Join Teaching Artists Guild 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.
January - June
3rd Wednesdays
4:30–6:00pm ET
(no February workshop)
Sliding scale 0-$20 per session
Adultism vs. Youth Voice (audience: All teaching artists)
January 20, 2021 Wednesday 4:30–6:00pm ET
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.
Afrofuturism: A Model for a New World (audience: African American teaching artists only)
March 24, 2021 Wednesday 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.
How You Can Be a Dream Facilitator (audience: All teaching artists)
April 21, 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.
Arts Inspired Youth Justice Movements (audience: All teaching artists)
May 26, 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.
Reengaging with Play & Wonder (audience: All teaching artists)
June 23, 2021, Wednesday 4:30–6:00pm ET
Youth artists share interactive games and techniques to bring online learning alive, relevant and fun.
This series was made possible by collaboration between the Teaching Artists Guild and Memphis Music Initiative and the funding of Panta Rhea Fund and the Fenwick Foundation.