Project Design Lab, 2023
In July 2023, teachers came together for Community Engagement Lab’s sixth Project Design Lab in Burlington, VT. Following the NETAC gathering, teacher teams designed projects around themes of belonging and sustainability. In a workshop encouraging participants to consider the meaning of belonging, we looked at animal, bird and insect communities, studied outsider and folk […]
NETAC: the Vermont Gathering
The River was a collective community engagement artwork I designed to sit at the heart of the first NETAC (the New England Teaching Artist Collaborative) gathering in Burlington, VT, and hosted by Community Engagement Lab. Over two energizing days, artists, teaching artists, and administrators from across the New England states gathered to do some blue […]
Project Design Lab, 2022
In July 2022, teachers came together for Community Engagement Lab’s Project Design Lab in Burlington, VT to design projects that increase the creative well-being of themselves, their students, and their communities. Paper collage quilting squares told our stories of belonging, and we put them together to tell a new story of our community. In addition […]
Presenter at the Arts Literacy Institute, 2017
In August 2017, the second Arts Literacy Institute took place at the beautiful All Souls Gathering Center, in Shelburne, VT. Over a period of 3 days, 25 teachers from across the state participated in an inspiring and enriching learning laboratory. Using ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ by William Kamkwamba as the focal text, participants told their […]
Moonshot Summer Teachers Institute, FL 2017
In July 2017, I was on the presenting team for the second Moonshot Summer Teachers’ Institute (a learning lab for educators) at the Vero Beach Museum of Art in Vero Beach, Florida. Hosted and coordinated by The Learning Alliance, the institute took place over 5 days and was attended by teachers and educators from the […]
Integrated Arts Academy Winter Retreat
Earlier in 2017, I worked with the staff and teachers of Burlington’s Integrated Arts Academy, exploring concepts around core beliefs, self-expression, value and accountability. We considered the power of words, experimenting with monochrome and mark-making techniques, and created some origami stars that reflected the light.
Arts & Literacy Institute, Burlington VT
In August 2016, I was part of the presenting team for the Arts & Literacy Institute in Burlington, VT. Over 30 educators from across the region attended the beautiful and powerful learning laboratory, which was hosted by the Flynn Theater and took place at the Bishop Booth Conference Center on the shores of Lake Champlain. […]
Lincoln Center Education, NYC
In July 2016 and 2017, I facilitated two community arts workshops for the Teaching Artist Summer Forum at the Lincoln Center, NYC. Intermediate-level teaching artists (in the community purpose thread) created colorful lanterns during the morning session, and in the afternoon we all traveled down to the Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center, where a group of […]
Moonshot Summer Teachers Institute, FL 2016
In July 2016, I was part of a fantastic team of presenters for the first Moonshot Summer Teachers’ Institute (a learning lab for educators) at the Vero Beach Museum of Art in Vero Beach, Florida. Hosted and coordinated by The Learning Alliance, the institute took place over 5 days and was attended by teachers and […]
VT Creative Schools Initiative
Over the Summer, the Vermont Creative Schools Initiative was launched–a state-wide program coordinated by the Community Engagement Lab that builds school and community partnerships, infusing creative projects into the core curriculum. During a week-long intensive, I had the wonderful opportunity to work with over 30 classroom teachers, teaching artists and CEL staff, as well as […]