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SUMMARY:Children take the Lead. Which way to go? What does it mean? What i
 f I don’t like it or understand? - Ruth Sapsed\, Cambridge Curiosity and
  Imagination
DTSTART:20120215T163000Z
DTEND:20120215T180000Z
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nVisiting contemporary art galleries can be difficu
 lt especially if you feel you ought to understand or like what you’re lo
 oking at. \n\nCambridge Curiosity and Imagination (CCI) believe that child
 ren engage more confidently and creatively than many adults even with the 
 most difficult spaces and ideas. Children have a generosity and excitement
  towards the new and unknown that we as adults are often less comfortable 
 with. We therefore initiated the innovative Children Take the Lead project
 \, which set out to learn from children how to engage theirs and other fam
 ilies with contemporary art. \n\nChildren Take the Lead follows the childr
 en’s ideas\, works with the whole family together\, uses open ended play
  as a way of breaking down barriers and facilitating new ways of introduci
 ng unfamiliar audiences to contemporary art. It aims to develop resources 
 that enable families to explore and discover for themselves in ways that a
 re inspiring and engaging for everyone.\n\nThis presentation will explore 
 the project to date\, offering accounts of how children and families have 
 responded to visiting Kettle’s Yard House and Gallery\, the prototype Pr
 ops Box that has been developed to support future visitors and next steps 
 for the research.\n\nMy daughter wanted to go round all of them and repeat
  it. It was such a strong tool. We shared really complex conversations.\n\
 nBio:\n\nCambridge Curiosity and Imagination (CCI) is an innovative arts c
 harity that works with organisations and people seeking to develop closer 
 relationships with their communities. It has worked in businesses\, school
 s\, hospitals\, nurseries\, museums\, galleries\, forests\, parks\, garden
 s\, and other community settings.\nCCI's Director\, Ruth Sapsed is respons
 ible for the strategic direction of the organisation. As a psychologist an
 d researcher\, she is interested in facilitating the development of creati
 vity in everyone\, young and old. Recent publications include Igniting a F
 use and Exploring a Cambridge Forest.\nRuth has been working with artists 
 and schools for much of her professional life. She has been connected with
  the Faculty for a number of years through developing programmes for Cambr
 idge Curiosity and Imagination with her colleagues Pam Burnard\, Mandy Swa
 nn and Mary Jane Drummond. In 2011\, she became coordinator of the Leaders
 hip for Learning network based at the Faculty. http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/p
 eople/staff/sapsed/\nwww.cambridgecandi.org.uk\n\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, room GS1
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