Educator Professional Development

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ᐊᓚᒃᑳᔪᑦ  Alakkaajut

(Many Things Appear)

Running dates: August 5 to September 24, 2022

Opening reception: Friday, August 5, 2022. Time 5pm to 10pm

Artist Talk:  TBA

Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Anchorage, Alaska)

Maureen Gruben (Tuktoyaktuk, NT)

Sissel M. Bergh (Trondheim, Norway)

This retreat for adults brings together amateur musicians and an exceptional faculty of 20 musicians/educators for one week of instruction and creativity in a friendly and supportive environment.  Singers and instrumentalists build their programs from ~60 ensembles and workshops.

Are you an educator looking to build your confidence in teaching dance that is inclusive to students of all abilities?

La Semaine internationale de l’éducation artistique a lieu du 23 au 29 mai 2022. Désignée par l’UNESCO en 2012, cette semaine a pour mandat de célébrer toute la diversité des arts, ainsi que les éducateurs artistiques qui cultivent et transforment l’humanité par leur travail. Le thème de l’édition 2022 est L’éducation artistique pour la paix.

Welcome to the 35th World Conference of the International Society of Music Education! This is the first time the conference will be back in Australia in 32 years. The last time the World Conference was held in Australia was way back in 1988, in the national capital, Canberra. The conference will be held Online. 

The conference theme A Visible Voice is closely aligned with the values of the Australian Society of Music Education, and the broader musical landscape in Australia.  

International Arts Education Week is May 23-29, 2022! Designated by UNESCO in 2012,  the week celebrates the arts, in their diversity, and arts educators which play a critical  role in fostering and transforming humanity.

The Coalition for Music Education in Canada will be hosting a virtual launch event and discussion panel on Thursday, February 24th at 7pm EST, to review the findings of a National Study three years in development.

Read the report Here

About The Canadian Art Inspiration Student Contest

Open to students from Grade 7 through Grade 12, the Canadian Art Inspiration Student Contest invites submissions of artworks inspired by or responding to leaders in Canadian art  history and major Canadian artworks. Applicants are encouraged to interpret this theme as broadly as they wish, and to  submit works in any media.

Apply online before March 31, 2022 at 11:59PM EDT.  

This coming March, I invite you to share our 6-week-long course, Social Artistry Through Co-Creation at SFU, to discover and give form to each others' lived experiences, while co-creating our roles as “keepers of the culture.” Sharing our accumulated wisdom through collaborative art will help re-balance our strained social fabric. Come meet like-minded people and let us make art together.

A shared music experience is created through a collection of online instructional workshops for singers and instrumentalists. Each of the 10 different workshops includes 6 hours of instruction and have limited enrolment to allow each participant individual attention from the coach.