2023 FATE Conference

Intersections. Tension. Curiosity.

Artists and educators often find themselves at the intersection of their craft and their pedagogy. Likewise, student learning is bound by curriculum standards and assessment criteria while aspiring to instill wonder and creative risk-taking. Serious play is a balancing act, bridging the mischievous nature of creative exploration, the measurable necessities of education, and the high stakes of what lies ahead.

The 2023 FATE conference is focused on exploring these tensions by sharing the lessons we have learned and the innovative pedagogical approaches developed during this time. What will we take forward with us? What will we leave behind? Together, we can reflect upon these seismic changes, while re-imagining how we can positively impact future generations curricularly and civically. It is an opportunity to expand our understanding of how playful curricula and serious inquiry merge to create a hopeful curiosity for what is to come.

RMCAD tour & student exhibit

Hotel

Visitor Center

Local Discounts

FATE is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation as defined by the American with Disabilities Act. To request accommodation during the conference, please contact FATE DEIA representative, Colleen Merrill at colleen.merrill@kctcs.edu by 04.03.23.

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Serious Play: The Work of RMCAD Foundations Students

This year RMCAD will be hosting the 2023 biennial Foundations in Art: Theory & Education conference, Serious Play. The F.A.T.E. conference is a gathering of artists, designers, historians, and educators who share the goal of making the foundational experience in art a springboard for a successful academic and professional life.

This concurrent student exhibition is a selection of foundations student works that represents the structure and mission of the Foundations program at RMCAD. Faculty have selected student works that reflect the high level of design, making, and thinking skills facilitated through their teaching practice. This exhibition celebrates the hard work, ingenuity, and creativity of Foundations students and faculty at RMCAD.

The exhibit’s Closing Reception will be held on Friday, April 14, 2023 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

The exhibit will be on display from Monday, April 3, 2023 – Saturday, April 15, 2023 with open gallery hours, Monday – Friday from 11:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 15, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. MST.