Throwing Out The Playbook: Insights from the 2021 ABLE Conversation

On Saturday, November 20, the Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs (BIAESN) hosted the 2021 ABLE Conversation: Anti-Ableism, Representation, and Accessibility in Arts Education symposium with keynote speakers Rebecca Cokley and Gaelynn Lea. The symposium was powered by Creative Generation. After the keynotes, participants had the opportunity to engage in small group discussions on the insights they gleaned from the presentations.

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What’s Your Story?

What are your defining moments? Who has tried to define you? How do you preserve worth? These were the ideas being communicated at the fifth and final installment of the Teaching Artists Guild’s (TAG) program Youth Right Now = Truth Right Now, a series of BIPOC Youth Led Professional Development Workshops that give insight into what helps build creative, nurturing and thriving environments for young artists.

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