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Activating Artistic Processes to Create Liberatory Environments
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm EDT
LB 229
Session Evaluation
How can we interrupt assumptions we hold that may hinder the growth of students, who are caught in a system rife with racial and socioeconomic inequities?  How do artistic processes and experiences intersect with equity practices?  Where are opportunities to activate artistic innovation and processes to create joyful & liberatory arts education? How do we build organizational practices that continually examine, reimagine, and sustain this work? These are questions we at ArtsConnection have been delving into deeply for over 8 years in order to ensure we intentionally uplift all the humans in our education and organizational spaces.  At the intersection of history and the advancement of humanity you will always find the arts. So, we have been facilitating ongoing practitioner research focused on how we can engage our humanity and bring equitable practices to the forefront of how we work by activating artistic processes. One result is our new framework which activates key artistic approaches to build belonging, agency and cultural humility. Another is the journey we took to collaboratively design and apply this framework organizationally. In this multidisciplinary arts filled workshop, Facilitators and Participants will experience, reflect on, and offer feedback on ArtsConnection's new research-based pedagogical framework for creating joyful and liberatory arts education. The goal is to work collaboratively to activate artistic practices, examine how working as an artist can disrupt classroom power dynamics, build student agency, and deepen student learning and motivation to learn.
Speakers
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Kyla McKoll and Rachel Watts

Kyla McKoll is ArtsConnection (AC)'s Director of Professional Learning, and a multidisciplinary artist. McKoll has a Masters from NYU in Educational Theater, focused on educational equity and community building. Her 20+ years in arts education have been spent as an arts educator teaching... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm EDT
LB 229
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