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On Saturday, June 12, 2021 the MFA Class of 2021 offered Virtual Summary Project Presentations. Through applied research methods, each Summary Project was a culmination of a student's inquiry into an arts field of practice. Projects serve as a representation of students' pursuit of arts leadership through an intersectional lens towards equity, empathy, and value.
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| 8:45am | Welcome & Embodied Exercise | ||
| Margins as Center | |||
| 9:00am | Peggy Rooke |
Storytelling and Naming as Resistance - Centering Women's Voices and Embodied Knowledge
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| 9:30am | Amanda Feng |
Art and Cultural Exchange: How to Tell Another Side of Stories as an Asian Female Arts Leader
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| 10:00am | Ashley Marshall |
What is the Seattle sound? Examining Seattle's Relationship with Black Music and Black Musicians
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| 10:30am | Cay Lane Wren |
The Museum as Monolith: A Critical Examination of the Modern Museum’s Cultural Positionality and the Ethical Implications of Deaccessioning
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| 11:00am | Break | ||
| Virtual Innovations | |||
| 11:15am | Jared Giammanco |
Our Art’s Economy is Scuffed: Rather than waiting for a miracle in technology, art will be the miracle technology has been waiting for
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| 11:45am | Brittany Wu |
Convergency of Diasporas: Asian Diasporic Art and Virtual Art Space
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| 12:15pm | Kevin Vortmann |
The Show is Not Enough: How Continued Virtual-Practice Can Sustain and Uplift Live In-Person Theatre Performance
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| 12:45pm | Lunch | ||
| Theater as Reimagination | |||
| 1:30pm | Dana Winter |
Birds On Fire: Community Growth and Reconnection Via a Re-Generative Theatre Ensemble
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| 2:00pm | Sophie Lederman |
Educators Embody Change (EEC): A Development of Mind and Body Work to Support Educators in Their Lives and in Their Classrooms
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| 2:30pm | Buddy Todd |
The Audition: Transforming Process with Empathy and Inclusiveness
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| 3:00pm | Break | ||
| Public as the Arts | |||
| 3:15pm | Tanya Sharp |
The ‘Shadow Pandemic’ of Gender-Based Violence (GBV): Activism Art Raises Awareness about GBV During a Global Crisis
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| 3:45pm | Liz Houlton |
How to Snag a Corporate Partnership in 10 Days: a strategy guidebook for mid-sized performing arts organizations soliciting corporate support
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| 4:15pm | Danielle McClune |
The Arts Permanency Project: A Blueprint
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| 4:45pm | Closing Remarks and Thank You's | ||