Interpreting Poetry Through the Visual and Performing Arts
It has been said that poetry is meant to be performed. When we deliver poems out loud, to an audience, they take on a whole new life. The energy and emotion that a live poem exudes is altogether...
View ArticleSocial Issue Media Festival
The Symposium is just around the corner, and if the exciting events of Thursday and Friday weren’t enough, TC will also be hosting the Social Issue Media Festival on Wednesday, April 27th from 5-6:30...
View ArticleThe countdown is on…
There are only four days until the Creativity, Imagination, and Innovation in Education Symposium at Teachers College and preparations are in full swing as we put together an event that will be...
View ArticleThe Creativity Symposium hits TC!
After much of planning, build up, and excitement, The Creativity, Imagination, and Innovation in Education Symposium is finally here! Registration begins at 6:00pm in Zankel’s main hallway (just...
View ArticleThe Biography of an Idea
Have you every thought about how ideas are formed or the process by which they are born? Edward Clapp, editor of 20 Under 40: Re-inventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century, has done...
View ArticleFood for Thought: An open conversation about creativity
Artist, musician, and arts administrator Eric Oberstein is another creative mind who hosted one of the inter-generational salons on Friday afternoon at the Symposium. A series of questions arose...
View ArticleSailing to…where? It’s open for interpretation.
An old man, scrawny and downtrodden, caught between life and a fast approaching death, reflecting on the beauty of life while pondering the possibility of an afterlife. Sensual music, a golden mosaic,...
View ArticleSteven Berlin Johnson: Instead of building cathedrals in learning, we need to...
We settled into our seats in the Cowin auditorium for the final event of the Creativity, Imagination, and Innovation Symposium, at Teachers College. The anticipation for Steven Berlin Johnson’s...
View ArticleThe Arts in Academia
Last week, the University of Michigan was host to a conference on “The Role of Art-Making and the Arts in the Research University.” Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman spoke to the audience...
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