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. _________________________________________________________________ Get the Kung Fu Bunny Theme pack free! http://www.imagine-windowslive.com/Themes/Messenger/Reward/Default.aspx?Locale=en-CA# ========================================================= 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).