2021 Professional Development Workshop
Join TAG for our series of BIPOC Youth Led Professional Development Workshops.
Youth artists will lead online participatory workshops to give insight into what helps create a creative, nurturing environment for them to thrive.
ASL Interpretation provided thanks to the folks at Pro Bono ASL.
January – June
3rd Wednesdays
4:30–6:00pm ET
(no February workshop)
Sliding scale 0-$20 per session
Building from a 2020 insight/incite article about embedding advocacy into your practice, these three professional development sessions will focus on different components of one’s advocacy journey.
Join us for all three sessions: advocacy for self, advocacy for field, advocacy for justice.
January 25, Feb 1, Feb 8 (2021)
4:30–6:00pm ET
Sliding scale 0-$20 per session
Youth artists will unpack the effects of adultist behaviors on their lives and futures and invite participants / practitioners to reimagine and adopt new ways of engaging with youth.
Audience: All teaching artists
January 20, 2021
Wednesday 4:30–6:00pm ET
Essential Question: How can I be an advocate for myself as a teaching artist?
Learning Objective: Participants will gain confidence in aligning their personal and professional identities with a set of values found in their work.
Audience: All teaching artists
January 25, 2021
4:30–6:00pm ET
Essential Question: How can I connect with peers who do similar work and have shared values?
Learning Objective: Participants will expand their network by interrogating the standing definitions of teaching artistry and its role in the fields of arts/culture, education, and social justice
Audience: All teaching artists
February 1, 2021
4:30–6:00pm ET
Essential Question: How can I advocate for justice for those who are oppressed within my work and our field?
Learning Objective: Participants will be able to articulate practical strategies for their justice-oriented work in their individual practice and our collective work as a field.
Audience: All teaching artists
February 8, 2021
4:30–6:00pm ET
Youth artists will explore Afrofuturism’s tenets and use world-building as an essential tool for belonging, interdependence, and resilience.
Audience: African American teaching artists only
March 24, 2021
Wednesday 4:30–6:00pm ET
Youth artists will showcase how you can best strengthen their voice, whether it be through project based learning, culturally responsive teaching, or arts integration.
Audience: All teaching artists
April 21, 2021
Wednesday 4:30–6:00pm ET
Youth artists share about how arts education has played a role in their activism and how you can foster a sense of agency in your students.
Audience: All teaching artists
May 26, 2021
Wednesday 4:30–6:00pm ET
Youth artists share interactive games and techniques to bring online learning alive, relevant and fun.
Audience: All teaching artists
June 23, 2021
Wednesday 4:30–6:00pm ET