Save the Date: AEB Third Biennial International Conference on Multimodal Approaches to Learning

Announcing an event of interest to Andrew Heiskell Library users:

Art Beyond Sight: Multimodal Approaches to Learning
An International Conference

Co-sponsored by Art Education for the Blind and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Friday and Saturday, October 16 and 17, 2009

Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York City

Art Education for the Blind (AEB) and The Metropolitan Museum of Art invite students, educators and art professionals to the third biennial international conference on multimodal approaches to learning. The conference will address the challenges faced by educators, artists, museum professionals, architects and designers to create learning opportunities and inclusive learning environments to serve all audiences, and to meet the needs of learners with sensory impairment or those who use different learning styles.

The conference will showcase best practices in classroom and museum education, as well as pioneering approaches to learning, exhibition and program design. The multidisciplinary plenary sessions will feature art historians, anthropologists, curators, neuroscientists, new media and Universal Design experts, architects and educators, who will present their diverse perspectives on disability, the senses, art and education.

Registration: If you wish to have the official registration form emailed to you, please call AEB at (212) 334-8723 or send your name and email address to: aeb@artbeyondsight.org with “October Conference” in the subject line.

Art Education for the Blind (AEB) is not affiliated with the Andrew Heiskell Library, and information on this conference is provided solely as a service to our community. Please contact AEB for more information.