HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-02-06; Arts Commission; ; ARTS EDUCATION CONFERENCE RECAP1
Meeting Date: February 6, 2020
To: Carlsbad Arts Commission
From: Richard Schultz, Cultural Arts Manager
richard.schultz@carlsbadca.gov or 760-602-2086
Subject: Arts Education Conference Recap
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Executive Summary
This report recaps a staff member’s experience at the 82nd Annual Conference for Community Arts
Education in Austin, Texas from October 30 to November 2, 2019, as well as offering insights into the
current arts education approach by Cultural Arts.
Discussion
Community Arts Coordinator Laurette Garner will share information on an annual arts education
conference presented by the National Guild for Community Arts Education. Over 600 arts education
leaders and 75 young artists came together to form a powerful learning community and to ensure all
people have opportunities to maximize their creative potential. Topics and themes included were:
•Arts Justice - Reframing Arts Education as a Civil & Human Right;
•Intergenerational Leadership;
•Arts Integration Academic Mindsets, and;
•Celebrating Artful Aging Through Performance and Conversation.
Conference activities included a site visit to a Day of the Dead Festival at an Arts Education facility in San
Antonio, Texas.
Cultural Arts’ approach to arts education utilizes research from The Artful Thinking Program and the
Eight Studio Habits of Mind to support programs for schools. These two approaches are key
components of the Three-Part Art program at the Cannon Art Gallery and the California History and Art
program in partnership with the Parks & Rec Department at the Leo Carrillo Ranch.
The purpose of Harvard University’s Artful Thinking Program is to help teachers regularly use works of
art (and music) in their curriculum in ways that strengthen student thinking and learning. Studio
Thinking (also developed at Harvard University) identifies the broad thinking dispositions, or Habits of
Mind, that visual arts teachers use in their classes. This program seeks to empower students to identify
their artistic process in order to better understand their choices and build creative skills appropriate to
art and other content areas.
Fiscal Analysis
No additional city funding is being requested at this time.
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Next Steps
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Public Notification
This document was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code
Section 54950 et. Seq.), published and distributed at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date and time.
Exhibits
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