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SUMMARY:Session C4. Telling ArtsNOW’s Professional Learning Story Through Data
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nPamela Walker\, President and CEO\, ArtsNOW\nAshlee A. Lewis\, Ph.D.\, Research Associate Professor\, University of South Carolina\nMelinda Mollette\, Ph.D.\, External Evaluator\, R.E.A.L. K-12 Consulting\nDalisha Shingler\, Ph.D.\, Research Assistant Scientist\, University of South Carolina\nCrystal Collins\, Vice President and COO\, ArtsNOW  \nEvaluators from the University of South Carolina\, R.E.A.L. K-12 Consulting\, and leaders from ArtsNOW will share how they collaborated to design an impact survey\, collect data\, and ultimately tell the story of ArtsNOW’s impact on teachers’ classroom practice through high-quality professional learning. The evaluation team will share the impetus for the partnership\, including a brief description of the study design\, piloting\, and data collection. After a results overview\, ArtsNOW will share successful dissemination strategies\, including their approach to tailoring their data-based narratives to various audiences and for various purposes. Then\, ArtsNOW will engage attendees in an in-depth discussion around their own considerations for adapting the messaging of evaluation findings for different audiences. Telling ArtsNOW’s story to different audiences will be the central focus of this session. The evaluation team will first share how the perspectives and interests of different audiences such as teachers\, school and district leaders\, and funders were considered in the design of the impact survey\, and the ArtsNOW team will share how they then used the data emerging from the survey to tell the story of their strong professional learning and school transformation model to each of those different audiences. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-c4/
LOCATION:Ballroom C
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions C,Conference Sessions,Track: Executive Leaders & Board Members
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SUMMARY:Session C3. Soul of Langston: Crafting Community Narratives Through Arts and Humanities
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nAnna Heywood Green\, CEO\, Arts for Learning Virginia\nKatie E. Driskill\, Arts Integration Director\, Arts for Learning Virginia / Affiliate Director\, Coastal Virginia Wolf Trap\nAisha K. Noel\, Programs & Community Engagement Manager\, Arts for Learning Virginia\nJackie R. Adonis\, School and Community Program Coordinator\, Arts for Learning Virginia / Curriculum Support Specialist\, Coastal Virginia Wolf Trap  \nThis session explores how centering marginalized voices transforms arts education and community engagement. Arts for Learning Virginia’s Soul of Langston program combined arts-based workshops with a culminating performance at Norfolk’s historic Attucks Theatre\, using the Langston Hughes’ themes of identity\, resilience\, and justice to inspire personal storytelling through poetry\, spoken word\, visual art\, and music. Through partnerships with Norfolk Public Libraries\, Norfolk Public Schools\, and the Virginia African American Cultural Center\, and more\, the initiative demonstrated how narrative can amplify authentic voices and foster collaboration. Attendees will gain practical strategies for integrating narrative into arts learning\, including a replicable framework for community workshops\, tools for measuring impact\, and approaches for building sustainable partnerships. The session includes a case study presentation\, an interactive storytelling exercise\, and lessons learned—such as aligning marketing early\, strengthening partner communication\, and using post-event SWOT analysis for continuous improvement. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-c3/
LOCATION:Ashlawn South
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions C,Conference Sessions,Track: Program Administrators
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T133000
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SUMMARY:Session C2. I Will... Centering Youth Voice in Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nAshley Edinger\, Creative Career Programs Coordinator\, Sitar Arts Center\nChloe’ Smith-Morgan\, Bloomberg Arts Intern\, Sitar Arts Center\nA’mirah Wallace\, Bloomberg Arts Intern\, Arts for Learning Maryland \nIn a world where narratives shape power\, opportunity\, and belonging\, whose voices are we centering when we tell the story of our work? In this interactive\, youth-led session\, Bloomberg Arts Interns from Baltimore\, MD and Washington\, DC invite participants to examine the guiding question: Which voices are centered in our stories\, and how does this impact what is told\, how it’s received\, and how it’s retold and shared? Drawing from key practices in the Bloomberg Arts Internship—developing an artist statement or college essay\, crafting an elevator pitch\, and leading a culminating presentation—the interns will guide attendees through the very prompts that helped them clarify and claim their own voices. Participants will experience firsthand how these activities foreground student agency\, strengthen authentic storytelling\, and reshape how arts educators represent young people in narrative\, fundraising\, and program reporting. The session concludes with a spoken-word style call to action: “How will you center student voices in the stories you tell?” Attendees will leave with concrete\, youth-tested strategies\, and a personal commitment to amplifying student-led narratives in their work. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-c2/
LOCATION:Ballroom A
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions C,Conference Sessions,Track: Educators & School Staff
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SUMMARY:Session C1. Migration Stories
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nMark Diaz\, Associate Director of Education\, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education\nPatty Okulinski\, Teaching Artist\, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education  \nThis session explores how centering personal narratives—particularly those of migrants—shapes what stories are told\, how they are understood\, and how they are shared. Based on a RAISE classroom experience with a newly arrived student from Venezuela\, the workshop demonstrates how artmaking can become a bridge for communication when language poses a barrier. In the classroom\, students created collage-based paper luggage filled with representations of objects they would bring if forced to leave home. The session mirrors the original student project wherein classmates deepened their empathy for the newcomer’s journey to Chicago.  \nThrough hands-on art making\, workshop participants explore how images of personal objects function as narrative elements\, revealing the weight of displacement and acclimation to place. The sharing component further reinforces the guiding question by foregrounding whose voices are amplified by encouraging participants to articulate their own stories. By modeling the teaching artist’s role as mediator and facilitator of student voice\, the workshop highlights how centering marginalized or newcomer perspectives shifts collective understanding. Ultimately\, the session demonstrates that artmaking not only shares stories but reshapes how they are received\, retold\, and valued. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-c1/
LOCATION:Ashlawn North
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions C,Conference Sessions,Track: Teaching Artists
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