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engage 28: Featured ArticleTransforming Learning at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Simon Power and Heather Whitely, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Power and Whitely describe how learning is placed physically and conceptually at the centre of Australia’s redeveloped Museum of Contemporary Art, due to open in 2012.
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Learning in Galleries: Engaging with Visual CultureInstitute of Education & engage
19 & 20 April and 3 & 4 May 2012
10am-6pm with an extended session on 3 May
£450/£400 engage members
Booking is now open for this innovative course designed by the Institute of Education, University of London, in partnership with engage as an introduction to gallery education.
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Schools and Curriculum policy highlightsThe Cultural Learning Alliance has produced a useful round-up of recent school and curriculum news, including changes to the ICT curriculum; Labour's plans for education; and Ofsted's intention to swap 'satisfactory' grade for 'needs improving. Read more on the
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engage West Midlands Area Group Meeting10 May 2012
Ikon Gallery and the New Birmingham Library
12.30-3pm
12.30pm- Arrivals at Ikon Gallery, tea and coffee (Meeting Room). Welcome by engage area reps
12.45pm- Behind the scenes gallery tour led by Simon Taylor, Head of Learning (Please note Ikon is closed for installation of new exhibitions.)
1pm - Walk
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Call for expressions of interest: ARTIST ROOMSengage member galleries are invited to submit expressions of interest in the ARTIST ROOMS programme by 17 February 2012.
ARTIST ROOMS is a collection of international contemporary art which has been created through one of the largest and most imaginative gifts of art ever made to museums in Britain. The gift
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