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TEACHING
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| 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 |
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April 1999 -
May 1999 |
Instructor |
"Intermediate Acting"
Wesleyan Center for the Arts,
Macon, GA |
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January 1999 -
March 1999 |
Instructor |
"Improv: Take 2"
Wesleyan Center for the Arts,
Macon, GA |
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| September 1998 -
November 1998 |
Instructor |
"Improvisation"
Wesleyan Center for the Arts,
Macon, GA |
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May 1997 -
September 1998 |
Drama Coach |
First Street Arts Center, After School & Summer Arts, Macon, GA |
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| March 1997 &
November 1992 |
Guest Artist |
Third Street Kids,
Tucson, AZ |
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| April 1997 |
Guest Artist |
Youth Actors’ Company
Theatre Macon, Macon, GA |
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| November 1995 |
Guest Artist-in-Residence & Substitute Teacher |
"Spectrum" / Senior Seminar
Cretin-Durham Hall, St. Paul, MN |
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| 1992 -
1996 |
Residency Artist / Theatre Arts |
COMPAS Writers & Artists in the Schools (W.A.I.T.S.),
St. Paul, MN |
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| 1988 -
present |
Freelance Trainer |
Acting, Creative Drama, Dramatic & Creative Writing and Disability Awareness |
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June 1986 -
November 1987 |
Actor / Educator |
C.L.I.M.B. Theater, Inc., St. Paul, MN
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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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