The latest newsletter has been sent in December 2009, with an overview of what has been done this year and what lies ahead.
National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia
The theme of the 2009 Teachers’ Academy was “Storytelling”. Through keynotes by Dick Ross and Kristin Linklater, a full programme of workshops and presentations, and in bringing together an enthousiastic group of art teachers from all around Europe and abroad, we have explored the many roles that storytelling can play in higher arts education, ranging from street theatre and shadow plays to interactive environments and visual languages.
Papers from the Teachers’ Academy are now available on download at the TA site. The conference has also been covered on ELIAblog, and you can find pictures of the event here.
Hacettepe University, Ankara
Quality Enhancement in the Arts in a European Context
The working conference on Quality Assurance & Enhancement in Higher Arts Education in a European Context in Ankara last March has been a wonderful mutual learning experience. The feedback that both participants and speakers have provided was very positive and enthusiastic.
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A total number of 65 delegates from 24 different Turkish Higher Art institutions have participated in the conference. 40 of the participants have joined the dinner on the Thursday evening at the ZENGER PAŞA KONAĞI restaurant located in the old city of Ankara.
The delegates' interest in the overall theme and contents of the conference resulted in vivid discussions and an open sphere of sharing best practice, discussing European and national efforts for a qualifications framework for Higher Arts Education and working in depth on self-evaluation experiences and the writing of learning outcomes. The warm hospitality of our hosts and the Turkish delegates and the open atmosphere in which delegates could meet and exchange with critical friends gave an extra dimension to the conference. On behalf of artesnet we would like to express our sincere gratitude towards the conference host, Hacettepe University and its staff. We heard artesnet partners say "The best artesnet workshop so far!"
Below, you can find the all the presentations from the conference:
Writing Learning Outcomes
Kieran Corcoran
What is Tuning?
Paula Crabtree & Bob Baker
Tuning Template for Fine Art Higher Education in Europe
Bob Baker
Presentation of Strand 2
John Butler
An Exercise on Quality in Higher Art Education
Oguz Haslakoglu
The Bologna Process in Turkey
Selda Onderoglu
Presentation of Haceteppe University
Selda Onderoglu
On 1 April, artesnet sent the full documentation of its activities so far to the European Commission. You can click here to download the public part of the interim report.
The network explores key issues important for higher arts education at this stage of the Bologna process and looks ahead after 2010 at which issues remain or become priorities in the coming years in a rapidly changing European context of new employment opportunities for artists in the ‘Economy of Culture’, knowledge-based society and national/European qualifications frameworks. The network’s focus is very much on how we see the role of higher arts education further develop in European societies and the futures of our students and teachers. At the same time we shape that future in a truly European working environment through collaborative work.
Half way through the project period examples of Creative Partnership have been collected on a best practice basis reviewed at ‘knowledge circle’ meetings and a broad discussion at various international events has been facilitated. The online social network established showed ways of working which are at the heart of the ongoing discussion about ‘participation’. Within the field of Qualification Frameworks, the quality assurance pilot programme is on the way to further professionalising through training of experts from the sector and a self evaluation visit to Turkey revealed an enormous regional potential, providing the experts and involved partners with a truly mutual learning experience resulting in a local agenda for change and trans-national partnerships with Romania, Norway, UK and Czech Republic.
Included in the report was also a policy brief to artesnet partner institutions:
The Changing Boundaries of Higher Arts Education
Artesnet is very pleased to welcome the following new partners:
- Deichtorhallen Hamburg (Germany)
- Faculdad de Bellas Artes de Granada (Spain)
- ISIA - Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche, Florence (Italy)
- Palazzo Spinelli, Florence (Italy)
- Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm (Sweden)
- Danshögskolan, Stockholm (Sweden)
- Glasgow School of Art (UK)