APPLICATION DEADLINE
EXTENDED
Applications for 2018 Slam!
can now be submitted until
midnight
Sunday, January 14, 2018
The Return of the Curriculum Slam!!
2018 NAEA Seattle
Saturday March 24, 2018
Cultivating Creative & Critical Youth Voices
through Art, Media & Design Curriculum
Acknowledging the need for new visions for joyous and just societies, the 2018 Curriculum Slam! will share projects and activities through which students use contemporary art, media and design practices to investigate and reimagine aspects of contemporary life.
Our goal is to present examples of curricula that center critical and creative youth voices, using art to respond to issues of importance within their local and extended communities.
Teachers, apply to be part of the 2018 Curriculum Slam! team.
Share innovative curriculum in fast-paced, auto-advance (7 minutes, 14 slides) presentations, modeled on the internationally known PechaKucha format.
APPLY NOW
See below for complete instructions on how to apply.
It's easy and quick!
We heard some folks had trouble submitting applications so we've extended the deadline.
Applications for 2018 Slam!
NOW due on
Sunday, January 14, 2017 by midnight
This Curriculum Slam! is organized and curated by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with Olivia Gude, Lydia Ross, James Rees
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How to be a 2018 Curriculum Slam! participant
Applications have 2 parts:
1) Word document answering a few questions--who, what, why.
Download Slam! Application for Part 1
2) Submit a Powerpoint on our Slam! template with only 3 slides--give us a taste of what you plan to do.
Download Slam! Application for Part 2
Send to MCA School and Teacher Programs:
teacherprograms@mcachicago.org
Proposals will be reviewed by the MCA Teachers' Advisory Committee.
We'll be in touch by late-January
to let you know if you made the Slam! Team for 2018.
After you've been selected MCA staffer and extraordinary Pecha Kucha coach Lydia Ross will "phone meet" with you to assist you in making the most dynamic, inspiring and info-packed presentation possible.
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What happened to the 2017 Curriculum Slam! ???
We decided that given our other cultural commitments we couldn't fit in the necessary (extensive) preparation to make a great Slam happen.
Stay tuned for announcements about a 2018 Slam!
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2016 CHICAGO
NAEA Curriculum Slam!
Leading Contemporary Creative Research
through Art, Media & Design Curriculum
Saturday, March 19, 11 am to 12:50 pm.
Teachers share innovative curriculum in fast-paced presentations. Curated by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago Teachers’ Advisory Committee, these projects and activities engage students in contemporary creative practices.
The focus on the NAEA Curriculum Slam! 2016 will be on sharing projects and activities through which students use contemporary art, media and design practices to identify and investigate aspects of contemporary life. Our goal is to present examples of curricula that are forms of arts-based research, enabling students to become thought leaders by using art to better understand and engage with the world.
Inspired by the emceed hip hop-style poetry slams pioneered in Chicago in the 1980s that brought contemporary aesthetics and style to traditional poetry readings, the Curriculum Slam! re-invents the old-style curriculum fair by adapting a 21st century presentation innovation—the rapid style PechaKucha format in which 20 images are set to advance automatically every 20 seconds.
APPLY NOW to be a 2016 Slam! Presenter.
See below for complete instructions on how to apply.
It's easy and quick!
Applications for 2016 Slam! now due on
Sunday, January 10, 2016 by midnight
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from NAEA News:
Leading Contemporary Creative Research
Curriculum Slam!
Happening at NAEA 2016 Chicago
Ever wonder how to represent the lighting-fast and slow-dawning transformations that happen in minds and materials in our art rooms and media labs? Ever feel frustrated by how difficult it can be to share the excitement of dynamic “curriculum happenings” with other teachers? Attend a Curriculum Slam!––a 21st century curriculum-sharing format first developed at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The event, made up of mini-presentations in a pecha kucha-type format (automatically advancing slides), guarantees that within a 2-hour or less timeframe audiences will be rewarded with many vividly illustrated imaginative and innovative curriculum ideas. Since the inaugural NAEA Curriculum Slam! in 2013, school districts and state art education associations have been incorporating their own version of the Slam! into PD days and state conferences to share best practices in their localities.
At the 2015 New Orleans NAEA Curriculum Slam! each of the presentations suggested how a big idea about contemporary living could be effectively investigated with contemporary making practices. Olivia Gude’s opening presentation, Principles of Possibility, contextualized the selected innovative curriculum within the overarching goals of working with students to develop tools to become more aware of inner experiences and cultural contexts, in order to creatively re-conceptualize ways of thinking, acting, and being in and responding to contemporary times.
