UT, TMA to Host Int'l Conference on Childhood Art Education
UT, museum to host international conference on early childhood art education
Children’s art exhibit on display during conference, June 6-8
Some 65 educators from around the globe will be in town this month for the fourth International Art in Early Childhood Association Conference which will take place in The University of Toledo’s Center for the Visual Arts on the Toledo Museum of Art Campus.
The UT Department of Art and the Toledo Museum of Art are hosting the conference titled “Art…Play…Children…Wonderment!!!” It will take place Monday through Wednesday, June 6-8.
“We’re expecting theorists and researchers from New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Cyprus, England, Canada and the United States to attend,” said Dr. Katherina Danko-McGhee, UT professor of art education, who organized the event.
“The conference will bring experts together to share ideas and offer an opportunity to see early childhood art education from new points of view. This will lead to exploring alternative ways to teach art to young children,” she said.
Topics to be covered during the three days include creating inspiring environments, preschool fine artsimmersion, virtual museums and young children, puppetry art, how drawings and narratives promote early literacy, and children using digital cameras as an art medium.
In conjunction with the conference, an exhibition titled “Listen to the Children: Conversations in Visual Form” will be on display in the Center for the Visual Arts Gallery Monday through Wednesday, June 6-8, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The young artists, who range in age from 2 to 8, participated in the UT Children’s Art Workshop.
“Each child was partneredwith a University student for six weeks,” Danko-McGhee said. “During this program, the children explore different art media.”
Works in the free, public exhibition were created from recycled materials, paints, crayons, markers and chalk.
For more information on the conference or exhibit, go to www.ecartconference2011.com.
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