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July 1, 2009
Can art be taught to the Facebook generation?
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The Saatchi Gallery / Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools
debate, presented by Intelligence Squared
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The discussion took place at:
The Saatchi Gallery
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Speakers:
Camila Batmanghelidjh
Advocate for vulnerable children and founder of two children's charities, The Place 2 Be and Kids Company where she currently works with some of the most traumatised young people.
Stephen Bayley
Broadcaster and consultant. Founding director of London's Design Museum and outspoken commentator on all matters concerning art in everyday life.
Alain de Botton
Writer of a number of bestselling essays including most recently 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work'. Co-founder of The School of Life, 'a new social enterprise offering good ideas for everyday living'.
Antony Gormley
Artist best known for his large-scale works such as 'Angel of the North' and 'Event Horizon' which explore the collective body and the relationship between self and other. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 1994 and has been a Royal Academician since 2003.
Grayson Perry
Winner in 2003 of the Turner Prize which he accepted wearing a purple satin party frock. Best known for his elaborate ceramic vases which at a distance seem classically decorative but on closer inspection are covered with narratives and commentaries dealing with aesthetic, cultural, social and political subjects.
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Joan Bakewell
Journalist and broadcaster.
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