Wicked hot and interesting conference!
Yesterday was 101 degrees here in Denver. Catherine and I traveled the 5 miles out of downtown to Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design where the Assessment in the Arts Conference is being held.
I attended two sessions, one on facilitating the creation of arts rubrics and the second was documenting the arts using video and qualitative methods. I was reminded of how fortunate we are in Maine to have MLTI and the impact that has had during the last 10 years on education.
The keynote was given by Olivia Gude who is an visual art educator, K-higher ed. She presently teaches at the University of Illinois. She received the National Art Education Association’s Lowenfeld Award for significant contributions to the field of art education. Her presentation was on her mural work. She has created over 50 mural and mosaic projects, often in collaboration with inter-generational groups. The images she shared were very powerful.
Today, Catherine and I present the Maine Arts Assessment Initiative work in an afternoon session. We are excited and proud to let folks from across the country know about the outstanding work Maine arts educators are doing!
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