Otis College of Art and Design

Otis Graduate Public Practice presents Concentric Conversations

Voice: Critical Pedagogy and
Public Practice
February 25-27, 2011

Otis Graduate Public Practice Program
1657 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 846-2610
publicpractice@otis.edu
http://otis.edu/gpp

http://www.otis.edu/academics/graduate_public_practice/index.html

Educational theorist Christopher Robbins will offer a keynote presentation and guide intense conversations between artists and educators during a weekend focused on the philosophical underpinnings of critical pedagogy in relationship to public practice in art. Using writings of critical pedagogy scholar Henry Giroux and other educational theorists and activists, the weekend’s conversations will search for common pedagogical ground between art and education. Intimate discussions, case studies by artists, and public presentations are free and open to the public.

Participating artists and educators include Otis faculty members S.A. Bachman, Krista Caballero, and Malik Gaines, Karla Diaz of Slanguage, Sean Dockray and Caleb Waldorf of Public School, Ken Ehrlich, Ashley Hunt, Unique Holland of the Alameda County Department of Education, Chris Johnson, Dont Rhine of Ultra-red, and Otis MFA students speaking on their project Dismantled.

Christopher Robbins is Associate Professor of Social Foundations at Eastern Michigan University. His research interests include critical and public pedagogy, the interrelationships of social and educational policy, racism and racial inequality, and the impacts of criminalization and militarization on schools and public culture. He is the author of Expelling Hope: The Assault on Youth and the Militarization of Schooling(SUNY, 2008).

Organized by Suzanne Lacy and Sara Daleiden of Otis College of Art and Design’s Graduate Public Practice Program, this weekend intensive continues the Concentric Conversations series of dialogic events offered to encourage discourse among L.A. cultural practitioners. The Graduate Public Practice Program is the only educational program in the Southern California region dedicated exclusively to providing artists with advanced skills for working in the public sphere, focusing both on collaborative and individual art production.

For a full schedule of the weekend’s events, please visit http://otis.edu/calendar

Applications currently being accepted for Fall 2011. http://otis.edu/admissions/graduate_admissions/index.html

Otis Graduate Public Practice Program
1657 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 846-2610
publicpractice@otis.edu
http://otis.edu/gpp

Founded in Los Angeles in 1918, Otis College of Art and Design prepares diverse students of art and design to enrich the world through their creativity, their skill, and their vision. The College offers an interdisciplinary education for 1200 full-time students, awarding BFA degrees in advertising, architecture/landscape/interiors, digital media, fashion design, illustration, graphic design, product design, painting, photography, sculpture/new genres, and toy design; and MFA degrees in fine arts, graphic design, public practice, and writing. Continuing Education offers certificate programs as well as personal and professional development courses.