*Apologies for cross postings. 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. _________________________________________________________________ Check Out Our List Of Trendy Restaurants. You'll Eat It Up! http://local.live.com/?mkt=en-ca/?v=2&cid=A6D6BDB4586E357F!378 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).