ITAC6

The Sixth Internatioanl Teaching Artist Conference is now over and what a conference it has been. From 1st to 3rd of September over 220 participants, presenters and collaborators attended the conference, coming in from 36 countries. With a staggering main stage program with speeches, keynotes, performances from KACES, Subsdans, Lørenskog Marchingband, DNA? AND?, All This and More, multiple presenters as well as 7 excursions, 62 parallels sessions and much, much more. We hope and know participants have had enough to sink their teeth into and hopefully are going back more inspired with more connections for the work ahead. For more info on all the different posts please go to ITAC6's main event page.

ITAC6 EVENT PAGE

Below you will find pictures taken during ITAC6 as well as recordings from the mainstage.

For recordings of the digital sessions go here

THURSDAY 1. SEPTEMBER

10:00 - 11:15

Opening ITAC6

Musical performance with Hildegunn Øiseth
Welcome to presenters and delegates from 35 countries
Opening Speech with Odin Adelsten Aunan Bohmann
Danceperformance by SUBSDANS
ITAC Hosts - greetings from Oslo 2012 to Seoul 2020
Info from Seanse Team
Musical performance with Hildegunn Øiseth

11:30 - 12:30

Art as a Catalyst for Change

Eric Booth’s Inaugural Keynote

12:30 - 12:45

ITAC Collaborative Projects

ITAC IMPACT: Climate, activating communities in response to the climate crisis with Raz Salvarita

13:30 - 14:15

Teaspoon of Light

Led by Peter O’Connor, Centre for Arts and Social Transformation at the University of Auckland, New Zealand

14:30 - 18:00

Parallel Sessions

Workshops, panel discussions, co-creations and papers.

20:30 - 22:00

Reception at Oslo City Hall

We welcome all delegates and presenters for a civic reception at Oslo City Hall. The event includes a welcome speech by a representative, finger food and drinks, as well as a private guided tour of the building.

DAY 1 - MAIN STAGE RECORDING

Photo credit by:
Seanse Art Center, Courtney Ropp / Kristian Glomnes. For photo inquires without watermark please contact info@seanse.no

FRIDAY 2. SEPTEMBER

09:15 - 11:35

Parallel Sessions

Workshops, panel discussions, co-creations and papers.

12:00 - 14:30

Excursions in Oslo

National Museeum: Urskogen Silva
National Museeum: Man in and through art
Project Tøyen Orchestra
X-Ray Youth Culture Center
Kulturtanken
Theater Vildenvei
Kloden

15:00 - 15:15

Performance: DNA? AND?

Norwegian Neurodivergent Music Group

15:15 - 16:15

BIG UMBRELLA

Expanding Arts experiences with and for Neurodiverse Audiences by Lincoln Center Education w/Jean E Taylor, Heather Bryce, Jackson Tucker-Meyer, and Rebecca Podsednik.

16:00 - 17:15

ITAC Collaborative Projects

Teaching Artists Asia Project, building a community of practice working for & with the disability community with Jeffrey Tan (Singapore)
ITAC Innovator Cohort 2022, approaches to international Teaching Artist resource & community building with Peter Atsu Adaletey (Ghana), Becky Baumwoll (USA), Jeff Mather (USA), Sudebi Thakurata (India), Yvonne Wyroslawska (UK).

DAY 2 - MAIN STAGE RECORDING

Photo credit by:
Seanse Art Center, Courtney Ropp / Kristian Glomnes. For photo inquires without watermark please contact info@seanse.no

SATURDAY 3. SEPTEMBER

09:00 - 09:10

Morning song inspiration & participation

09:10 - 10:00

The Embodied Catalyst; Dancing with/of/about/on/within/for you

A dance performance with speech by KACES (Korea Arts & Culture Education Service) - How does dance play as a catalyst for connecting people?

10:15 - 11:00

ITAC Collaborative Projects

SOS, School of the (Im)possible, using play and imagination to create social change - Francine Kliemann, Plato Cultural
The Young and Emerging Leaders Forum (YELF), cultivating youth leadership in Teaching Artistry - Jeff Poulin
The Launch of ITACs New Social Impact in Teaching Artistry Course - Gowri Savoor

11:15 - 13:05

Parallel Sessions

Workshops, panel discussions, co-creations and papers.

17:00 - 17:15

Lørenskog School Band

Musical performance led by Ante Skaug

17:15 - 17:35

ALL THIS AND MORE - Talk

Performance footage and reflection with Simon Sharkey, Kristian Glomnes (Seanse Art Center), Henriette Blakstad and Claudia Lauce

17:35 - 18:20

Closing Plenary

What initiated the ITAC Conferences and Maintained Our World-Wide Network in Participatory Arts, and Was is Needed the Future?
From Oslo 2012 - Brisbane 2014 - Edinburgh 2016 - New York 2018 - Seoul 2020 and Oslo 2022!

Panel conversation and closing plenary led by Madeleine McGirk

Ceremonial Handover to ITAC7 Hosts and Artistic Closing!

18:30 - 18:40

Thank you and Farewell

Hand over from ITAC6 Team to the ITAC7 organizer in New Zealand!

DAY 3 - MAIN STAGE RECORDING

Photo credit by:
Seanse Art Center, Yaniv Cohen / Kristian Glomnes. For photo inquires without watermark please contact info@seanse.no

KACES's Contribution to ITAC6

- The Embodied Catalyst; Dancing with/of/about/on/within/for you

How does dance play as a catalyst for connecting people? Featuring the collected voices of 13 Korean dance teaching artists, this session invites you to a live performance of lived experience where film, sound, and dance are interplayed.

Moderator: Jeehye Suh
Performers: Hyosub Bae, HyeonSeok Lee, Laehyuk Kim, Jisoo Gong, Yuseon Lee
Sound: Bagagee Viphex13
Costume: Yunjin Lee
Film: SecondCrack
Coordinator: Sunghee Lee
Director: Hwan Jung Jae

Photo credit by:
Seanse Art Center, Yaniv Cohen / Kristian Glomnes. For photo inquires without watermark please contact info@seanse.no

ALL THIS AND MORE

In the middle of the day in Oslo City Center a group of people dressed in dark and grey clothes where walking the city. A powerfull participatory performance event/movement that focuses on the problem that by 2050 there will be 1.5 billion climate refugees seeking shelter in all our major cities. A collective participatory public art installation designed to raise awareness of the coming mass migration caused by Climate Change.

Producer: Kristian Glomnes, Seanse Art Center
Director/concept: Simon Sharkey, The Necessary Space
Co-director, project manager: Henriette Blakstad
Co-director, project-coordinator: Claudia Lucacel
Assistant-director/coordinator: Christina M. H. Strøm
Costumes: Galyna Ilchyshyn
Make-up: Jasmine Ta, Bianca Florea
Thanks to: Community of Sagene in Sagene Samfunnshus Oslo. 45 national and international volunteers/performers taking part.