Back to the Sandbox: Art and Radical Pedagogy International Summit Jan. 27 at WWU

Western Washington University is presenting the “Art and Radical Pedagogy International Summit” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27 in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Concert Hall.

Renowned artist Luis Camnitzer will give a keynote address on the pedagogy of art.  Visual, dance and theater artists will engage the audience in creative approaches they use in their education-oriented art projects.

The summit is free and open to the public but registration is required at: westerngallery.wwu.edu/summit-rsvp. The summit schedule is available at: https://westerngallery.wwu.edu/sandbox-summit

Panelists and speakers will include: Jaroslav Anděl, curator; Eva Bakkeslett, artist; Doug Banner, CREATE director, WWU Wooding College of Education; Andrew Brown, professor of Performance Art, WWU Fairhaven College; Luis Camnitzer, artist; Deb Currier, WWU Theater faculty; Karen Dade, co-director, Woodring College of Education; William John, Lummi language teacher; Pam Kuntz, WWU Dance faculty and artistic director of Kuntz and Company; Vanessa Oliveira Andreotti, Canada Research chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and Kristina Lee Podesva, artist. 

The exhibition is part of the “Back to the Sandbox: Art and Radical Pedagogy,” a project throughout the academic year focused on the junctions of art and education that will include a partnership with the Bellingham School District, Western Gallery art exhibition, a summit with international and local artists, and a Black History Month summit with national artists, performers and participatory workshops. For more information, see: https://westerntoday.wwu.edu/news/releases/back-to-sandbox-art-as-radical-pedagogy-project-includes-wwu-art-exhibitions-art