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Canadian Art Gallery Educators
CAGE 2007 Symposium
May 26 – 29, 2007
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
To register for the symposium, please download the registration form from
the CAGE website at http://www.cageart.ca.
Symposium Agenda
Saturday, May 26
Location: Sheraton Hamilton, 116 King Street West
5:30 pm Welcome! Registration
6:00 pm - 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 am Registration
9:00 - 10:30 am New Learners…? Has new technology changed the ways in
which gallery visitors learn? What implications does this have for gallery
programming?
Keynote Panel:
Dr. Mark Morton - Centre of Learning and Teaching Through Technology,
Waterloo University
Other panel members to be confirmed
10:30 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 - 12:00 noon 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 with focus
on New Approaches.
Christine Castle, Museum Consultant and Educator
Renee Wetsellaar, 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 am - Business/Announcements
9:15 - 10:15 am CASE Study 1 and discussion
10:45 - 11:45 am CASE Study 2 and discussion
11:45 - 1:15 pm Lunch Catered by AGH
1:30 - 3:00 pm Wired and Wonderful: New Technology for Gallery Educators
Brian Porter, Senior Director of New Media Resources (ROM)
Lise Hosein, Freelance writer and curator
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm CAGE AGM and planning session.
7:00 pm - Optional - Hamilton Educators (HAM-ED) extend an invitation to
CAGE delegates for a night of food, drink and discussion.**
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 http://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 maneuvers), 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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