Children's Creativity Symposium and speaker Dr Ellen Handler Spitz

Special Event | Children’s Creativity Symposium

Arts educators and administrators will gather for this symposium on the role of visual arts education in childhood development. Writer, lecturer, and scholar Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz delivers the keynote address, examining the unlimited imaginative dimensions of children’s experiences. Lois Hetland will discuss her research in cognitive and developmental psychology, focusing on issues of learning, teaching, and disciplinary understanding, with an emphasis in the arts.

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

All Events

Event runs:
Wed, Nov 11 –
Sat, Nov 14

PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.

Friday, November 13

Lecture | “Reflections on Space and Childhood” by Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz

Part of the Children's Creativity Symposium, Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz discusses the complex and powerful role of the visual arts in the emotional and cognitive development of children. In particular, Dr. Spitz will address trends, opportunities, and limitations for deploying the visual arts in therapeutic contexts.

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Lectures

Event times:
6:30 pm –
7:30 pm

PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.