/ -- The Indian Art and Design Educators Association (IADEA) hosted its second annual conference in New Delhi today. The theme of the two-day conference was Art Integrated Learning - a cross disciplinary approach to learning art where art is seen as a facilitator for overall learning.
The theme was created specifically to bring together stakeholders from across the education and art ecosystem who are passionate about making art an important learning tool in school-based education to facilitate lateral thinking, process orientation, problem solving, risk taking and individual creativity thereby fostering key life-skills that are essential for survival in the modern world.
Announcing the workshop, Ms. Sara Vetteth, Founder IADEA said, "Art Integrated Learning is a highly acclaimed and holistic model of teaching-learning that integrates art with the mainstream school curriculum to help educators and teachers create a better classroom environment and improve both teaching and learning standards. How does art relate to language, science and maths? We want to change the way art is perceived and introduce the idea of art as a facilitator for cross disciplinary thought and learning. It is a great way to teach life skills, risk-taking, process oriented and design thinking. I am delighted to see so many participants that are eagerly learning and sharing their own experiences. We hope some of our ideas manage to influence inclusive and integrated teaching-learning methods in the future."
In his keynote session, noted global leader in designing visual arts curriculum, Dr. Nigel Meager, Associate of King's College, Cambridge, UK said, "I have found in studying the work of 40 art educators across the globe that the emphasis in the postmodernist era is on individual freedom and expression rather than skill. The skill component which used to be emphasized two decades ago ranks rather low in deciding what qualifies as art."
Ms. Jenny Hong Kim, is a noted school art educator at the School of Graduate Studies, Art Institute of Chicago and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She now lives and works in South Korea and her India visit was sponsored by the INKO Centre. She said, "Rather than the old view of inspiration as an A-ha moment which digs into the subconscious, recent neuroscientific and scientific studies demonstrate that creativity is not momentary but it is developed through specific thinking routines and thinking dispositions."
The event concluded with the much awaited 2019 Camlin Art Teacher Excellence Awards that celebrated the inventiveness, creativity, and passion of art teachers. The award-winning projects are now online as resource material for all teachers to refer to and use. The 7 award categories that included both a winner and runner-up were:
Innovation in the Art Room Best use of Elements of Art Promoting Artistic Process Collaboration in the Art Room Art Teaching Techniques Instilling Creative Confidence Art Projects for Children with Special Needs Here is the full list of winners:
Art for Social Change Winner - Diana Sathish, KC High International School, Chennai Runner up - Amrutha Anand, ApL Global School, Chennai
Art Teaching Techniques Winner - Pragati Pramod, Somaiya School, Mumbai Runner Up - Amal Krishna Paul, Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad
Best Use of Elements of Art
Winner - Amrutha Anand, ApL Global School, Chennai Runner up - Vidhi Sharma, Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad
Collaboration in the Art Room
Winner - Ashwini Rajeev Rudrakshi, The Orchid School, Baner, Pune Runner Up - Raghunath Jena, Vidhya Gyan School, Noida
Innovation in the Art Room
Winner - Amala Aiana, Deepa Shankar and Nivedha Leoni, Sishya School, Chennai Runner up - Rajashree Gupta, Kiran Nadar Museum, Delhi
Instilling Creative Confidence
Winner - Manisha Lal, Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram Runner up - Mandhakini Mathur, Devrai Art Village, Pachgani
Promoting Artistic Process
Winner - Vidhi Sharma, Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad Runner up - Pankaj Patil, Somaiya School, Mumbai
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