Caleb Winters's blog

Join us for the 6th annual Art Education Graduate Symposium, on February 6th and 7th 2015. This year, the symposium will be showcasing research within and beyond the Concordia context, surrounding the theme of art and social inclusion. Individual papers, panel discussions, and skill-sharing sessions, as well as alternative presentation formats such as performance, that celebrate, question, challenge, or otherwise encourage consideration about art, accessibility and social inclusion will be presented.

Very interesting article posted on the New York Times:

“We treat arts classroom space the way we treat janitorial space — it’s just expendable. And it shouldn’t be,” Mr. Stringer said in an interview on Sunday, noting that instruction in the arts is associated with higher student grades and rates of college enrollment. “This is not a toolshed or a closet; this is where the next great artist or musician is going to happen.”

Great to hear about this program out of NYU that's spotlighting the teaching artist across multiple disciplines:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/NYUs-Program-in-Educational-Theatre-to-Spotlight-Teaching-Artists-425-27-20140402#.Uz8JE_ldXY4