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Liz Andrews,
Vocal Music, Poetry, West African and Hip Hop Dance
Allison Artis,
Visual Arts and Musical Theater
Alexander LaSalle,
Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Music & Dance
Jose Figueroa,
Afro-Dominican & Haitian Music & Dance
Lawrence DeShawn Banks,
West African Drumming
Abike Jotayo
Anderson,
Storytelling & Crafts
Ama
Codjoe,
West African, Caribbean and Contemporary Dance
Malika Leigh Whitney,
Storytelling, Theater, and
Creative Writing
The Legacy Circle & New York Collective of Radical Educators,
www.nycore.org
present:
Teacher
Circles ITAG's/Inquiry to Action Groups open to teachers,
teaching artists, and other community educators. African
Diaspora Cultural Arts Education and Social Justice in the
Classroom
Friday January 19th
Registration and Wednesdays 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28,
3/7 and 3/16 of 2007, 6-8pm
In this group,
teachers and teaching artists will work together to learn about
various cultural arts of the African Diaspora (Latin American,
North American, Caribbean, and African) including music, dance,
visual
arts, theater, literacy and storytelling. Each week
will introduce a new cultural art/artist, and teachers will
design lesson plans tailored to their student's needs that
address a social justice issue while learning about the cultural
art. The learning process will be rooted in popular education,
dialogue, peer exchanges, group coaching of individual teachers,
artist and teacher partnerships, and personal exploration of the
social justice issue as a point of departure to teaching youth.
Teachers of color are highly encouraged to participate.
Teaching artists who want to be
featured in a session can participate for free by calling or
emailing The Legacy Circle directly: 212-307-7420 ext. 3012 or
manuela@thelegacycircle.org.
Confirmed teaching
artists workshop presenters are:
Atiba Wilson, Storytelling
Julia Gutierrez, Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba
Jose Figueroa,
Afro-Dominican Dance
Ayanna Saulsbury, T-Shirt Printmaking
This Inquiry to Action Group will be facilitated by Manuela
Arciniegas, Director of The Legacy Circle, cultural artist,
community organizer, and mother, and Diana Quinones, public
school teacher of Sixth graders at New Day Academy in the South
Bronx, cultural artist and mother.
Registration: Friday *1/19, NYU
3rd Floor Student
Lounge, 82 Washington Square, on Washington
between
Washington Square East & Green, A few blocks from NYU
Bookstore. #6 train to Astor Place, N train to E. 8th
Street.
Dates: Wednesdays from
6:00-8:00pm, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7,
2/14, 2/28, 3/7 and finale 3/16
*at NYU
Location: The Baobab Tree, 1351 Amsterdam Ave. btwn
125th-126th. Thanks to The Baobab for donating space.
CHILDCARE WILL BE PROVIDED DURING ALL
MEETING TIMES.
To
register, visit
www.nycore.org
To learn more about our institute participants, please return in
February of 2007 when participants will be selected. This page
will also include helpful information and resources about the
traditional and contemporary cultural arts of African
descendants in New York City.
To join our network of teaching
artists, apply for our institute or email
Manuela@thelegacycircle.org
with your name, address, phone, email, a description of your
artist discipline.
Feel free to include your teaching
artist resume.
Phone calls are welcome as well.
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