Museum and Gallery Services Queensland

Published: 06 Jun 2008

Creating Child Friendly Cultural Spaces

Creating Child Friendly Cultural Spaces

A FREE seminar brought to you by Museum & Gallery Services Queensland

Where: Tony Gould Gallery, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Southbank
When: Thursday 12 June 5pm-6.30pm
Part of The 3rd CHILD FRIENDLY CITIES SYMPOSIUM
Brought to you by QPAC, Museum of Brisbane and Griffith University at QPAC’s Out of the Box Festival for 3 to 8 year olds

Today we expect that child friendly cities will host child friendly museums. What do children and carers really think about their experiences with arts and culture in our museums?

Hear members of the Youth Advisory Group for The Edge, a dedicated space for young people across the Cultural Centre, report on their visits to museums and galleries. What do these children expect from child friendly museums? How do they value their early childhood visitor experiences? Hear museum and gallery professionals talk candidly about their insights as parents of children aged 3-8 on family visits to museums. How responsive are museums to children’s needs?


Hannah Billett and Raya Mawson-Sargeant, the youngest Edgy Advisors as museum and gallery reviewers in conversation with Collette Brennan, Creative Director, The Edge, State Library of Queensland

Sandra Fields, Fieldworx on how to operate your own youth advisory group

Andrew Moritz, Director, The Workshops Rail Museum and Louise Martin-Chew, freelance writer, both as parent reviewers reflecting on their own family's visit experiences.

Early primary school visitors to Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) talking about their engagement with and interpretation of artwork.

Melina Mallos, Curriculum & Education Programs Officer, QAG on what enables meaningful engagement with kids in the gallery.


To register please phone the Out of the Box office on 07 3840 7329. Bookings can also be made online at http://www.outoftheboxfestival.com.au/booking_form/child_friendly_cities_symposium/index.aspx
For speaker biographies and stimulus material go to http://www.magsq.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=385

Information on the other seminars and discussions in the program is available at:

http://www.outoftheboxfestival.com.au/whats_on/parents_night_out.aspx
Parents Night Out

http://www.outoftheboxfestival.com.au/whats_on/child_friendly_cities_symposium.aspx
Seminar Dialogue 1 - Creative Resilience
Presented in association with Arts Queensland
Community Cultural Development (CCD) has been a central feature to large-scale, child-focussed community interventions in Queensland. This seminar explores avenues to promote and utilise arts and cultural practices as mechanisms to support these interventions.

Seminar Dialogue 3: Children's Mobility
Presented in association with Urban Research Program, Griffith University
There is significant interest in the issue of child travel and independent mobility, or lack thereof, in Australian cities, with significant implications for planning and design. This Dialogue brings current research to a practitioner audience in Brisbane.

Seminar Dialogue 4: Children's Relationship to the Built Environment
Child-friendly design is an increasingly recognised and critical component in creating more child-friendly urban environments. The Dialogue will focus on public and private child- friendly buildings and spaces that have young children's interests and welfare in mind as well as an authentic sense of place.

Enquiries

Ann Baillie
Manager, Training & Professional Development
Tel: +61 07 3215 0845
Fax: +61 07 3215 0821
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