CANVAS: Connecting Art, Networks, VET, Academia & Students
International Symposium on Art Education
in Higher & Vocational Teaching 2025
Sunday, 26 October 2025
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Japan Standard Time/ GMT+9) | Online via Zoom
Overview
CANVAS 2025 is an international symposium designed to bring together artists, educators, researchers, and students across the university and VET sectors to explore how art education can shape a future of creativity, collaboration, and career readiness. The name CANVAS reflects the symposium’s mission: to offer a shared creative space where new ideas can be “painted,” networks can be formed, and future-ready pathways for learners can be imagined.
Objectives
・Connect Sectors: Build bridges between vocational training, higher education, and industry to create holistic learning pathways.
・Amplify Networks: Facilitate collaboration across institutions, regions, and disciplines.
・Nurture Creativity: Showcase how studio practice and art pedagogy can drive innovation and critical thinking.
・Value Diversity: Promote inclusive and culturally responsive art education.
・Activate Students: Empower learners as co-creators in their educational journeys.
Key Themes & Topics
The Canvas of Practice & Theory
・Merging studio-based learning with critical inquiry in VET and higher education.
・Case studies of cross-sector curriculum design.
Employability Through Art
・Creative practice as a driver of transferable skills.
・Project-based learning, entrepreneurship, and industry collaborations.
Digital Brushstrokes
・Using AI, VR/AR, and online platforms to enhance studio teaching.
・Building global classrooms and digital artist communities.
Sustainable & Socially Engaged Art
・Eco-conscious practices and art for climate action.
・Art as a vehicle for civic dialogue and social justice.
Equity on the Canvas
・Ensuring access for CALD, First Nations, and disabled students.
・Inclusive approaches that reflect diverse cultural heritages.
Teaching the Teachers and Trainers
・Innovations in training educators for both VET and higher education.
・Communities of practice and professional learning networks.
Call for Participation
● Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 22 October 2025 23:59 JST (GMT+9)
● Presenter Registration Deadline: Thursday, 23 October 2025 23:59 JST (GMT+9)
● Auditor Registration Deadline: Saturday, 25 October 2025 23:59 JST (GMT+9)
Presentation Guidelines
・15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A
・English language delivery
・Option to consent to recorded presentations for shared viewing post-event
【Keynote Guest Presenter】
Title: “Pixels, Possibilities, and Pedagogy: AI's Emerging Art Education Revolution”
Dr Zoran Poposki is Associate Head (Visual Arts) of the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts at the Education University of Hong Kong, and is an internationally acclaimed transdisciplinary artist, curator, and researcher working in the fields of practice-based research, visual semiotics, social practice, digital visual culture, and arts leadership.
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Registration
• Presentation can be registered at this site.
• Details of the presentation schedule and zoom link will be sent via email after all presentations have registered.
Registration Fee
• Professional ticket with presentation: 6000JPY
• Student ticket with presentation: 4000JPY
• Viewer/audience without presentation: Free
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※ If you plan to present your paper, please register on this site and submit your abstract and consent forms using the forms below.
【Abstract】
• The abstract needs to provide a brief but comprehensive summary of the contents of your presentation and images.
• The abstract should to be in 2 pages with the above abstract format (the Word file).
【Publishing】
• All abstracts will be published as conference proceeding documents at a later date following the symposium.
• Your Presentation will be recorded and published on an online viewing space later.
• For the publication and the video viewing, the first author must submit a consent form with your abstract, which includes agreement from all co-authors, and sign it.
Key Documents and Link:
●Abstract Template→ https://art-networks.com/s/Abstracttemplate_Ver2.docx
●Consent Form→ https://art-networks.com/s/A_R_TNetworks_CONSENT_ISAEHVT2025.docx
●Abstract Submission→ https://forms.gle/KbL4cBCGScRe44yR7
Note:
Presenters will receive detailed information about the presentation schedule and Zoom link once submissions have been finalised.
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Contact details: The Symposium Organizing Committee Secretariat (info@art-networks.com).