Youth and Community Development: How the Arts Serve Economically Impoverished Communities
Sponsored by USSEA (United States Society for Education through Art)
Dates: June 11-13, 2010
Location: SUNY, New Paltz, New York

All art educators and friends of art education are invited to participate in a conference of interactive workshops and seminars exploring the power of the arts to address the needs of youth in economically challenged communities. In a global climate of economic decline, the arts are in even more danger of becoming expendable. This conference seeks to recognize the arts as critical to community building and therefore needs to be, as ever, a partner in regenerating our culture. We intend to challenge the boundaries of art education by exploring partnerships with art therapy, public art, and the Internet community. The conference is directed towards those communities currently economically disenfranchised and all communities weakened in future economic situations. Through interactive workshops and seminars, participants of the conference will explore ways of involving youth in arts that benefit local economically challenged communities.

To learn more about the conference, please download the attached flyer or access the USSEA website: http://ussea.sdstate.org/.

usseaconference.pdf

Marjorie Cohee Manifold
USSEA President 2009-2011
Associate Professor Art Education & Curriculum Studies
Indiana University, School of Education #3226
201 N Rose Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-1006