Arts and Learning Connections in Edmonton

This event is presented by the Canadian Network for Arts and Learning (CNAL) in partnership with the Winspear Centre.  It will include a presentation regarding the activities of the Winspear Centre and remarks by Sanjay Shahini, Executive Director of the Edmonton Arts Council. CNAL’s Executive Director, Angela Elster, will update you on its research study to reenergize UNESCO’s goals for the development of arts education (the SEOUL Agenda), as well as invite your contribution to the current digital Mapping Project - a detailed representation of arts & learning across Canada. Network with your peers to explore collaborative and partnership opportunities with other arts and learning professionals from a variety of sectors. Leave with new tools and ideas to rejuvenate your classroom, workplace or artistic practice.

GET ON THE MAP!

You are invited to a presentation and discussion regarding The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning's ‘Mapping Project’ – an innovative digital map representing arts and learning across Canada. We want YOU to be part of this conversation.  Through focus groups and guided discussion, have your say and help guide the development of this vital tool for arts and learning.

Event Schedule

4:00 - Welcome and Introductions

4:10 - Presentation by Sanjay Shahani, Executive Director of the Edmonton Arts Council

4:30 - Presentation by Annemarie Petrove, Executive Director of the Winspear Centre

5:00 - Refreshments and networking

5:30 - Mapping focus groups and discussion

6:25 - Wrap up and reflection

Winspear Centre

The Francis Winspear Centre for Music is the physical - and spiritual - home of music in Edmonton. Artists and community are at the heart of Winspear’s success. The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO)has grown into a truly great ensemble whose members care deeply about music and it’s importance and place in Edmonton. The Winspear reaches out the broader community through the Tommy Banks Institute for Musical Creativity. The Banks, through learning programs and community partnerships, encourages Edmontonian’s of every age and circumstance to make music central to their lives. 

The Winspear Centre, through the concert hall, Edmonton Symphony and the Banks, seeks to inspire a feeling of pride, to boost Edmonton's economy and attractiveness, and to reveal to the community the magic, wonder and transformational power of music.