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SUMMARY:Session G1. Let's Play! Developing Arts Learning Programming Rooted in Creative Exploration
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nAlex Novak Foster\, Education Manager\, Arts for Learning Connecticut\nJed Kornbluh\, Director of Business Development\, Arts for Learning Connecticut  \nArts for Learning Connecticut (AFLCT) offers a session exploring the development of a new after-school program centered on creative expression and student-led learning. This presentation will guide participants through our program design process—from initial needs assessment and visioning to curriculum development\, staffing\, and implementation. We will share the resources and tools we’ve created to support teaching artists and school partners\, including adaptable lesson frameworks\, evaluation approaches\, and strategies for building equitable\, student-centered learning environments. 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. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-g1/
LOCATION:Ballroom C
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions G,Conference Sessions,Track: Teaching Artists
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260327T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260327T124500
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SUMMARY:Session F1. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Using Art and Imagination to build a Narrative
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nTodd Shaffer\, Staff Teaching Artist\, Young Audiences of Louisiana\nRenee Benson\, Director of Strategic Partnerships\, Young Audiences of Louisiana  \nIn this workshop\, we plan on showing alternative ways for younger students to engage with works of art using their imagination and games. The idea of using play to discovering and engage with works of art. Students using only imagination may actually jump into a painting and describe the weather or touch objects\, describing how they feel or pretend to be the artist and paint the actual works of art\, learning how to mix colors\, painting with multiple tools\, and learn key terms about the medium. With these techniques\, students will be able to imagine and create multiple narratives\, expand vocabulary and learn story elements all while quietly moving their body. These games are great for field trips to a museum or deep diving into multiple curriculums in the classroom. Landscapes\, portraits\, sculptures and abstracts all become adventures for the younger (and older) students. The best part is\, the only supply needed is a work of art and your brain!
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-f1/
LOCATION:Ballroom A
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions F,Conference Sessions,Track: Teaching Artists
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260327T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260327T113000
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SUMMARY:Session E1. Drumming Up Connections
DESCRIPTION:Presenter:\nCraig Norton\, Teaching Artist\, Arts for Learning Connecticut \nThis participatory musical experience will show how music\, specifically drumming\, is a universal language that connects all ages\, cultures and abilities. Within the drum circle\, countless narratives can be explored\, including curriculum connections\, social emotional learning\, and personal wellness. Multiple content-area and cultural connections will be shared\, and concrete examples will be explored hands-on; participants will discuss how to apply these principles to other art forms and curricular settings.
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-e1/
LOCATION:Ashlawn North
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions E,Conference Sessions,Track: Teaching Artists
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T144500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T154500
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SUMMARY:Session D1. Embodied Narratives: Telling Our Personal and Collective Stories Through Dance and Movement
DESCRIPTION:Presenter:\nJennifer Puig\, Dance & Movement Teaching Artist\, Arts for Learning Miami  \nHow 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. Grounded in dance/movement therapy principles\, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)\, and inclusive arts education\, participants will engage in experiential tools including Laban Movement Analysis\, the Four Elements framework (Air\, Fire\, Earth\, Water)\, mirroring techniques\, and the BrainDance developmental sequence to explore both personal and collective narratives.  \nParticipants will embody: Air as personal narrative\, breath\, and idea sharing; Fire as power\, voice\, boundaries\, and advocacy; Earth as grounding\, embodiment\, and ancestral presence; Water as relationships\, empathy\, and emotional flow. Through guided improvisation\, group mirroring\, and collective choreography\, participants will experience how movement becomes a tool to center whose stories are told\, how they are received\, and how collective meaning is created. The session aligns directly with the conference theme\, Telling Our Story\, while offering replicable\, trauma-informed\, and inclusive movement strategies for classrooms\, residencies\, and community-based arts programs. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-d1/
LOCATION:Ashlawn South
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions D,Conference Sessions,Track: Teaching Artists
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T143000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T131500
DTSTAMP:20260409T100335
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SUMMARY:Session B1. Expanding the Narrative: The PD/Residency Model
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nSherry Norfolk\, Teaching Artist\, Springboard to Learning\nMargaret Hassenstab\, Teaching Artist\, Springboard to Learning\nBrenda Butler\, Director of Program Facilitation & Operations\, Springboard to Learning  \nSpringboard to Learning (the YA affiliate in St. Louis\, MO) has implemented a practice\, inspired by the Wolf Trap Institute\, in which professional development (PD) is embedded in arts integrated residencies. This practice expands the narrative by forging and sustaining essential alliances in schools. In this model\, staff in schools or school districts participate in professional development training combined with a residency. After an initial PD workshop\, Teaching Artists are paired with host teachers for a residency to practice the skills and strategies learned in the workshop under the guidance of the Teaching Artist. The professional development continues inside of the classroom while the Teaching Artist works side-by-side with the teacher during a residency. In this session\, the presenters will give an overview of the model\, share an arts integrated activity\, and attendees will reflect on how they can implement the same strategy.  
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-b1/
LOCATION:Ballroom C
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions B,Conference Sessions,Track: Teaching Artists
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T111500
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SUMMARY:Session A1. RAISE Action Research Poster Session
DESCRIPTION:Presenters: Young Audiences Network Teaching Artists  \nResponsive 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. Teaching artists from across the network participate in multi-year online professional learning in student-empowering practices. As part of this work\, teaching artists lead local arts residencies where they apply what they’ve learned and refine best practices. Core to this process is conducting action research\, where they pose a problem of practice\, try a strategy\, and collect data to assess its results\, resulting in a reflective narrative of their own learning journey. Join RAISE teaching artists from across the country as they share what they’ve learned through this process. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-a1/
LOCATION:Ballroom C
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions A,Conference Sessions,Track: Teaching Artists
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