OBJECT-CENTERED LEARNING:

Experiencing the Authentic in a Digital Age

Symposium sponsored by Art Properties, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University Libraries

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

9:00 am – 12:30 pm

Butler Library, Room 523

Columbia University

535 W. 114th St., New York, NY

 

Please join us for an engaging discussion of how close interactions with art works and cultural artifacts enhance classroom teaching across the disciplines, where digital presentation is often the norm. If you are in town for College Art Association's annual conference in New York City, be sure to stay a few days longer and attend this free symposium, open to the public at Columbia University. 

Speakers include:

Deborah Cullen, Director and Chief Curator

Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University
The Object in the Gallery: Teachable Moments in and along the Way

Roberto C. Ferrari, Curator of Art Properties

Avery Library, Columbia University
Buddhas, Bronzes, Ceramics, and a Cradleboard: Columbia’s Art Collections in the Classroom

Senta German, Andrew M. Mellon Foundation Teaching Curator

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford

Teaching and Learning at the First University Museum: The University Engagement Programme of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford

Michele D. Marincola, Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Conservation

Institute of Fine Arts Conservation Center, New York University

Partnering with Conservators for Object-Based Study and Learning

 

Avinoam Shalem, Riggio Professor of the History of the Arts of Islam

Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
What Do Objects Want?

 

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