Teachers' Lounge

Many contemporary artists and writers rely on alternative imaginations of the past when responding to the erasures and misrepresentations of marginalized people and cultures in Western art and history. In this Teachers' Lounge we think through how educators might use 'critical fabulation,' writer Saidiya Hartman’s term for a genre of semi-nonfiction which envisions between and beyond the gaps of traditional archives including museum collections. 
What role can both children and educators' imaginations play in our conversations about the historic omissions and hierarchies of the Western art canon? 
Nadia Wolff is a Haitian-american artist, designer, writer, and a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. They currently live and work between Miami, FL and Providence, RI. Wolff’s work–which ranges from installation, textiles, performance, printmaking, film, and poetic interventions–contemplates queer/Black/Caribbean aesthetics, history, and embodiment through a lens of intimacy. Nadia has been a Spalter Teaching Fellow at the RISD Museum working with K-12 students.
Nadia is joined by Maria Gerdyman, who is currently involved with Tiny Town, a drawing-based online role playing game for kids of all ages, where they practice making everybody feel heard, non-humans included.
Join fellow teachers of all subjects. Professional development certificate available. Register to receive the Zoom link.
Register
Presented by Chase.