Track: Teaching Artists
Events
-
-
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 D1. Embodied Narratives: Telling Our Personal and Collective Stories Through Dance and Movement
Westin Wash., DC City Center 1400 M St SW, Washington, D.C.How do we tell our stories when words are not enough? This interactive, movement-based workshop explores how dance and embodied narrative practices can center voice, identity, power, and collective storytelling in educational and community spaces.
-
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.
-
Session F1. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Using Art and Imagination to build a Narrative
Westin Wash., DC City Center 1400 M St SW, Washington, D.C.In this workshop, attendees will discover alternative ways to help younger students engage with works of art using their imagination and games, which lend themselves to museum field trips or deep-diving into classroom curricula. The only supplies needed are a work of art and your brain!
-
Session G1. Let’s Play! Developing Arts Learning Programming Rooted in Creative Exploration
This session explores the development of a new after-school program centered on creative expression and student-led learning. Attendees will gain insight into our early outcomes, challenges, and successes, and leave with practical considerations for building or refining their own arts-based after-school initiatives.