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2001-2002 AIE Lecture Series

Fall 2001

But is it Art? Children's Manga, Japanese Comic Markets, & the Globalization of Imagery
Brent Wilson
Brent Wilson is Professor and Head of Art Education at Penn State University. He is the author of The Quiet Evolution: Changing the Face of Arts Education (1997) and the well-known monograph Toward Civilization (1987), a report to the President and Congress on the status of arts education in the United States.

What the Arts Mean to Young People Who Pursue Them:
Performances by and Conversations with Young Artists from The Artists Collective
The Artists Collective
The Artists Collective is a nationally recognized urban community art center in Hartford, CT, founded by Jackie McLean. The Collective's dance director is Cheryl Smith, and its executive director is Dollie McLean.

On the History and Future of Musical Education in the United States
Robert Freeman
Pianist, musicologist, administrator, and world authority on the philosophy of music education and curriculum design Robert Freeman is Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Former President of the New England Conservatory, he was for 25 years Director of the Eastman School of Music.

Middle Class Desire:
Ornament, Industry, and Emulation in 19th Century Art Education
Mary Ann Stankiewicz
Associate Professor of Art Education, School of Visual Art, College of Arts & Architecture, Penn State University. Author of Roots of Art Education Practice and editor of the journal Art Education from 1996 through 1998.

The Problematic Relationship between Arts Education & Academic Achievement: What the Evidence Shows
Ellen Winner
Professor of Psychology at Boston College and Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero. She is the author of Invented Worlds: The Psychology of the Arts; The Point of Words: Children's Understanding of Metaphor and Irony; and Gifted Children: Myths and Realities and co-editor of Beyond the Soundbite: Arts Education and Academic Outcomes (2001).

Spring 2002

	Wednesday, February 13, 2002 • 12:00 p.m. Urban Gateways: From the Classroom to the Boardroom to the White House Libby Lai-Bun Chiu Libby Lai-Bun Chiu is Executive Director of Urban Gateways: The Center for Arts Education in Chicago. She was Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the Boston Conservatory, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and Chair of the Pro-Arts Task Force of Boston Arts Colleges that founded the Boston Arts Academy. Ms. Chiu has been a school principal and teacher, a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, and a member of the National Committee for Standards in the Arts. See the Urban Gateways website
	Wednesday, February 27, 2002 • 12:00 p.m. . Arts and Community Development Bill Strickland Social entrepreneur, arts and vocation educational leader, Bill Strickland is CEO of the Bidwell Training Center and Executive Director of the nationally and internationally recognized community art center, the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (which he founded) in Pittsburgh, PA. Strickland has served on the board of the National Endowment for the Arts and has been recognized as a MacArthur Fellow. See the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild website
	Wednesday, April 10, 2002 • 12:00 p.m. What about Us! Cries from the Margins: A Reflection on Diversity & Museums available for download Edmund Barry Gaither Director and curator of the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists, Edmund Barry Gaither is a well known art historian, lecturer, consultant and writer. Gaither co-founded the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) and has served as a panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts and on President Bush's Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. See the AAAM website
	Wednesday, April 24, 2002 • 12:00 p.m. . Complementarity & Conflict: Policy Implications of Learning in vs. through the Arts James Catterall James Catterall is Professor of Education at UCLA in the areas of Curriculum, Teaching, Leadership, and Policy Studies. His research interests are in the arts and human development. The author of numerous publications, Catterall contributed his findings on a positive link between arts learning and achievement in other areas in the 1999 President's Committee on Arts and Humanities' report: Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning.
	Wednesday, May 8, 2002 • 12:00 p.m. The Future of Art Education Kerry Freedman Kerry Freedman is a Professor of Art Education at Northern Illinois University. For the past 15 years, she has been a Professor of Art Education and Coordinator of the interdisciplinary Curriculum Studies program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota. She is coauthor of Transforming Computer Technology and Postmodern Art Education: An Approach to Curriculum