The 2003 Charles Fowler Colloquium on Innovation in Arts Education
at the University of Maryland

CULTURES in COUNTERPOINT
The Arts as Intercultural Dialogue

October 19 - 21, 2003, University of Maryland

The 2003 Charles Fowler Colloquium was conducted in conjunction with a campus-wide exploration of the Cultures in Counterpoint theme, inspired by the reverberations from an era of dynamic coexistence among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in medieval Spain, called al-Andalus. Performances on the stages of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center during the days of this Colloquium will feature music, theatre, and dance highlighted these cultures. Colloquium participants were given tickets to attend the performances as a backdrop to considerations of creative coexistence through the arts in today’s world.

This Colloquium explored the role of the arts and arts education in promoting intercultural dialogue. Through a program included formal addresses, small-group discussions, concerts and exhibitions, participants examined how arts education can build and inform intercultural understanding. The planners of this Colloquium feel that helping young people experience the arts in ways that lead them to honor different ethnic, religious, political, and socio-economic backgrounds is central to the mission of arts education.

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