• Session A1. RAISE Action Research Poster Session

    Westin Wash., DC City Center 1400 M St SW, Washington, D.C.

    Responsive Arts in School Education (RAISE) is a program of Young Audiences National, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Now in its fifth year, RAISE has reached over 50,000 students across 19 cities. Join RAISE teaching artists from across the country as they share what they’ve learned.

  • Session B1. Expanding the Narrative: The PD/Residency Model

    Westin Wash., DC City Center 1400 M St SW, Washington, D.C.

    In this session, the presenters will give an overview of the model in which staff in schools or school districts participate in professional development training combined with a residency, share an arts integrated activity, and have attendees reflect on how they can implement the same strategy.  

  • Session C1. Migration Stories

    Westin Wash., DC City Center 1400 M St SW, Washington, D.C.

    This 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.

  • Session E1. Minor Voices

    Westin Wash., DC City Center 1400 M St SW, Washington, D.C.

    This session is dedicated to the empowerment of youth in the communities we serve. After exploring topics of interest to youth, create narrative that speaks to their interests and ideas and export those ideas into performance, participants will walk away with strategies to engage students in meaningful conversations, understand methods for generating performance material and produce a small performance art piece of their own.