March 2019
Trauma Informed Practice: Movement as Healing
How can movement be a path toward healing? Teaching Artist Shavon Norris will lead us through a full-participatory workshop to experience how to incorporate movement in your lessons in ways that meet the needs and abilities of your participants. Focusing on welcoming all bodies in ways that are comfortable and accessible, the workshop will also address the obstacles you may encounter when asking people to move and how to address these obstacles. Artists in all disciplines and all bodies are…
Find out more »April 2019
Marketing Yourself as a Teaching Artist Series: Promoting Your Signature Lessons
How do you develop your signature lessons to make your arts education offerings stand out? Led by Michelle Angela Ortiz, Award Winning Artist and experienced Teaching Artist, you will select your signature lessons and identify clear goals, curriculum/community connections, and a sampling of activities. During this session, we will work through the template, give you time to tailor your lesson, and then pair you up with your peers to get suggestions and feedback.
Find out more »Marketing Yourself as a Teaching Artist: Let’s Talk Money
Have you ever lost money on a residency or realized you charged way too little for the work you promised? What is your time worth? What are the things you know you must have to provide a successful program? This session will work through how to set fair prices for your teaching artist activities, budget for all parts of a project, and develop ‘what if’ scenarios to make budgeting a useful tool in your teaching artist life.
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