Storytelling For a Better World

Ama Yawson

$150/ 10 Class Sessions, 1 Hour each class. Classes are every Tuesday May-July:  5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, and 7/6

SEA of Visibility Integrated Arts Education

SEA of Visibility Integrated Arts Education embraces BIPOC, immigrant, queer and disabled artists and allies, focusing on neurodiversity and mental health. It “Supports Expression through the Arts” (SEA) and promotes integration through education.

Bilingual Storytelling and publishing Program for KidsDuring the sessions, students will learn the fundamental elements of storytelling and publishing. They will learn key story elements such as protagonist, antagonist, rising action, climax, and falling action. They will determine the social justice-related problem that their characters face and the creative solutions that their characters will employ to solve the social justice challenges and create a better world.The teaching artists will then coach students through the process of writing and revising their own stories before the stories are translated into Spanish and then printed. Master drummers and vocalists will also teach students how to play the djembe drums and sing as an accompaniment to stories. Additionally, students will be coached in Spanish and English elocution in preparation for their storytelling performance. Finally, the entire program will culminate in a performance and a book launch event.Class supply list will be provided upon registrationSEA of Visibility Integrative Arts Education supports mental-wellness through socially conscious, multi-disciplinary arts programming. Our classes and open studios are inclusive of neurodiverse and neurotypical students and provide a safe space to create expressively.SEA of Visibility Mission Statement: SEA of Visibility is an organization that embraces BIPOC, queer and disabled artists and allies, focusing on neurodiversity and mental health. It “Supports Expression through the Arts” (SEA) and promotes destigmatization and integration through multidisciplinary arts exhibitions, performances and art-making programs. It provides peer and professional support and offers coping and compensatory strategies for its participants, helping to create art that broadens the greater community’s vision of what mental illness is.

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