Artists as Change-Makers: Creative Problem-Solving for Equity
Wed, Apr 28 / 4:30–6 pm ET
Explore liberatory design-thinking practices for promoting equity in an online interactive workshop for learning professionals led by the museum’s educators. Participants will access MAD’s resources and learn approaches for engaging students from all backgrounds in creative problem-solving real-life issues and making change for justice and equity. This 90-minute workshop is ideal for art educators, general education, and social studies educators working with grades 4 and up.
New York State Educators will earn 1.5 CTLE hours.
About the Educators
Jocelyn Hsin-Ju Yang, born and raised in Taiwan, is a museum educator and ceramist based in Brooklyn. She is an advocate for equity and justice for underrepresented communities. Dedicated to making art accessible to all, she founded ART WITH PANDA to promote art education among Mandarin-speaking communities. She encourages individual and collective learning to broaden the understanding of oneself and the world in her teaching practice. She received her MA in museum education and art history from the City College of New York, CUNY. She now works as a museum educator at the Museum of Arts and Design, the Rubin Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. Her work can be found at jocelynyang.com.
Olivia Kalin is a passionate educator and leader, committed to leveraging museums as change-makers for equity, personal empowerment, and social justice. She teaches at cultural sites across New York City, including the Museum of Arts and Design, Bard Graduate Center, and Wave Hill, and as an adjunct lecturer in the MA art museum education program at the City College of New York. Her current museum work includes teaching in virtual and physical galleries, mentoring museum educators, leading professional development workshops for K-12 teachers, and writing interpretive guides for educators. She is a past president, vice president, and conference chair of the New York City Museum Educators Roundtable (NYCMER). Olivia loves speaking with people, listening to their stories, and thinking with them to construct knowledge.
