We are Looking for Our Future Leaders
You are invited to collaborate in the design of a Visual Culture National Art Educators Association Distinguished Fellows Institute. NAEA Distinguished Fellows are the leading voices, recognized by their peers, in the field of art education. The purpose of the Institute will be to contribute to the discourse/ dialogue focused on practical applications of the visual culture approach to teaching art education. The Institute members will be carefully selected by the Distinguished Fellows through application. The Institute will be held at Chateau Mer (Sea House), a cottage on a beach in Sandy Point, Maine. The Institute is designed using a constructivist model and will include: Distinguished Fellows speakers, discussion, movement/performance, text, visual, music, art making (and beyond) as several methods of inquiry. The registration limit is 25. The goal of the institute is to encourage a joyful, relaxing and dynamic dialogue inviting full voice from all the creative disciplines. There will be reflective time, beach walking time, alone time and collaborative time built in the schedule. A tentative title is Leadership Strategies in Art Education: The Power of Collaborative Creating. We would value your comments as we design this Institute. The Sandy Point Distinguished Fellows Leadership Institute is intended to act as pilot for an art education institute leadership model.
The People (to view current projects and interests visit websites):
Invited Distinguished Fellows:
- Doug Boughton President - International Society of Education Through the Arts, Author, - Northern Illinois University
- Kerry Freedman Art Educator of the Year NAEA, Past Editor Studies in Art Education, Author - Northern Illinois University
- Mary Ann Stankiewicz Past- President NAEA, Author, Roots of Art Education Practice - Penn State University
- Laurie Hicks Founder/Editor, Journal of Gender Studies, Printer/Photographer - University Of Maine
- Pat Stuhr, Chair - Ohio State University
- Host: Barbara Bridges Minnesota Higher Art Educator of the Year, online curriculum specialist, sculptor - Bemidji State University http://www.bemidjistate.edu/dlite/
- Sculptor: Madelynne Engle Conceptual Sculptor; US Embassy, Hilton Collection, Monsanto, E F Hutton, Bank of America; San Diego, California http://www.englestudio.com/#start
The Facility:
Chateau Mer is located in Sandy Point, Maine, a town of 50 people, at the mouth of Penobscot Bay. The cottage is only 30 miles from a major airport in Bangor. You will have your own private cove on a mile long sandy beach with a beach screen house, and a fire pit. The cottage is also 30 miles from both Bar Harbor (Acadia National Park), and Camden (home of the tall ships schooner fleet). It is a very unique property renovated by Barbara; including a Brazilian granite counter in the kitchen, a nine piece light sculpture and a 16 foot 4 inch pine table in the great room, a handmade tile grotto bathroom and fireplace and a Mexican suite full of objects d'art found on travels throughout Latin America. There are two decks and the entire water side of the house has ocean views. The cottage has a wood working/assemblage sculpture studio. http://www.bridgescreate.com/house/index.html
We believe it is important to provide access to this opportunity to art education leaders and potential leaders, regardless of socio-economic status and encouraging the communicative and collaborative mission of the institute. The Institute could tentatively be held from July 21-July 28, OR July 28-Aug 4 OR Aug 4 - 11, 2007. Many sleeping accommodations are available:
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First Floor
$40.00 per night - Postmodern Room -king
$40.00 per night - El Grotto Room -2 twins
$30 per night - den - 2 twins
Postmodern, den and Grotto share a bath.
Second Floor
Mexican Suite $40 per night - 4 twin beds
Toy Room $40 per night - 1 queen bed
Toy and Mexican share a full bath.
Third Floor
$15.00 per night - dorm - sleeping mat and bag
$20.00 per night - dorm roll-away
$25.00 per night - dorm twin bed
The dorm has a shared full bath.
Community
$150 per night per person. Two person cottage next door.
$250 per night- cottage which sleeps six across the street.
$125 per night Bed and Breakfast 5 miles away.
Camping is also available on the beach! $10.00 per night
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The Institute
The theme of the Institute is Leadership. Using various forms of inquiry, the institute hopes to create several collaborative works for exhibition at the National Art Educators convention. Utilizing grant opportunities (secured by the Fellows, sculptor and host) we also hope to see the resulting installation travel to each of the Institute’s participant’s locale. The participants will work together on theme/idea development BEFORE we meet and we will have a wood worker and/or sculptor to help us with the fabrication.
The Cost: The cost of the conference will be $700.00 plus your choice of sleeping accommodations.
The conference fee includes:
Fellows, host and sculptor fees
Morning breakfasts
4 lunches
One New England Shoa’ dinner ( on the beach).
Seafood Sampler Surprise Dinner
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