Teaching the Arts Classically

presentations. For teachers, administrators, homeschool parents, and others interested in a classical approach to education.
Tentative Schedule
Session I
Keynote: A Classical Approach to Artistic LiteracyDr. Carol Reynolds, Arts Educator at Professor Carol

Artistic literacy involves the study of great art and an understanding of the central role art plays in human existence. Art has always been a core element of classical education, used to develop discernment and to train the affections. Indeed, C.S. Lewis tells us that artistic beauty is a foretaste and prophecy of the Kingdom. Learn to incorporate the arts into your classical curriculum with an overview of the how, the what, and the so what.
Session II (breakout)
Good Taste and Good Conduct—Is There a Connection?Dr. Matthew Post, Graduate Director of Humanities and Classical Education, University of Dallas
We have long been told that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Even people who think that there are moral absolutes often deny that there are any such absolutes when it comes to beauty. This leaves the appreciation of beauty, whether it is in music, literature, art, architecture, etc., in a difficult position when understanding its place in a classical education, an education whose aim is to form the student’s character with a view to truth and virtue. 
Vitruvius and Beauty: Lessons from an Ancient ArchitectJenny Dickinson, Architect/Classical Educator
In the first century B.C., Roman architect and engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio authored The Ten Books on Architecture. This is arguably the most influential and is certainly the oldest extant treatise on architecture. At a time when many unthinkingly accept relativity in aesthetics, Vitruvius challenges us to examine whether beauty might be objective.
Session III (breakout)
Poetry and Meaning: Theories and StrategiesFr. Garrin Dickinson, Rector, Church of the Holy Nativity
It can be hard to pin down the reasons for the beauty and meaning we (sometimes) find in the compressed language of poetry. This often leads students to hate it and teachers to make them hate it more. We will examine various theories of the way in which meaning is produced in a text, especially as it may relate to introducing students successfully to the reading of poetry. 
What the 19th Century Did to ArtDr. Carol Reynolds

The confident Age of Enlightenment crumbled as Europe was rocked by the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Artists responded to the turmoil in vivid ways, lamenting its horrors, issuing calls for stronger ethnic and national identity, and exploring unorthodox spiritual directions. By the end of the 19th century, artists pushed beyond the limits of line & perspective, sowing the seeds of today’s modernism.  
LUNCH
Art Exhibit: Paintings and Photography by Russian Artist Evgeny Fuk
Musical Performance TBA
Session IV
Workshop on Our Early Christian Musical Traditions
Session V
Panel DiscussionCarol Reynolds, Matthew Post, Jenny Dickinson, Garrin Dickinson, Hank Reynolds