E.5 Discussing the Benefits and Challenges of Low-Residency Graduate Studio Art Programs on Disability-Identifying Individuals
Sat Oct 21 / 8:30 – 10:00 / KC 205
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- Tia Halliday, University of Calgary
- Eve Provost Chartrand, Transart Institute
What do low-residency MFA programs impact disability-identifying individuals? Low-residency MFA programs, combining online learning with intensive in-person sessions, are a growing trend in studio-art education. Scholarship indicates that they provide opportunities to diverse communities (Hart, 2012; Giltft-Swan, 2017; Durak and Canakaya, 2022; LeBoef, 2018). While there is a clear interest in these programs amongst recent Canadian BFA graduates (Leblanc 2020), a comprehensive understanding of how they impact disability-identifying individuals needs to be established (Kent, 2015). Cross-constituency dialogue focusing on andragogical and geragogical contexts is key to creating accessible online learning environments. (Bulbul et. al, 2022; Kent, 2015). Our international working group of researchers and graduate students experienced in low-residency art education, invite conference attendees to participate in a 40-min collaborative discussion session considering the impact of low-residency MFA programs for disability-identifying communities. Our group will present the results of our research and consultation at the UAAC Conference in 2024.
keywords: disability, andragogy, geragogy, low-residency, education
session type: discussion
Tia Halliday is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Calgary. Halliday teaches in the BFA, Art Education, and MFA programs at UCalgary and supervises graduate research at both UCalgary and the Transart Institute (UK).
Eve Provost Chartrand is an interdisciplinary artist who graduated from the University of Calgary in 2019 with a Master of Fine Art in Research Creation and is now pursuing postgraduate studies in Creative Research at Liverpool John Moore’s University in conjunction with Transart Institute.
- Jennifer Eiserman, University of Calgary
Jennifer Eiserman has worked with graduate students for over 20 years and has taught remotely since 1994. Her doctoral research engaged MFA students in a community-based project as part of their coursework. Since then, Eiserman has explored that capacity of online technologies to teach and supervise MFA students.
- Jean-René Leblanc, University of Calgary
Jean-René Leblanc is Associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Calgary. He completed a PhD in study and practice of art from UQAM. His research-creation has been presented in exhibitions in Canada, the United States of America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
