Crafting Community: A Symposium on Arts Practice & Research
- Date
- October 19, 2022
- Time
- 9:00 AM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
- Location
- TMU Libraries and online
- Open To
- All students, faculty and community members interested in arts-based approaches to learning, teaching and research are invited to participate.
- Website
- https://www.torontomu.ca/crafting-community-project/about/
The Jack Layton Chair at Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries with Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Community Services present Crafting Community: A Symposium on Arts Practice & Research.
The symposium brings together artists and scholars to explore intersections of arts practice and academia – how they clash and/or converge. The symposium features hands-on workshops on Oct 19 and hybrid panel discussion on Oct 20, ending with a roundtable session on Oct 21 to discuss emerging themes and to reflect on the symposium.
Crafting Community reimagines how to engage community arts in/with the humanities and social sciences to bridge between community and the university
The symposium takes a community arts based approach that works to connect the creative and scholarly work of artists, community workers, students and educators. Through a community arts framework, participants engage with community, research and pedagogy during hands-on interactive workshops and panel discussions. Visit the Crafting Community Project & Collective website to learn more about ongoing community research and connections.
Crafting Community: A Symposium on Arts Practice & Research is supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
