Modelling International Collaborations in Art Education

Peter Sramek is a visual artist with a practice in photography and book arts and as Professor at OCAD University in Canada (now emeritus), he has worked to develop innovative curriculum in the arts over more than four decades. Since 2010, development of the International Art Collaborations network has been a key focus for his ongoing efforts to expand experiential and cross-cultural learning opportunities for students. His book, ‘Piercing Time: Paris After Marville and Atget 1865–2012’ is published by Intellect Books. Giselle Mira-Diaz is an artist and art educator based in Chicago, USA. She participated in INTAC from 2015–17 while at OCAD University and throughout her master’s research in Art Education at School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2017–19, MAAE). Today she is part of the INTAC team as the Archive Project Analyst, active throughout the research for this book along with being co-facilitator for the INTAC Sustainability Jams 2022 and 2023. Giselle is currently completing an MFA in Photography at Columbia College Chicago where she is the 2023 recipient of the Stuart Abelson Graduate Research Fellowship and working as an Education Assistant at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Her main artistic and research interest is the use of audio, film and photography to document and create a living archive of oral histories from marginalized communities who have traditionally been erased through migration or displacement. Charisse Fung is an INTAC alumna who participated in collaborative projects from 2018–2021 at OCAD University, joining the INTAC Archive Project Team as Project Archivist and Research Assistant, working on the development of this book and as co-facilitator for the INTAC IORE Sustainability Jam 2022. Charisse is a curator, artist, and archivist from Hong Kong (and now Canada) with a passion for meaningful connection and collaboration that manifests in projects centring on storytelling, visibility and kinship. She has worked with various arts organizations, including the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.

 



    Acknowledgements



    About this Book





Introduction


        Circles of Engagement          



        A Brief History          



        Finding Possibilities  



        Developing a Programme                                                                              



        Reviewing the Decade           





Why International? Why Collaboration?


        The Importance of Global Connections        



        Situating the International in Art Education 



        Cultural Diversity and Global Awareness     



        Collaboration as a Key          



        ‘Catalyzing Change’  



            Dr. Juha Suonpää, TAMK (Finland)



        Questions and Challenges (2)





Discovering Collaborative Practices


        Enabling Interaction  



        Coming to Collaboration       



        ‘Contemporary and Historical Models: Virtual art collaborations, artistic collectives, and exchanges across             borders’      



            Giselle Mira-Diaz (INTAC)



        ‘Collective Body 2008–2020’                                                                        



            Prof. Patricia Azevedo UFMG (Brasíl) and

            Prof. Clare Charnley LBU (UK)



        Questions and Challenges (3)





Setting the Stage


        Key Ground Rules     



        Preparing Students for Collaboration



        Modes of Speaking    



        Facilitation: Following the student process   



        Questions and Challenges (4)





Collaborative Programme Models


        Organic Networking  



        Short-Term Projects  



        Intensives       



        Workshop Travel       



        Extending Engagements        



        The INTAC Model    



        Shared Events



        Questions and Challenges (5)





Pedagogy and Educators


        A Broader Conception of Teaching  



        Enabling Student Experience



        Why do faculty do it?



        ‘Why INTAC Participants DO Activate their Cameras?: The Importance of Collaboration in Emancipatory                 Education’ 



            Prof. Sofía Sienra Chaves, UAEMex (Mexico)



        ‘Trusting the Process’



            Prof. Meera Margaret Singh, OCADU (Canada)



        ‘poetry of transience’ 



            Prof. Walter Bergmoser, UE (Germany)



        Questions and Challenges (6)





Addressing Institutional Contexts


        Institutional Support  



        Barriers          



        Inter-institutional Territories 



        Complex Diversity    



        Working with Matched Partnerships 



        Questions and Challenges (7)





Engaging Global Themes


        Defining Thematics   



        Arriving at Meaningful Projects        



        Global Themes          



        ‘Let’s think about the journey of bananas’    



            Phuong Hoang, RMIT (Vietnam) / UE (Germany)



        Questions and Challenges (8)





Bridging Diverse Contexts


        How Different is Difference?



        Understanding Difference     



        Working Across Languages  



        Visual Language        



        Diverse Learning Environments        



        Building Bridges        



        Considerations of travel         



        ‘Metaverse & INTAC: The Dilemma & Breakthrough of Chinese Students’          



             Dr. Liu Fan, WTU (China)



        ‘Art Over Language’ 



             Prof. Silas Fong, CAU (South Korea)



        Questions and Challenges (9)





The Dynamics of the Student Experience


        Student Voices           



        Motivations    



        Challenges for Collaboration



        Alumni Recommendations    



        Learning Outcomes   



        Alumni Interviews     



        Participant Manifesto: Ground Rules

        for Collaborators        



        Questions and Challenges (10)          





Student Collaboration in Practice


        Approaches to Collaborative Artmaking       



        Experiments in a Digital World        



        Collaborative Strategies        



        The Physical–Virtual Interface                                                                      





Collective Body Projects: 2008–20


        Threads Between Partners     



        ‘Second on the Right and Keep on Going…’                                                



            Prof. Patricia Azevedo, UFMG (Brasil) and

            Prof. Clare Charnley, LBU (UK)





Face-to-Face


        The Impact of Meeting          



        Exhibitions     



        Workshops and Debriefing Sessions 



        Social and Cultural Activities





Online Exhibition


        Inhabiting the Online Space  



        Transitioning to Virtual Presentation



        Animating the Virtual Exhibition Experience           



        INTAC on Kunstmatrix.com 





Activating the Online Space


        A Decade of Evolving Online Options          



        Meaningful Virtual Interaction          



        Negotiating Online Platforms



        Selecting Workspaces



        Platform Options       



        Acceptance of Online Platforms       



        Ensuring Dynamic Online Spaces     



        Online Activities        



        Student Agency in Online Channels 



        The Question of Visibility     



        It’s about the communication



        Questions and Challenges (15)          





Modelling the Future


        An Expanded Vision 



        A Sustainable Scenario          



        Expanding Collaborative Networks  



        Questions and Challenges (16)   



    Appendices



        Appendix A – Key Alumni Survey Data       



        Appendix B – Chronologies  



    Partners          



    Notes on Authors and Contributors   



    List of Figures



    Index