History Through Art Lecture - September 17 @6:30 pm

This fall, history and art come together in an an exciting combination to help adults learn history!

Event:  History Through Art Lecture
Location:  Academy of Realist Art Toronto
Guest Speaker:  Scott Powell
Date:  Thursday September 17th, 2009
Time:  6:30 to 9:00

Scott Powell, the creator of A First History for Adults™, the acclaimed distance-learning history curriculum for adults, is offering a new learning opportunity to adult students of art. It's called “HistoryThroughArt.” 

This innovative pedagogical approach presents the narrative story of history and uses the integrating power of art to allow students to visualize the events and characters as well as the story's abstract themes. History Through Art will help you:  develop a greater appreciation of the instructive power of art, and a better understanding of the meaning and value of history … because HistoryThroughArt combines the power of history and art in every lecture. 

We'll learn about the Roman Empire and its long-term impact on the world … the Dark Ages, and the rise and disintegration of Feudal Christendom … the pivotal period of the French Revolution and Napoleon, and finally … the revolutions of the nineteenth century that shaped the modern world.

Contact Colleen Johnston (info@academyofrealistart.com or call 416-766-1280) for further event and program details, including a syllabus for prospective students.

The lecture is free to all ARA students.