Professional Learning for Artists and Organisations
ArtsEdge 10th Anniversary Conference
What a fantastic day!
Held at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts on Thursday July 10, the ArtsEdge 10th Anniversary Conference was a celebration for the education sector and designed to further encourage engagement with the arts and cultural sector.
The Key Note Speaker Series was specifically designed to encourage and celebrate engagement, collaboration and partnership between the education, arts and cultural sectors. The conference featured a number of local, national and international guest speakers including:
Dr David Sudmalis, Australia Council for the Arts
Session - Australia Council’s Cultural Engagement Framework and ‘Education and the Arts Strategy’, and included a discussion of the artists-in-residence initiative announced in the 2008 Federal Budget.
Paul Haywood, University of Salford UK
Session - Creatively Engaging Students at Risk - was an opportunity to learn about the inspiring and innovative Salford Reds and Guns into Goods projects...
Barry Kelly, Berklee College USA
Berklee Music offers worldwide opportunities for online music education. Mr Kelly discussed how sharing programs online can increase audience numbers and provide education opportunities for school communities - particularly those in regional and remote areas of Western Australia.
The conference was also an opportunity to celebrate the existing partnership between the Department of Culture and the Arts and the Department of Education and Training - recognising a number of people who played an important role in the establishment, development and evolution of ArtsEdge over the first 10 years and announcing the ongoing commitment to arts and culture in education with the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding between the two Departments for a period of 3 years commencing in 2009.
Conference participants enjoying a performance workshop presented by Barking Gecko.
