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Remote Teacher Professional Development with Steve Prince and Leah Glenn

The Power of the Arts: How Artists can Teach us about Empathy and Community Building
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

RSVP: https://uoregon.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqceCrrz8sH9y1DCy87u5qsDvXgJC0M69F
Cost: Free, but registration is required.
Deadline: Register by Friday, April 12 to receive free art supplies by mail.
Open to 1st - 12th grade teachers

Join Steve Prince, Director of Engagement and Distinguished Artist in Residence, Muscarelle Museum of Art at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and Leah Glenn, Professor of Dance at William and Mary University and Founder/Creative Director of the Leah Glenn Dance Theater, at a remote teacher professional development opportunity. The program, The Power of the Arts: How Artists can Teach us about Empathy and Community Building, is filled with information, ideas and discussion as well as an interactive remote art and movement experience.  

Steve and Leah will share about the work they are doing in Virginia with their mile long Communal Quilt Project in Williamsburg and how you can create fabric art quilt squares and block prints to be included in a future JSMA exhibition and in the Williamsburg project.  

To register for this Zoom event, hosted by the University of Oregon's JSMA, please complete your registration HERE.

This workhop has been made possible by a grant from the Donald and Coeta Barker Foundation.