Fifth Annual Graduate Research in Art Education Conference
October 20, 2009
The Penn State Art Education program and the Art and Art Education programs at Columbia University’s Teachers College are co-sponsoring the Fifth Annual Graduate Research in Art Education (GRAE) Conference, November 6-7, in 112 Borland Building, on the Penn State University Park campus. Deborah L. Smith-Shank, professor of art and art education, faculty associate in women’s studies and LGBT studies, and head of the art education division at Northern Illinois University, will give the keynote address, Snowy White Sheets, Rosy Red Feathers, and Muddy Black Roots: Myths and Feminist Visual Culture, Friday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m. in 112 Borland Building. The lecture is open to the public.
Smith-Shank is the vice president of the International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA) and the North American world counselor of InSEA, and has served as president of the National Art Education Women’s Caucus (1998-2000), president of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Queer Issues Caucus (LGBTQIC) (2001-2003), and executive secretary of the World Council of InSEA. Smith-Shank has written numerous papers and publications, including Semiotics and the Visual Culture: Sights, Signs, and Significance (2004), and received teaching awards and grants to conduct research on visual culture and gender in the United States, Europe and Asia.
The 2009 GRAE program, Saturday, November 7, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., features dissertation and thesis research presentations by graduate students from both universities, along with a response panel composed of keynote speaker Smith-Shank; Yvonne Gaudelius, assistant vice president and associate dean of undergraduate education at Penn State; and Sharif Bey, assistant professor of art education at Syracuse University. Both Gaudelius and Bey are Penn State alumni. Presentations and lectures are free and open to the public.
Contact: Flora W. Marynak, fwm1@psu.edu or 814.863.0621