National Visual Arts Education Conference 2012

Conference Theme: Space

Space to renew

How do we enhance teaching and learning through professional learning? How do we as educators identify what works? What can we learn from each other as educators, artists, academics, leaders, colleagues, researchers and students? How does research and study contribute to our work? How do we sustain and nurture our passion? What can we learn from other disciplines? What is the role for the professional associations and others to provide focused, sustained and coherent professional learning opportunities?

Space to experiment

Traditional and new technologies inform all aspects of visual arts education. Are visual arts educators and students experimenting with online environments and computer technology? How can improved access to technology improve learning outcomes? To what extent does technology enable collaborative, shared and participative practices? What is next?

Space to grow

Study in the visual arts can be a pathway to a career in the arts but increasingly recognised as a pathway to a broad range of other careers. How do we put visual arts at the centre of a school curriculum? How can the value of art learning programs be embraced at all levels? Who are the champions for the visual arts? What can we learn from them?

Space for all

Providing excellent visual arts education for a diverse student population in urban, rural and remote Australia is a challenge for students, teachers, administrators, the higher education sector and government. How can the Australian Curriculum, quality teaching and teacher training deliver world-class visual arts education that is inclusive for all Australians at all levels?