BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2691-5b1b21095a9cd59122e495718dd48102@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260512T234948Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T170000 SUMMARY:“The Art of Growing Up” DESCRIPTION:\nBrendan Slocumb’s The Violin Conspiracy follows Rayquan “R ay” McMillian\, a Black youth from the South who must overcome various f orms of prejudice to become a professional musician. Ray’s coming-of-age coincides with his development as a violinist\; the joys and challenges he faces as a young man are mirrored by those he faces as a budding art ist. Inspired by Slocumb’s novel\, this year’s Centre County Reads selec tion\, this panel will address the role of the arts in the process of gr owing up. Three invited panelists will consider not only fictional repre sentations of coming-of-age\, like books and movies\, but also the real- life role art plays in making us who we are and enabling us to embrace o ur unique identities.\n\nFeatured Panelists:\n\nSuzanne Hall\, Associate Professor of Music Education\, Temple University\n\nSuzanne Hall teache s courses in general music at the elementary and secondary levels at Tem ple University. She is a frequent presenter at conferences and provides professional development workshops on music and literacy integration str ategies for school districts across the country. She is a published auth or of articles and books on the subject including Teaching Elementary Mu sic: Integrative Strategies between Music and Other Subjects (Kendall Hu nt 2013).\n\nSpencer Tricker\, Assistant Professor of English\, Clark Un iversity\n\nSpencer Tricker specializes in American literature of the ni neteenth and early twentieth centuries. His first book manuscript-in-pro gress\, Imminent Communities\, explores the uses and abuses of cosmopoli tan rhetoric and feeling in the work of writers and public figures from the United States\, Canada\, the Philippines\, and Hawai‘i. Tricker regu larly teaches courses focused on coming-of-age stories in multiethnic Am erican literatures.\n\nAnn Holt\, Assistant Professor of Art Education\, Penn State\n\nAnn Holt is an advisor and artist teacher with ArtsAction Group\, an international community-based collective committed to facili tating arts initiatives with children and youth in conflict-affected env ironments. She is also co-editor in chief of Arts Culture &\; Develop ment\, a blind peer-reviewed\, annually published journal on the role of arts and culture in global development practice.\n\nModerator:\n\nJess Rafalko\, Graduate Student in English\, Penn State\n\nPart of the slate of events for the 2024 Centre County Reads/CALS Community Read. For more information\, please see www.cals.la.psu.edu and www.centrecountyreads. org.\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email contai ning information about joining the webinar.\n\n \;\n\nFor more detai ls: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/taogu_02-28-24/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Brendan Slocumb ’s The Violin Conspiracy follows Rayquan “Ray” McMillian, a Black youth from the South who must overcome various forms of prejudice to be come a professional musician. Ray’s coming-of-age coincides with his dev elopment as a violinist; the joys and challenges he faces as a young man are mirrored by those he faces as a budding artist. Inspired by Slocumb ’s novel, this year’s Centre County Reads selection, this panel will add ress the role of the arts in the process of growing up. Three invited pa nelists will consider not only fictional representations of coming-of-ag e, like books and movies, but also the real-life role art plays in makin g us who we are and enabling us to embrace our unique identities.

Featured Panelists:

Suzanne Hall, Associate Professor of Music Education, Temple University

Suzanne Hall teaches courses in g eneral music at the elementary and secondary levels at Temple University . She is a frequent presenter at conferences and provides professional d evelopment workshops on music and literacy integration strategies for sc hool districts across the country. She is a published author of articles and books on the subject including Teaching Elementary Music: Integr ative Strategies between Music and Other Subjects (Kendall Hunt 2013 ).

Spencer Tricker, Assistant Professor of English, Clark Unive rsity

Spencer Tricker specializes in American literature of th e nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His first book manuscript-in -progress, Imminent Communities, explores the uses and abuses of cosmopolitan rhetoric and feeling in the work of writers and public figu res from the United States, Canada, the Philippines, and Hawai‘i. Tricke r regularly teaches courses focused on coming-of-age stories in multieth nic American literatures.

Ann Holt, Assistant Professor of Art Education, Penn State

Ann Holt is an advisor and artist teache r with ArtsAction Group, an international community-based collective com mitted to facilitating arts initiatives with children and youth in confl ict-affected environments. She is also co-editor in chief of Arts Cul ture & Development, a blind peer-reviewed, annually published jo urnal on the role of arts and culture in global development practice.

Moderator:

Jess Rafalko, Graduate Student in English, Penn State

Part of the slate of events for the 2024 Centre County R eads/CALS Community Read. For more information, please see www.cals.la.psu.edu and www.centrecountyreads.org.

After regist ering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information abou t joining the webinar.

 

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/ event/taogu_02-28-24/

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