Social Art Educators' Forum

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Social Art Educators' Forum

I co-facilitate this international form with Prof Loraine Leeson who created the initiative as an outcome of the AHRC funded research network for which she was PI and I was one of four Advisors. Representatives of cultural and educational organisations from more than 20 countries take part.
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Social practice continues as a growing phenomenon amongst creative practitioners globally, who are increasingly drawing on their creativity to address urgent issues of social and environmental justice. There are nevertheless still relatively few courses that teach this as a specific discipline, though art and design educators regularly find ways of embedding it in a range of creative courses, and support also comes through cultural organisations. As a community we are nevertheless quite dispersed and it can be difficult to find both support and opportunities to discuss the ideas, challenges and possibilities of teaching and learning that arise through this work. A recent AHRC funded project The Art of Engagement, involving Middlesex University, the Tate gallery, Queens Museum and City University New York (CUNY), has been exploring ways to build an international learning community in Social Practice. The most positive aspect of this work has been dialogue between creative practitioners, educators and cultural workers, that has begun to explore what socially engaged artists need and how we can best offer learning and support in this discipline. We are now inviting you to join the discussion. The Social Art Educators’ Forum is conceived as a short monthly online session open to anyone interested in these issues, to which you can drop in according to availability and interest. Discussion will be informal and open-ended around participant experience and ideas on proposed topics. Recognising that everyone is busy, the first session will be 1.5 hours to allow for introductions and initial logistics, and thereafter one hour. Timing has allowed for as many time zones as possible amongst those who have already demonstrated an interest, though of course others are welcome.

The forum is held on the last Friday of each month, hosted by Loraine Leeson of Middlesex University in collaboration with Roxane Permar of University of Highlands and Islands.

Timing: 9amCST/ 10amEST/ 3pmGMT/ 4pmCET/ 5pmEET/ 8.30pmIST for about an hour once a month on a Friday.

Period	24 Feb 2023 → …
Degree of Recognition	International