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Page Fellowships to Attend Imagine America Conference |
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Friday, 19 March 2010 09:35 |
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PAGE: Publicly Active Graduate Education
Seventh Annual PAGE Summit
Speaking Within and Beyond the Academy
***CALL FOR GRADUATE STUDENT AND EARLY-CAREER FELLOWS***
Imagine America Conference
Thursday, September 23 – Saturday, September 25, 2010
Seattle, Washington
As public scholarship has grown as a viable form of knowledge-making within higher education
over the past decade, many graduate students and early career scholars have sharpened the
practical and theoretical tools with which they approach their own engaged teaching and research
agendas. At the same time, the exciting possibilities offered by linking scholarly rigor with civic
commitment increasingly attracts both new and established scholars to the field.
Across such a broad spectrum of experience and knowledge, the questions and concerns of
publicly active scholars range from the basic to the complex: What is publicly active scholarship?
How does scholarship activate civic engagement, and vice versa? When theory and practice unite
in community-based projects led by graduate students and new faculty, what are the
implications—for graduate and early-career scholars, for the communities involved, and for
academic professionalization? What are the implications for those making the leap in to the
professoriate? Have the artifacts of scholarship recognized within the academy expanded? How
does one write for the broad publics that engaged scholarship addresses? What disciplinary and
institutional obstacles do graduate students and untenured faculty continue to push against as they
pursue engaged scholarship?
PAGE invites graduate students and early-career scholars with a demonstrated interest in public
scholarship to apply for new and returning PAGE Fellowships in order to attend the 2010
Imagining America national conference in Seattle, Washington, 23-25 September. New fellows
will receive $500 and returning fellows will receive $300 to attend the conference, and will have
their conference registration fees waived. They will: attend the day-long, PAGE Summit on
September 23rd, where they will be given ample time to discuss and receive feedback on their
own emerging or established praxis; attend the general conference sessions; have an opportunity
for individual mentorship with leaders in the field of public cultural practice; and be invited to
participate in the conference’s poster session.
Graduate students at all stages of their MA/MFA/PhD programs, as well as early-career scholars
within two years of graduation are eligible to be PAGE Fellows. Cognizant of the diverse needs,
experiences, and interests of our applicant pool, PAGE encourages applicants to specify their
history in public scholarship, and some of the broad or specific issues and questions that they
would be interesting in exploring as PAGE Fellows. Note: Only students who are affiliated with
Imagining America member institutions are eligible for this award. A list of member institutions,
and more information about Imagining America, can be found at: www.imaginingamerica.org
To apply, send a 1-2 page letter of interest and a 1-2 page CV by Monday, May 3rd, 2010, to:
Robin Goettel, Assistant Director, Imagining America, Syracuse University. Applications must be
sent electronically (
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). General questions should be directed to PAGE director,
Kevin Bott (
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 14:44 |
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March 30, 2010
Art Education advising and majors registration will take place in South 109 according to the following schedule:
9:00 - 10:00 Rising seniors and super seniors
10:00 - 11:00 Rising juniors
11:00 - 12:00 Rising sophomores
You do not need an appointment. Just come at the appointed hour.
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Trintje Jansen, Teacher-Hero |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 12:41 |
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 Trintje Jansen, who has been teaching and supervising student teachers in the Art Education Department for over twenty-five years, was chosen by May Chau (BFA 2007) as the subject of a paper she wrote for a graduate course at Boston University in the fall 2009 semester, entitled "Trintje Jansen - My Inspiration and My Teacher-Hero". May writes that Trintje was "a pivotal force and influence on my decision to change my career path from sales to art education."
When May first enrolled in Trintje's Continuing Education course Drawing for the First Time, she was making a transition from a ten-year career in sales and marketing to what she hoped would be a career in the arts. Drawing for the First Time is a course for those who have little or no drawing experience. May found Trintje's course "unlike any art class I [had] ever taken" in the way Trintje fostered open-ended discovery. As a result of the course, May decided to apply to MassArt, as other Drawing for the First Time students have done, and she majored in Art Education, ultimately being supervised by Trintje in her student teaching placement in Cambridge. May is now teaching at Somerville High School.
Many of us have had teachers who are heroes to us, and it is nice that in this case the student acknowledged it.
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Teaching Artist Portfolio Course |
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Friday, 08 January 2010 15:05 |
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Dear Art Educators:
MassArt is offering a great opportunity to work with artist Chandra Ortiz (nominee for this year's ICA Foster Prize). This evening studio course is specifically designed to engage art educators in their own studio practices in a supportive community of artists/teachers. Please consider taking advantage of this unique opportunity and bring your art educator friends! The course description and Chandra's bio are below.
Best regards,
Dan Serig
Chair and Associate Professor of Art Education
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Professor Emeritus Dean Nimmer Wins Teaching Award |
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Friday, 18 December 2009 14:41 |
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 Dean Nimmer (Professor Emeritus, 2D Fine Arts) has been chosen for the 2010 Distinguished Teacher of Art Award by the College Art Association. The award will be presented at the CAA conference in February.
In his "retirement," Dean is working on his second book, Making Abstract Art, teaching at Holyoke Community College, and teaching elementary art at Curtis Blake Day School! He's an inspiration to us all.
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Friday, 18 December 2009 00:00 |
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The Art Education Office will be closed until January 7, 2010 while Deborah is on vacation.
Eleanor is available via email for students and faculty using MassArtEd and the new courseware. |
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Sunday, 08 November 2009 09:36 |
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Massarted has been undergoing some upgrading during November. We have reintroduced some features such as robust integrated courseware and forums, and installed a new simple blogging system for all registered users that you can use to post events, discussions and images.
New and old users are encourged to log-in and update their profiles to take advantage of all of the new features. Look for the user menus on the right. New accounts must be submitted to Deborah or Eleanor for approval.
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John Crowe's New Bow Tie! |
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Monday, 02 November 2009 03:17 |
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The launch of Toai Thach's bow tie business took place November 2, 2009 in the Art Education Office, where John Crowe was fitted for his new plaid bow tie by Toai himself. Deborah was amazed and astonished at the scene unfolding in front of her eyes and managed to get hold of a camera in time to record the events.
The fitting begins. John is Toai's first customer, and he chooses the plaid tie.
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 03:55 |
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MAJORS REGISTRATION DAY is October 27, 2009
Art Education advising and majors registration will take place in South 109 according to the following schedule:
9:00 - 10:00 Seniors and super seniors
10:00 - 11:00 Juniors
11:00 - 12:00 Sophomores
You do not need an appointment. Just come at the appointed hour.
Bagels will be served!
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Monday, 31 August 2009 06:58 |
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Dear Art Education Students,
Welcome back to MassArt. I am looking forward to another great year working, making and teaching with you. As we start the new academic year, I am excited to announce the addition of Dr. Adriana Katzew to our faculty. Dr. Katzew comes to us most recently from the University of Vermont. She completed her doctorate at Harvard and also has a law degree. Adriana brings expertise in many areas including issues of social justice and community arts. Please join me in welcoming her to the department. Also, John Giordano returns from sabbatical. Ask him how his doctoral studies are going. I know he is thrilled to return to MassArt to work with our students. All of the faculty and administrative staff eagerly anticipate another year filled with new discoveries, challenges, opportunities and learning.
 Stop by and say ‘hi’ when you have a chance.
Best regards,
Dan Serig, Ed.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of Art Education
In Photo: Dr. Adriana Katzew
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