Soveltava harjoittelu / Field practice
During February 25 art education master students completed their field practice (”soveltava harjoittelu”). The field practice was organized in co-operation with multiple schools and other institutions. In addition to several secondary and high schools around Finland, these partners were Sinerbychoff Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finnish Museum for Photography, Heureka, Annantalo Cultural, Arkki School of Architecture for Children for Youth, Liminka Art School and Waldorf School Reykjavik.
Ruskeat Tytöt visited Aalto ARTS Art Education
On Feb 22, 2018 Monica Gathuo and Uwa Iduozee gave an inspiring lecture about Ruskeat Tytöt (”Brown Girls”) for Art Education students. Ruskeat Tytöt is the first ever media for brown people by brown people in the history of Finland. Ruskeat Tytöt consulted Art Education students in matters concerning media representations, social media, minorities and journalism. About Ruskeat Tytöt: Ruskeat tytöt is a multi-medium: they produce content in writing, photography, illustrations, video and podcasts. Staff is located around the globe,…
The First Annual Juha Varto Endowed Lecture for Research in Visual Art, Philosophy and Pedagogy on 9.4.2018
The First Annual Juha Varto Endowed Lecture for Research in Visual Art, Philosophy and Pedagogy featuring Dr. Alphonso Lingis, professor of philosophy emeritus at the Pennsylvania State University. The lecture is titled: ”How Artworks Work A phenomenological account of the powers contained in artworks. What these powers do to the environment and what they do to us.” 9th of April 2018, 16:30 Lumituuli auditorium, Dipoli (Otakaari 24, Espoo) Alphonso Lingis is professor of philosophy emeritus at the Pennsylvania State University.…