Come to a performance/workshop by Kate Thomas, puppeteer, cantastorian, lover of teachers, disrupter of hegemony!
February 7 at 5:30
Kate Thomas is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Her doctoral research focuses on a site-specific practice for teachers living through the effects of neo-liberalism. She has worked with arts educators in Chicago for over 17 years, integrating the arts across the curriculum. She and her colleagues wrote the Every Art, Every Child curriculum that has been used in classrooms and teacher preparation programs for K-8th grade educators. Her artwork uses puppetry, performance, and cantastoria, a form of recitation song. She worked at Redmoon Theater, leading a visual arts and performance program for middle school girls to use stilt walking, puppetry, mentorships, and leadership for empowerment. She has also taught art education courses at the University of British Columbia, Northeaster Illinois University, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.