TEACHING

April 22, 2010	Faciliatator	ACTivating Inclusion Through Drama, Changing Eduction Through the Arts (CETA), The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington,DC
February 25 - 27, 2010	Faculty	Arts & Inclusive Learning Core Session, February 25, 2010, in collaboration with Deborah Stuart; Arts Institute, presented by VSA arts of Michigan, MacMullen Conference Center, Roscommon, Higgins Lake, MI
October 16, 2009	Faculty	Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners Through the Arts, in collaboration with Russell Granet; Columbus, OH/VSA arts Institute; presented by VSA arts of Ohio
July 27 - 31, 2009	Faculty	Integrate, Innovate, Collaborate: Building 21st Century Schools Through Arts Integration, Annapolis, MD; presented by AEMS Alliance & Young Audiences/Arts for Learning
July 17 - 19, 2009	Faculty	The Arts as a Tool to Unlock Student Success and Create Inclusive Communities, a VSA arts Institute, Hong Kong, China; sponsored by VSA arts and Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong
February 2008	Co-Facilitator	EMBRACING INCLUSION: Philosophy & Practice, presented by VSA arts of GA for The Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
2008	Member, Arts Education Teaching Artist Bank	Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
2008	Member, Touring Artist Roster	Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
July 7 - 26 2007	Collaborating Teaching Artist	The 2007 Summer Workshop at The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt; an international collaboration sponsored by VSA arts, VSA arts of Egypt, and the U.S. State Department
June 2006 - present	Georgia Wolf Trap Teaching Artist	Alliance Theatre Education Division, Atlanta, GA
April 26, 2007	Co-Facilitator	The Space of No Return, a painting, poetry & performance workshop, sponsored by VSA arts, at Kingsbury School, Washington, DC
October 2006	Teaching Artist Fellow / Presenter	October Institute, VSA arts, Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, WA
July 2006	Faculty	Summer Institute, VSA arts of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
June 2005	Faculty	Artist-In-Residence*GA Summer Institute, (AIR*GA), VSA arts of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
February – April, 2004	Instructor & Director	Who Am I?, Inner Harbor, Douglasville, GA,VSA arts of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
July – October, 2002	Instructor & Director	In’Our Voices, Annandale Village, Suwanne, GA,VSA arts of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
January 2001	Faculty	Artist-In-Residence Training Institute, VSA arts, Atlanta, GA
May 2000 - June 2004	Roster Artist	Express Diversity! , VSA arts of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
September 1999 - November 1999	Instructor	"Acting for Kids," Wesleyan Center for the Arts, Macon, GA
April 1999 - May 1999	Instructor	"Intermediate Acting" Wesleyan Center for the Arts, Macon, GA
January 1999 - March 1999	Instructor	"Improv: Take 2" Wesleyan Center for the Arts, Macon, GA
September 1998 - November 1998	Instructor	"Improvisation" Wesleyan Center for the Arts, Macon, GA
May 1997 - September 1998	Drama Coach	First Street Arts Center, After School & Summer Arts, Macon, GA
March 1997 & November 1992	Guest Artist	Third Street Kids, Tucson, AZ
April 1997	Guest Artist	Youth Actors’ Company Theatre Macon, Macon, GA
November 1995	Guest Artist-in-Residence & Substitute Teacher	"Spectrum" / Senior Seminar Cretin-Durham Hall, St. Paul, MN
1992 - 1996	Residency Artist / Theatre Arts	COMPAS Writers & Artists in the Schools (W.A.I.T.S.), St. Paul, MN
1988 - present	Freelance Trainer	Acting, Creative Drama, Dramatic & Creative Writing and Disability Awareness
June 1986 - November 1987	Actor / Educator	C.L.I.M.B. Theater, Inc., St. Paul, MN

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

March 13, 2011	Co-Facilitator	VSA Institute, Arts & Inclusive Learning	Knoxville, TN, sponsored by VSA and VSA TN.
September 26, 2008	Facilitator	Touring Artists Roundtable	Performing Arts Exchange, Atlanta, GA
July 26, 2008	Co-Presenter	"EMBRACING INCLUSION: Philosophy and Practice"	America Alliance for Theatre in Education, Atlanta, GA
June 23, 2008	Presenter	VSA arts Institute	Philadelphia, PA, sponsored by VSA arts
April 9, 2008	Performer	Tail Tell Tale	CommonGround 2008, Albany, NY
April 10 & 11, 2008	Co-Presenter	“Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners Through the Arts” & “Including Disabilities: Best Practices and Strategies for Success,”	CommonGround 2008, Albany, NY; view photographs
November 10, 2007	Performer	1906 / 2006 / 2106	Alliance for Truth and Racial Reconciliation Planning Conference, William Winter Insitute/University of MS, Oxford, MS
Octobber 25, 2007	Keynote Speaker	An Easy Row to Hoe	Artist Career Forum, VSA arts of MI, Grand Rapids, MI
September 26, 2007	Panelist	Accessibility in Action and An Overview of the Presenting Field	Performing Arts Exchange, Southern Arts Federation, Louisville, KY
January 25, 2007	Instructor	Basically Speaking: Theatre Activities for Middle School Teachers	Professional Development Institute, Educational Theatre Association/Conference for Middle School Educators, Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta, GA
September 24, 2006	Panelist	Hall of Fame Panel	Georgia SCI Summit, Brain & Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission, Atlanta, GA
November 5, 2005	Keynote Speaker	Passion*Persistence*Professionalism	Careers in the Art Forum, VSA arts of FL, Jacksonville, FL
September 29, 2005	Presenter	Access & Inclusion, Awareness & Sensitivity	Professional Development/Teaching Artists Roster, VSA arts of KY, Lexington, KY
August 26, 2005	Presenter	Access & Inclusion, Awareness & Sensitivity	Professional Development/Teaching Artists Roster, South Carolina Arts Council
April 12, 2005	Performer	Belle's on Wheels	The Journey is the Reward, annual conference for Community Mental Health for Central MI, Mount Pleasant, MI
March 1, 2005	Performer	Tail Tell Tale	Annual Winter Conference 2005, MI Assocation of Mental Health Boards, Lansing, MI
August, 2002	Performer	Tail Tell Tale	FOCAS Festival, Alternate ROOTS, Lexington, KY
March 25 & 26, 2002	Keynote Speaker	A Career as an Artist Ain't an Easy Row to Hoe	The Art of Employment, Careers in the Arts Forum, VSA arts of MN, Minneapolis, MN

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