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2021 The Virtual Creative Classroom Symposium


** The Career Center at The Actors Fund Presents The Virtual Creative Classroom: An Arts Education Symposium for the Entertainment and Performing Arts Communities
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Are you interested in becoming a teaching artist to supplement your work in the industry? Already working as a teaching artist, but would like to explore new virtual and in-classroom job opportunities?
* Discover effective ways to navigate the employment landscape as a teaching artist.
* Learn how teaching artists are joining virtual hybrid model classrooms during these challenging times.


** Keynote Speaker:
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With 20 years of experience in the arts education field and 22 years as a professional dancer, Shelby Williams-González has a career made up of overlapping networks. Artist, educator and leader, Shelby is always pushing for social change. As the new President and CEO of Inner-City Arts, Shelby brings her extensive experience to this role. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Suarez Dance Theater and is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter for the Undoing Racism Collective.


** Additional Speakers Include:
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* Mark Slavkin, Director of Education, Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts
* Kimberleigh Aarn, Arts Education Consultant, LA County Arts Ed Collective
* Sandy Seufert, Arts Education Consultant, LA County Arts Ed Collective
* Gustavo Herrera, Executive Director, Arts for LA
* Dr. Mariana Astorga-Almanza, Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator, Lynwood Unified School District
* Heleya de Barros, Co-Executive Director, Teaching Artist Guild
* Victor Sawyer, Teaching Artist, Teaching Artist Guild


** Topics To Be Discussed:
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* Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
* Social Justice
* Teaching The Arts Through Virtual Platforms And Hybrid Models
* Teaching Artist Best Practices


** Join us, your entertainment/performing arts colleagues and leaders in the Arts Education Community
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** Saturday, August 7

10 am–2 pm PT
12 pm–4 pm CT
1 pm–5 pm ET
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Via Zoom
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