All of the presented projects dissolved boundaries between quality art and quality design or media education. Catherine Muller, Raja Schaar and Ann Gerondelis from Georgia Institute of Technology demonstrated students developing design thinking through digitally documenting the elegant deconstruction of everyday objects purchased at dollar stores.
Steve Ciampaglia engaged middle school students in the quirky challenge of designing unwinnable low-fi 8-bit video games, learning programming while reflecting on the underlying cultural values and messages of commercial games. Jake Myers showcased his students’ work on making Badvertisements; Nick Hostert’s students designed interactive augmented reality installations, and Ron Wigglesworth shared art projects that involved students in visualizing the often- overwhelming amounts of data encountered in contemporary life. Madeliene Stern explained how a 4th grade ceramics unit became a collaborative dinner party installation. Through exercises during her presentation Kate Thomas convinced many that performance art that attunes us in new ways to our bodies, each other, and our environments is possible even in everyday teaching situations.
Rachel Valsing presented an “Un-Rule” list, a set of actions inspired by her students that were designed to stimulate adventurous making. The “Unrules” include such descriptors as Collaborative, Temporary, Not Entirely Original, Unfinished, and Participatory.
As Ms. Valsing concluded her presentation, her voice quavered a bit as she recalled the meaningful experiences she has had with students based on the “Unrules.” Ms. Valsing later explained that preparing for the Curriculum Slam! and “having the opportunity to dig deep and reflect on the roots of my teaching philosophy was incredibly valuable as I am nearing a decade in the classroom. In fact, it was that looking back on the work of my students that brought me to tears on stage during the Slam! I feel very lucky to have had this opportunity to meet new colleagues from across the country and speak of the work that has mattered most to me.” Slam! DJ James Rees noted that “her heartfelt plea and hope for teachers to instigate and explore different approaches to teaching that really impacts students in a personal way” brought tears to the eyes of many of the teachers in the room.
Gude explained that the intensity and quality of the Slam! is attributable to the many “behind the scenes” people who support it, including content and presentation coach Lydia Ross who is the Programmer of Education: Teacher and School Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; the MCA Teacher Advisory Committee who review and choose presentations; logistical manager, t-shirt designer and MC James Rees; and this year’s ushers—the Brigham Young University NAEA Student Chapter who graciously and firmly encouraged the crowd into the front half of the huge ballroom.
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How to be a Curriculum Slam! participant
Applications have 2 parts:
1) Word document answering a few questions--who, what, why.
Download Application Part 1
NAEA2016CurriculumSlamApplication-Part 1.docx
2) Submit a Powerpoint with only 3 slides--just give us a taste of what you plan to do.
Download Application Part 2
NAEA2016CurriculumSlamApplication-Part 2.pptx
That's it. Send to MCA School and Teacher Programs
teacherprograms@mcachicago.org
Proposals will be reviewed by the MCA Teachers' Advisory Committee.
We'll be in touch by mid-January
to let you know if you made the Slam! Team for 2016.
After you've been selected MCA staffer and extraordinary Pecha Kucha coach Lydia Ross will "phone meet" with you to assist in making the most dynamic, inspiring and info-packed presentation possible.
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Curriculum Slam! team at the 2015 New Orleans NAEA Conference.
From left, back row: Nick Hostert, Madeleine Stern, Ron Wigglesworth, Olivia Gude, Catherine Muller, Jake Myers, Raja Schaar, Rachel Valsing, Ann Gerondelis. Front row: Steve Ciampaglia, Kate Thomas, and Lydia Ross. Not pictured: James Rees.
Photo courtesy of MCA Chicago
WOW!
NAEA Curriculum Slam!
New Orleans 2015 conference
Art, Media & Design Curriculum
organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago & Olivia Gude
Teachers from across the continent will again share exciting visual art and design curriculum in the fast, functional and fun format of the Curriculum Slam!, a 21st century curriculum-sharing format first developed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
To view complete 2015 SLAM! click here.
Today’s society of media saturation has given us all a touch of ADD. The curriculum slam format works well because it’s quick and entertaining and because the careful selection and preparation process guarantees that the content is fresh and well-thought out—based on significant contemporary ideas about making art.
Olivia Gude
The Museum of Contemporary Art is a learning institution as well as a presenting institution. Through this project we are tapping into many forms of contemporary pedagogy. We are learning from teachers.
Marissa Reyes
Curriculum Slam! presenters at the 2014 San Diego NAEA Conference.
From left, front row: Anne Thulson and Vanessa Lopez. Second row, Valerie Xanos, Catherine Muller, Olivia Gude, James Rees, Lydia Ross, Raja Schaar, Elisabeth Gambino, Blake Smith.