A Year of Creativity: Session #2
November 19, 2014
The McMaster Museum of Art invites McMaster graduate students to the second session of the Year of Creativity, a series of workshops that will engage graduate students in creative thinking through the Museum’s inspired space and art collection.
Exploring art and the brain: problems and Possibilities
A Year of Creativity: Session #2
Thursday November 27, 5 – 7 pm
Dinner provided
Here’s an outline of the evening…
NOVEMBER 27
Exploring art and the brain: problems and possibilities
Sally McKay, Instructor, McMaster School of the Arts.Exploring art and the brain: problems and possibilities. This seminar will consider art and neuroscience to challenge the mind/body split.
5:30 – 6
Art-making activity led by Sally McKay
6 – 6:20
Tour of This Is Me, This Is Also Me exhibition.This group exhibition of Canadian-based and international works focuses on self-representation and self-portraiture.
6:20 – 6:45
Creative activity: Mind-mapping – a creative way to visualize our thoughts, ideas, issues and the connections between them. Mind maps let us see what we think.
For more information please contact Irena Radisevic (radisei@mcmaster.ca) or Nicole Knibb (knibbn@mcmaster.ca).
Space is limited. To register please visit our Eventbrite page
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