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Call for speakers for TypeCon 09 Type & Design Education Forum

Posted by: "Elizabeth Resnick" elizres@aol.com liz91648

Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:56 am (PST)

Call for Speakers for the TypeCon2009 Type and Design Education Forum

TypeCon2009: Rhythm July 14–19, 2009 Atlanta, Georgia

The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) will present its fourth Type and Design Education Forum as part of TypeCon2009. This special program will be held on Thursday, July 16, at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead. The forum will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type educators and the institutions they represent. The program will feature assignment presentations, experiential workshops, a distinguished panel (for a lively) Q&A exchange, as well as breakout sessions dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and experiences.

We are looking for presenters and facilitators in the following areas:

Assignment Presentations
15-minute presentations of effective and stimulating typographic assignments that make use of and generate a passion for type:
- Basic skill sets/foundations of type/typography
- Basic lettering/letterform design
- Type history/typographic history - Experimentation with type
- Interactive/new media

Workshops
One-and-a-half to two-hour experiential workshops devoted to exploring one type-related class exercise or project. Attendees will participate in the execution of the project, to be followed by a discussion on how to present the project effectively, its use as a teaching tool, the approach and language for critiquing, etc. The exercise or project can be of varying levels (beginning, intermediate, or advanced).

Breakout Sessions
There will b
e a general session consisting of small breakout discussions. We are looking for people to facilitate discussions on the following topics:

- Curriculum development for schools with 1–2 type classes
- Curriculum development for design programs with 3–4 type classes
- Teaching type/typography basics
- Teaching letterform design
- Strategies for more effective critiques
- Experimentation in typography
- Type in motion
- Interactive/web type
- Multi-lingual typography

Submissions
Proposals should contain your biography/resume/CV, your area(s) of interest/specialty, a description of your proposed presentation, workshop, and/or breakout session, and a statement about why you’d like to participate.

For presentation and workshop proposals, you should include 2 to 3 images of student work that has resulted from the proposed assignment. Please include a speaking reference if you have not previously presented at a TypeCon event.

Please send all submissions to education@typecon.com
Deadline for submissions is February 27, 2009.

TypeCon is the annual conference of SOTA, an international non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type design, typography, and the related arts. For information about TypeCon, visit http://www.typecon.com/. For more information about SOTA, please visit the website at http://www.typesociety.org.