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Art Beyond the Production Line
Presented by
Dr Gai Lindsay
A powerful workshop for educators who want to move beyond adult directed craft and champion authentic, creative artmaking that makes children’s thinking visible.
Long before Malaguzzi spoke of the hundred languages, Dewey positioned art as experience, a hands on way children connect ideas across the curriculum. Yet many early childhood settings still slip into production line habits where identical crafts and calendar gifts dominate because parents love it. These routines reduce art to decoration, quiet children’s voices, and erode educators’ professional identity. This workshop challenges these industrial habits and invites reflection on the values shaping pedagogy. You will explore practical strategies for curating materials, designing authentic arts experiences, and creating meaningful gifts without compromising creativity. Leave inspired to embrace artful advocacy that honours children as capable and imaginative thinkers. Vive la révolution artistique!
Strengthen your practice by learning to: • Design authentic arts experiences that highlight children’s competence and ideas. • Replace production line craft with creative and meaningful artmaking. • Curate materials and experiences that support expression, agency, and professional pride.
