The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on
SPETSES,
GREECE
4-8 July 2001
Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, Art Education Department, Iowa City, USA
An Experiment in Translation between Visual, Written, and Verbal text in a Women's Prison: Building The House of Bernada Alba
Abstract:
This paper will focus on my experience as an art educator
in Holloway HMP in London during a residency/collaboration with
Deidre Osborn and a theatre company. Primarily I will focus on
the experience of translating written text into visual and verbal
interpretations in order to produce Federico Garcia Lorca's play,
The House of Bernada Alba. Within this translation were struggles
with the social metaphor of the prison and the personal experiences
of the women as prisoners, women, mothers, and daughters. Issues
relating to literacy, both written and visual will also be analyzed
through my experiences as an educator and artist and the responses
of the women who participated.
Bionote
1993-B.F.A. at East Carolina University in Painting and Drawing
1995-M.F.A. at Florida State University in Studio Art
2000-Ph.D. at Florida State University in Art Education
1998-1999 Assistant Professor of Art Education at the University of Northern Iowa
1999-present Assistant Professor of Art Education at University of Iowa Research interests include: Feminist Ethnography, Incarcerated Women, Arts in Corrections, Qualitative evaluation, Painting, Lampworking Glass
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Presentation Type
30 min. Paper
Presentation Equipment and Other Requests
Slide Projector; vcr/tv
Speaking Date/Time Restrictions
Country
USA
