Publications and Presentations

Publications, Presentations, and Consultations:

  • Collaborative Art-Making in Pursuit of Racial Equity and Institutional Change; National Guild: Conference for Community Art Education, Austin TX, November 2019
  • What can we Learn from the Collaborative Art-Making Process in Pursuit of Racial Equity and Institutional Change? Continuing the Conversation: Art in Education Practicing Hope Summit, Harvard, Cambridge, MA, October 2019
  • Collaborative Artmaking in Pursuit of Institutional Change; co-presenter with Nancy Kleever; NYCAIE Roundtable Day of Learning; January 2019
  • Igniting Teens; Keynote Speaker at the Civic Engagement International Symposium, National Koahsiung Center for the Arts, Weiwuying, Taiwan; November 2016
  • Engaging Youth: Communities and Museum Education Practice; presented at Teachers College Columbia University, Socially Responsive Museum Symposium, New York NY, October 2016
  • Artistic Teaching, Reflecting on Purpose: An exploration of how thinking creatively affects teaching and learning; Success Laventille Secondary School teacher Professional Development workshop, Trinidad and Tobago.  Presented as part of a series of activities organized in the making of Art Connect a feature length documentary about students from the school participating in art making activities, March 2012
  • New Models for Engaging Youth; presented at The Marin Non-Profit Conference, San Rafael CA, October 2007
  • Facilitating Partnership: The Role for Organization Staff; Presented at The ArtsConnection Symposium, Beyond Integration, New York University, March 2005
  • Facilitating Partnership, Building Community: Meetings in the residency framework, page 15; Article chronicles successful methods of facilitating conversations and building partnership among teaching artists and classroom teachers; Partnering Arts Education: A Working Model from ArtsConnection; Dana Foundation Press, December 2005
  • Dance and Literacy Connections: How can learning in dance and learning in literacy support each other?; ArtsConnection Co-Presentation at The Arts Education Partnership Forum, Washington DC, June 2004
  • Lesson Study: A Strategy for Deepening Partnerships Among Artists, Teachers, and Administrators; ArtsConnection Co-Presentation at Empire State Partnership Summer Seminar, July 2004 and Network Meeting, April 2004
  • Video Description Process: Protocol that assesses student learning in the performing arts through the use of video; ArtsConnection Co-Presentation at Long Island University, Department of Urban Education, Descriptive Review Conference,   March 2002 and at the State University of Pennsylvania, Department of Education, Ethnography Conference, November 2001
  • Arts Education Consultant: Caribbean Contemporary Arts (CCA7), Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, Summer 2001. Helped design and implement pilot education programs for a new contemporary art museum
  • Arts Learning: A Personal perspective from a Caribbean Student, January 1995; Presented at University of San Francisco, School of Education, Women in Caribbean Education Conference

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