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The Colour Literacy Forum is a virtual platform featuring presentations and interactive conversations focused on updating and expanding 21st century colour education at the post-secondary level. The goal of this global collaboration is to develop an interdisciplinary STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) model that positions colour as a Meta-discipline and aligns colour education with current needs in the culture –– providing cutting-edge resources, and offering dynamic networking opportunities for all stakeholders
COLOUR LITERACY FORUM DATES & TOPICS
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FORUM 7: March 22, 2024, 11:00am-12:15pm ET
Colour in Context. With Harald Arnkil (Visual artist, Colour researcher & Author Colours in the Visual World) and Valtteri Arstila (Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy, University of Turku).
FORUM 6: September 29, 2023, 11:00am-12:30pm Eastern
The Evolution of Colour Vision. With Andrew Parker (University of Oxford), Jay Neitz (University of Washington) and Kimberly A. Jameson (University of California, Irvine).
FORUM 5: June 15, 2023. 12:45-2:15pm Eastern
Colour & the Perceiver. With Ming Ronnier Luo, Maria Olkkonen and Bill Fischer.
FORUM 4: March 31, 2023
Colour & Materials: Past, Present, Future with Carolyn E. Boyd (Texas State University), José Luis Caivano (Buenos Aires University), and Noora Yau & Konrad Klockars (Aalto University)
FORUM 3: December 9, 2022
Colour & Light with Mark Rosin (Pratt Institute)
FORUM 2: September 30, 2022
Teaching Colour Online: 3 Perspectives from the Arts & Sciences, with David Briggs, Saara Pyykkö & Robin Kingsburgh
FORUM 1: April 22, 2022
State of the Art Colour Teaching in Design Education, with Ingrid Calvo Ivanovic
OUR PARTNERS
Inter-Society Colour Council (ISCC) is the principal professional society in the field of color in the United States and the US member organization of the AIC.
Cumulus is the leading global association of art and design education, representing a dynamic ecosystem for knowledge exchange and collaboration in art and design pedagogy, research, and practice.
The International Colour Association (AIC, Association Internationale de la Couleur) is composed of national colour organizations and members representing over 30 countries. Founded June 21, 1967, in Washington DC, USA, the AIC aims are to encourage research in all aspects of colour, to disseminate the knowledge gained from this research, and to promote its application to the solution of problems in the fields of science, art, design and industry on an international basis.
The Study Group for Colour Education (SGCE) of the AIC is an international network of scientists, teachers within the field of colour, and other professionals with a specific interest in colour education. Aims: exchange of knowledge and experiences among its members; stimulation of teaching and research; to inform about coming congresses, seminars, workshops and exhibitions which might be of interest; to share news from congresses, seminars, workshops, publications and exhibitions.
