Learning Lab: Performing Artists Edition
The Learning Lab has been designed for you. During this week long workshop series, you will learn and gain a better understanding of the school system, the value of art in education, and your role as a Teaching Artist. Each workshop is meant to be experiential, conceptually informative and collaborative. We approach learning as active and participatory, so get ready to connect with other professional artists with a diverse range of experiences, perspectives, and creative practices. Together we will explore the power and potential of the arts through a collaborative approach.
Workshop Information
When: January 24-28, 2018, 9am - 3pm
Where: ArtStarts, 808 Richards St. Vancouver
What to bring: we’ll take care of everything (including lunch!), just make sure to wear comfortable clothing as we will be active throughout.
Meet The Artists
Introducing the 2018 Arts Integration Learning Lab: Performing Artists cohort.Meet the Facilitators
Rupinder Sidhu is an interdisciplinary artist and facilitator currently residing on unceded Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver BC. Rup’s work meets at the intersection of social justice and the arts. For 14 years, he has been growing his understanding of anti-oppression and empowerment work. He has created and led programs and trainings with youth and adults. Rup brings a focused presence, strong leadership skills and a contagious enthusiasm, which he effectively engages, inspires and guides participants. He has led programs with a variety of organizations like Access to Media Education Society, the Power of Hope, Reel Youth and the Sarah McLachlan School of Music. He co-founded Metaphor, a program dedicated to bringing hip hop workshops and performances into schools, detention centers and rural communities.
Elfred Matining
Elfred works with the community to find new ways of thinking, learning, and experiencing our world through art. As an artist, his art practice investigates the phenomenon of pedagogy through objects and performance. As a community organizer, he engages artists and educators across the province in dialogue and professional learning about arts integration and creative and critical thinking through the framework of curriculum.
Goals of this Learning Series
Through the Arts Integration Learning Lab you will:
Subsidized Learning Series
The cost for artists selected to participate is fully subsidized, covering tuition, program materials and lunch. This opportunity is made possible through funding support from BC Arts Council and the Government of British Columbia.
808 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3A7, Canada