reCONNECT Virtual Arts Education Conference – June 11-12, 2021

Photo Caption: Participants of Connect 2016 look up towards a camera. They are smiling and some are waving. There are about 75 participants in all and most are in brightly colored, summer clothes.

ARE You Ready to reCONNECT?

The Arts Professional Learning Institute (APLI) and New Jersey Arts Education Collective are eager to invite you to a virtual arts education conference this June.

This year, the conference theme is reCONNECT. The virtual conference will focus on arts educator health and wellness, joy and connection through the act of creating, and focusing our work through a lens of social justice and equity.

reCONNECT will be held on June 11 – 12, 2021, with a welcoming happy hour on June 10. It will be open to any teaching artist, arts educator, and arts administrator living or working in the state of New Jersey. Closed captioning will be provided in every workshop.

Registration will open April 26, 2021. ($15/person)

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Announcing: Keynote Speaker:

Photo Caption: Photo above is a headshot of Dr. Christopher Emdin. He is in a dark navy suit with a light blue collared shirt.

Dr. Christopher Emdin
Christopher Emdin is a tenured professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education.

He is the author of the award-winning book Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation and the New York Times Best Seller, For White Folks Who Teach In The Hood and the Rest of Ya’ll Too. Emdin has been named one of the The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans and one of the 27 people bridging divides across America by Times magazine. His newest books Ratchetdemic and STEM, STEAM, MAKE, DREAM will be released in 2021.

Keynote address: June 11, 2021 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM

Please note that Dr. Emdin’s keynote address will not recorded and made available after the conference. Live attendance is required. A 15-minute Q&A will be moderated by the conference leaders.

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View the Conference Schedule:

Whether you’re interested in obtaining more virtual teaching skills or tips and tricks to improve your mental health, reCONNECT has a workshop for you!

The virtual conference will focus on arts educator health and wellness, joy and connection through the act of creating, and focusing our work through a lens of social justice and equity.

View the *draft* workshop schedule by clicking the link below.

Registration will open April 26, 2021. ($15/person)

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The Arts Professional Learning Institute is a co-sponsored project of the New Jersey Council on the Arts and Young Audiences Arts for Learning NJ and Eastern PA. It is generously supported by the Grunin Foundation and Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.