MODELLING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

Based on over a decade of collective teaching, this volume explores the hybrid use of online and in-person collaboration as a means of offering international experience to university-level arts students.

Illustrated with photographs, screenshots, diagrams, posters, and examples of collaborative student art projects, this book inspires reflection on teaching methodologies and student artmaking strategies across cultures and languages. Pedagogical and methodological topics trace an evolution of curricular approaches and the use of evolving online platforms. Examples of themes and visual strategies demonstrate the power of student-directed collaborative learning. Diverse voices have been gathered through research conducted with educators and alumni connected to the International Art Collaborations Network (INTAC), providing perspectives on working collaboratively in a global context.

Student projects exemplify responses to the challenges of communication and creation that come with distanced artistic partnerships. Chapters end with suggested points for conversation, whether between educators, students of art education, or students entering collaborations. Although based on experiences in the visual arts, the ideas and methods are applicable to others engaging in inter-institutional education or online collaborative practices.
 

Peter Sramek is a visual artist with a practice in photography and book arts. As professor emeritus at OCAD University in Canada, he has worked to develop innovative curriculum in the arts over more than four decades. Since 2010, development of the INTAC network has been a key focus for his ongoing efforts to expand experiential and cross-cultural learning opportunities for students. He is the author of Piercing Time: Paris After Marville and Atget 1865–2012, also published by Intellect Books.

Charisse Fung is an INTAC alumna who participated in collaborative projects from 2018–2021 at OCAD University, joining the INTAC Archive Project Team as project archivist and research assistant. Fung is a curator, artist, and archivist from Hong Kong (and now Canada).

Giselle Mira-Diaz is an artist and art educator based in Chicago. Today she is part of the INTAC team as the archive project analyst. She is currently completing an MFA in Photography at Columbia College Chicago and working as an education assistant at the Museum of Contemporary Photography.