Topics

1. POLITICS of mediation in art, illustration and childhood

• Politics of children’s access to art in the contemporary culture.
• The role of art institutions and the illustration field in children’s training.
• Relations and dynamic of interaction among art institutions, children’s illustration field and educational institutions.
• Educational departments of museums and art institutions: professional, organizational and programmatical issues.
• Illustration and visual culture in the 21^st century, new challenges.

 

2. MODELS of mediation and didactic strategies: a critical view

• Pedagogical perspectives and didactic strategies in museums and art institutions.
• Conceptions, topics and individual of educational mediation in art institutions, artistic and curatorial practices and creation of children’s images.
• Connections in art, visual culture and illustration in the processes of children’s educational mediation.

 

3. EXPERIENCES and PRACTICES of educational mediation in art, visual culture and illustrated publications for children

• Connection among artists, illustrators and educators in children’s educational mediation.
• Illustration and children’s drawing as a way to develop pre-school and primary changing educational projects.
• Assessment and results of mediation processes in art and visual culture.