[Artbeyondsightmuseums] Multimodal Approaches to Learning International Conference

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Multimodal Approaches to Learning
International Conference
Organized by Art Beyond Sight  and The Metropolitan Museum of Art


This fourth conference will take place on October 26-27, 2012 at the Metropolitan Museum. It addresses inclusive and multi-sensory learning environments and strategies, particularly in relation to the arts and museums. Our discussions will focus on experiences that involve sound, touch, movement, drama, olfactory and modes of proprioceptive learning. Multimodal learning and creative experiences are meaningful to all audiences including people with disabilities and people with different learning preferences.  Conference participants and organizers aim to define a framework for engaging diverse audiences through multimodal experiences, and identify new trends and innovation in learning and museum practice. The trademark of this conference has been its diverse cross-disciplinary audience that includes: Museum staff, art educators, teaching artists, special education teachers, therapists, new media artists, researchers, computer engineers and technology specialists, Universal Design advocates, architects, exhibit, and product designers, and graduate students.

You will find further information on the conference blog at:
http://artbeyondsightconference.blogspot.com/


Marie Clapot
Project Coordinator/Educator
Art Beyond Sight
589 Broadway, 3rd fl.
New York, NY 10012
(212) 334-8723
fax:(212) 941-6024
www.artbeyondsight.org
www.nybeyondsight.org
www.projectaccessforall.org



Multimodal Approaches to Learning
International Conference
Organized by Art Beyond Sight  and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

October 26-28, 2012
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
This conference addresses inclusive and multisensory learning environments and strategies, particularly in relation to the arts and museums. Our discussions will focus on experiences that involve sound, touch, movement, drama, olfactory and modes of proprioceptive learning. Multimodal learning and creative experiences are meaningful to all audiences including people with disabilities and people with different learning preferences.
First held in 2005, the conference has become a forum for cross-disciplinary creative thinking and the exchange of ideas. We will continue to foster dialogue between such diverse disciplines as neuroscience, cognitive psychology, education, museum studies, disability and cultural studies, technology, architecture, product design, and media art.
New this year:
The conference includes "Experiential Sessions and Artists' Workshops" inviting participants to reflect on artists' creative processes and their relevance to multimodal experiences. Some of these sessions will focus on multimedia and interactive art works; touchable and edible masterpieces; sound art, music, and the "soundscape" of a museum experience. "Museum Roundtables" also will be held, providing opportunities for further discussion. They will focus on such themes as handling and touch objects -- their role in learning and teaching, and artists' tools and processes, and multisensory learning.
Speakers:
Keynote Address by theater director Peter Sellars. Other Speakers include Margaret Livingstone, Author Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing, John Kennedy, University of Toronto, Author Drawing and the Blind; David Freedberg, Columbia University, Author The Power of Images; John Falk, Oregon State University, Author Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience; Rachel Herz, Brown University, Author The Scent of Desire: Discovering our enigmatic sense of smell; Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Harvard Medical Center; Martin Tröndle, Zepellin University/Mapping-Museum Project; KJ Baysa and Johannes Goebel, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC).

Artists:

Stephen Vitiello, Jennifer Rubell, Emilie Baltz, Luke Dubois, Daniel Rozin, Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg of Nervous System, and Lou Mallozzi. Sofia Paraskeva, Eric Brun-Sanglard of the Blind Designer, John Bramblitt.
For full program, visit: http://artbeyondsightconference.blogspot.com/
For more information, contact Marie Clapot at aeb at artbeyondsight.org or call (212) 334-8723.



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