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California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA) presented its second national conference, “Arts in Corrections: Building Bridges to the Future,” in collaboration with the William James Association and Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles from June 25-30, 2017. A total of 262 persons from 23 states and the United Kingdom participated in this professional development conference for arts organizations and artists who provide arts education for persons confined in correctional institutions and for those re-entering society. Campus housing and meals also provided a supportive environment for much needed mutual support and networking for this community of artists who often work in isolation in intense situations. In addition to stimulating keynote speakers, the conference showcased best practices from the field, including curriculum development and evaluation, provided opportunities for small groups to discuss discipline-specific and venue-specific issues, and offered art classes with 21 master artists. Please see the attached program guide for a complete list of activities and presenters' biographies as well as the separate course catalog that describes the master art classes.
California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA) presented its second national conference,
“Arts in Corrections: Building Bridges to the Future,” in collaboration with the
William James Association and Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los
Angeles from June 25-30, 2017. A total of 262 persons from 23 states and the
United Kingdom participated in this professional development conference for arts
organizations and artists who provide arts education for persons confined in
correctional institutions and for those re-entering society. Campus housing and
meals also provided a supportive environment for much needed mutual support
and networking for this community of artists who often work in isolation in intense
situations. In addition to stimulating keynote speakers, the conference
showcased best practices from the field, including curriculum development and
evaluation, provided opportunities for small groups to discuss discipline-specific
and venue-specific issues, and offered art classes with 21 master artists. Please
see the attached program guide for a complete list of activities and presenters'
biographies as well as the separate course catalog that describes the master art
classes.
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A Pedagogy for the Visiting Room: Supporting Incarcerated Writers as<br />
Literacy Mentors in Their Own Families<br />
Artist: Anna Plemons<br />
Curriculum LInk<br />
Description<br />
The goal of this workshop is to help teaching artists find concrete ways that their classroom<br />
practice can support incarcerated writers as literacy mentors in their own families. The Family<br />
Arts Program (FAP) facilitates a creative writing workshop at CSP-Sacramento where<br />
incarcerated participants leave with curricular materials that they can then use and/or repurpose<br />
in teaching someone else (partners, children, friends, etc.). After briefly discussing the<br />
theoretical frame for this project, participants will have a chance to work through a few of the<br />
FAP lessons as a group and then begin to build materials for their own classrooms that reflect<br />
the principles of the workshop. Participants do not necessarily need to be creative writing<br />
teachers, although we will be doing some creative writing.<br />
Learning Outcomes<br />
1. Participants will be able to summarize key features of a relational teaching practice.<br />
2. Participants will develop at least two lesson plans for their own teaching practice that<br />
reflect the principles of the workshop.<br />
Bio<br />
Anna Plemons has been teaching creative writing with Arts in Corrections (<strong>AIC</strong>) at California<br />
State Prison-Sacramento since 2009. She is also a professor at Washington State University<br />
where she teaches classes in writing, rhetoric, and digital cultural studies. Anna has written<br />
about her experiences teaching with <strong>AIC</strong> for both Teaching Artist Journal and Community<br />
Literacy Journal. Additional material available on her website: annaplemons.com.<br />
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