and discussion
10:15 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 11:45 am CASE Study 2 and discussion
11:45 – 1:15 pm Lunch at local restaurants
1:30 – 3:00 pm Wired and Wonderful: New Technology for Gallery Educators
Brian Porter, Senior Director of New Media Resources, Royal Ontario Museum
Lise Hosein, Freelance writer and curator, Art Gallery of York University
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 5:00 pm CAGE AGM and planning session
7:00 pm Hamilton Educators (HAM-ED)*** extend an invitation to CAGE
delegates for a night of food, drink and discussion. (optional)
Where: Downtown Hamilton Restaurant TBA
Tuesday, May 29 (optional)
Visits to local art spaces/organizations. Locations to be announced.
***HAM-ED, the Hamilton and Area Museums Educators Group, is an ad hoc
association of about 50 museum/gallery workers living and/or working in the
vicinity of Hamilton, Ontario. We tackle current issues in museum education
& interpretation. We meet informally after-hours, usually in some kind of
social setting like a restaurant or pub. For a better idea of who we are and
current discussions, visit our blog at www.hamused.blogspot.com
Complementing the CAGE Symposium theme of "New Content, New Approaches, New
Teaching...New Learners?", the evening’s topic will be "Non-traditional
Activities and Interpretation". Conversation at this meeting will be casual
and a suggested reading accompanies the discussion topic, but is not a must
read.
*Do visitors use your site in unanticipated or non-traditional ways?
*Are there 'teachable moments' we can introduce to nevertheless deliver our
message to these site users?
*One national battlefield in South Carolina found the overwhelming primary
reason for visiting was for jogging and exercise. Ideas were proposed for
merging education and exercise, such as offering battle-themed fitness
events (military drills, cavalry manoeuvres), or painting a timeline along
the trail that listed important dates before and after the battle.
*Are there non-preferred activities on your site?
*What motivates this visitor behaviour?
*Could you create experiences for this audience that would address the
motivation while getting your messages across?
*What impact would this have on audience development?
Reference:
"Nontraditional Activities and Interpretation at National Parks: Conflict or
Coexistence?" Dr. Mark Morgan, Journal of Interpretation Research, 10(2)
2005.
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