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"The Renaissance: Leonardo daVinci & the Creative Mind"

• Bulent Atalay, Ph.D.
• "The Artist Doing Science, the Scientist Doing Art"
• Leonardo was a passionate scientist, a consummate inventor, and only a part-time artist. But this part-time artist produced the two most famous paintings in the history of art. Seemingly flittering from one project to another, he often left commissions unfinished, and earned a justifiable reputation as a malingerer. But, what he produced is so miraculous in its power and beauty that five hundred years after he lived, we still stand in awe. Scientist-artist Bulent Atalay, the author of a of a pair of highly successful books on Leonardo — Math and the Mona Lisa (Smithsonian Books, 2004) and Leonardo’s Universe (National Geographic Books, 2009) — will speak about Leonardo’s modus operandi, a total integration of a myriad passions.
• Introducing Peter Donaldson, as Leonardo

"Thinking About Learning & Learning About Thinking: Implications for Creative Human Activity"

• Dennis Cheek, Ph.D.
• Recent research in a variety of areas of cognitive psychology, sociology of learning, lifespan development, 3-D immersive environments, social networking, neuroscience, and assessment of human performance suggests that a renaissance in learning will occur within our lifetime. New ways of thinking about learning, what it means to learn something, where learning can happen, and the meaning of these developments for both human creative activity and formal systems of education will be highlighted.

Student Presentations

Luncheon (in Ballroom, 2^nd Floor)

"The New Renaissance: Creativity, Inquiry & Innovation for All Learners"

• Jack Lew
• The internet and emerging new media including video games have created a wide gap between today’s youth and educators. This digital divide will widen unless educators begin to embrace these innovative tools to transform how this generation of students create. While traditional concepts of art and aesthetics remain relevant, we need to reexamine and redefine what art education is for the 21^st Century.

• "Examples of Creativity in Action in Early Years"
• The Blue School, includes video message from Matt Goldman, founder of the original Blue Man Group (Brad Choyt, Headmaster & Lindsey Russo, Curriculum Specialist)
• Oklahoma A+ Schools, including examples of creativity straight from classrooms across the state
• Peter Donaldson

Creativity Leadership in Higher Education

• Don Betz, Ph.D.
• John Feaver, Ph.D.
• V. Burns Hargis
• Tom McKeon, Ph.D.
• Mike O'Neal, J.D.
• Roger Webb, J.D.

Student Presentations: Reflections on the New Renaissance

Call to Action!