Sketching in Practice Symposium

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  • Check out these amazing presenters at this year’s SKiP

    Check out these amazing presenters at this year’s SKiP

     Some of the other amazing workshops we have lined up include:
    • Amy Burvall highlights activities from her newly released book, Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom and a second workshop on how to breath life into your drawings;
    • The Graphic History Collective’s session on how to make posters of the past to create a better future;
    • Patrick Pennefather’s session on how drawing-based design processes can be used to lead teams through rapid prototyping processes;
    • Joshua Korenblat’s session on how mapping relationships through a systems thinking approach can fuel innovation;
    • Stef Lenk’s session on how to create wordless narratives and what we gain (and lose) when we do;
    • Katarina (Kat) Thorsen’s session on how drawing helped her uncover new insights into one of Vancouver’s most notorious cold cases;
    • Jessica Motherwell’s session on how comic book apps can help students shift their ways of dealing with sexism and homophobia;
    • And many more!

  • Complexity Essentialized: Amy Burvall on the power of images

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    Image by Amy Burvall

    Memes and infographics are awesome for a reason.

    Images posses a unique ability to communicate complex, even emotional, information rapidly.

    However, understanding how to create and engage with meaningful(l) images is not easy. According Amy Burvall, educator, TedTalker, and author, doing so requires a form of visual literacy she calls metaphorical thinking.

    Learn how to practice metaphorical thinking and hone your visual communication skills at Burvell’s upcoming SkiP session.

    Note: the content of this workshop will draw from Buvall’s recently published book, Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom.

  • Author, Educator, & Co-Creator of the History for Music Lovers YouTube Series, Amy Burvall Coming to SkIP!

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    Hot off the digital presses: the original Amazing Amy (Burvall) will be presenting two workshops at the upcoming SkIP conference!

    Burvall is a radical educator who, among many other accomplishments, created the wildly popular (over a million hits each) video series featuring historical events set to pop music.

    A visual practitioner, Burvall will be sharing ideas and approaches on creating powerful educational images and media from her (very) recently published book, intention, critical creativity in the classroom.

    More information on her presentations coming this week!