The University of Kansas
Art, Music and Revolution
K-16 Workshop
Presented by the International Area Studies Centers:
the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES), the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), ), the Kansas African Studies Center (KASC), the Center of Latin American Studies (LASC) as part of a year-long program devoted to “protest and revolution.”
Spencer Art Museum, Reception Room (room 307)
February 28, 2008
Program
8:30 AM - Arrival and Registration
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Welcome and Gallery Tour
10:00 - 10:15 AM - Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:15 AM – Presentation:
CREES, Artist Vitaly Komar: “Iconoclasm and Spirituality. My Experience as an Artist in Russia and the West.”
http://www.komarandmelamid.org/
11:15 - 12:15 AM – Presentation:
CEAS, Artist Hong Zhang: "Gender and the Three Generations."
www.hongchunzhang.com
12:15 - 1:00 PM - Lunch with Introductions. Lunch sponsored by the Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM – Presentation:
KASC, Professor Reinhild Janzen:"African Art Today: a Window into African Expressions of Human Values.”
http://www.washburn.edu/art/facjanzen.html
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM - Coffee Break
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM – Presentation:
LASC, Professor Ketty Wong: "Protest Song in Latin America."
http://www.arts.ku.edu/musicdance/faculty/wongketty/
3:15 PM - Lesson Plans Discussion
WORKSHOP IS FREE OF CHARGE AND OFFERS A CHANCE TO EARN PROFESSIONAL CREDIT.
IN ADDITION TO EARNING PROFESSIONAL CREDIT, YOU MAY ELECT TO BE A “TEACHER-SCHOLAR” ASSOCIATED WITH OUR CENTERS AND EARN $100!
To qualify, you must: a) attend the workshop, b) create a lesson based on the workshop, and c) use the lesson in your classroom. We will feature it on our website and share it with other teachers.
Please Register. Space is Limited.
Limited Travel Grants Available.
For more information and to register contact Tatyana Wilds: tvw@ku.edu or 785-864-4237