Rotary Centre For The Arts - Art Educators - Summer Workshops, Classes and Sessions for Teachers

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$107.00 incl gst

Conference for Teachers and Administrators K-12

Arts at the Heart of the Community:

Inspiring Creativity in Education

August 29 & 30, 2006

Conference Location – The Rotary Centre for the Arts and The Kelowna Art Gallery

The Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna B.C. will be hosting an Arts Educator’s Conference August 29-30, 2006. Designed to inspire teachers of drama, music, visual arts, media and dance at the start of a new school year, the conference will feature guest speakers and a variety of workshops in all aspects of Arts Education. We will celebrate the ways in which the learner and community intertwine and support one another expressively. This conference is open to all Arts teachers in the Province, and will focus on Advocacy and Professional Development for Elementary and Secondary School teachers and Administrators.

“The arts must be at the heart of every child’s experience if they are to have a chance to dream and to create, to have beliefs, and to carry a sense of cultural identity” James D. Wolfensohn, former chairman of The Kennedy Centre

Join us in Kelowna’s beautiful Cultural District August 29-30

Kelowna’s Cultural District is located in downtown Kelowna and surrounded by beautiful Okanagan Lake. Once the centre of the Okanagan’s fruit packing industry, this six-block area has been revitalized into a creative hub of musicians, artists and performers. Thriving with attractions such as museums, galleries, theatres, historic sites and views and spectacular Waterfront Park. You can attend shows, shop, dine, play the tables at the Casino or simply relax on the beach or in our parks and enjoy the many festivals and events year round. A variety of tour options are available to you and can be customized to fit your needs. From the Cultural District you can join an Okanagan Wine Country Tour, take an adventure tour or biking tour from Monashee Adventure Tours or just PARK, WALK and EXPLORE by choosing one of our incredible GUIDED WALKING TOURS!

Keynotes

August 29 Dr. Stuart Richmond

“The Arts, Community and the Authentic Learner”

Overview: The Arts are forms of understanding that develop mind, feeling, imagination, and touch, and thus are very powerful emotionally. They involve aesthetics, and can be practiced for their own sakes, which teaches us about intrinsic value, but also, as with the development of appreciation for the environment they can have significant social and community response.

Stuart Richmond is Professor and Coordinator of Arts Education at Simon Fraser University . He was founding Dean of the School of Creative Arts, Sciences and Technology at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Director of the Simon Fraser Gallery, and Editor of the Canadian Review of Art Education. He has published in the leading international journals of arts education, and he taught for several years in the public schools of Alberta and BC. In 2003 was appointed Visiting Professor at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, China. His exhibition, “Medieval Places: Recent Photographs of French Romanesque Architecture” was held at Alliance Francaise in Vancouver in May, 2006.

August 30 Dr Sharon McCoubrey

“Arts Education is Alive and Well”

Overview: Experiences in the arts continue to be vital aspects of children's learning and development. This is being recognized by national and international organizations, and is resulting in some initiatives that produce hope for all arts educators. Along with the examples of inspiring projects and effective work that prompt us to celebrate are some challenges that hopefully prompt us to action.

Dr. Sharon McCoubrey is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia Okanagan . She is President of the Canadian Society for Education through Art, and on the Executive of the BC Art Teachers Association. She has a BEd and a MEd from the University of Victoria , and a PhD from UBCV. She has been awarded the "Art Educator of the Year Award" from the National Association for Education through Art ( Chicago , 1993), from the Canadian Society for Education through Art ( Montreal , 1997), and the BC Art Teachers' Association ( Vancouver , 2002). Dr. McCoubrey has authored several art education resource books, and has research interests in all aspects of art education, in aboriginal education, teachers' beliefs, and assessment. She serves as Chair of a municipal Public Art Commission, Chair of Lake Country ArtWalk, is a Director of the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan , and when possible, finds time to spend in her studio painting.