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Lauren  Appel  –  Theatre  Artist  

Lauren  Appel  has  worked  as  an  arts  educator  at  many  cultural  institutions  in  Seattle  and  New  York,  including  Seattle  Children’s  Theater,  Youth  Theatre  Northwest,  Rubin  Museum  of  Art,  Abrons  Arts  Center,  and  the  Solomon  R.  Guggenheim  Museum,  and  also  currently  works  at  Hilltop  Artists  in  Tacoma,  where  she  runs  a  visual  art  program  for  court-­‐involved  girls  in  Pierce  County.  She  has  worked  with  students  of  all  ages  as  a  visual  arts  educator,  a  theatre  teaching  artist,  and  a  museum  and  gallery  educator.  She  has  a  particular  interest  in  curriculum-­‐integrated  arts  learning  and  collaborating  with  classroom  teachers  and  school  administrators.  Lauren  holds  a  BA  in  theater  from  Smith  College  and  a  MSEd  in  Museum  Education  from  Bank  Street  College  of  Education.  Hazel  Valley  and  Gregory  Heights  Elementary  Schools    

 

 

Carina  del  Rosario  –  Visual  Artist  Born  in  the  Philippines,  Carina  A.  del  Rosario  immigrated  to  the  United  States  as  a  young  girl.  She  earned  her  B.A.  in  Communication  from  Santa  Clara  University  in  1991.  She  has  studied  photography  with  Magnum  Photographer  Alex  Webb,  Rebecca  Norris  Webb,  Raul  Touzon  and  Eddie  Soloway,  and  a  variety  of  visual  arts  media  at  Pratt  Fine  Arts,  Cornish  College  of  the  Arts  and  other  cultural  institutions.  In  addition  to  her  own  creative  and  documentary  projects,  she  is  a  teaching  artist  and  helps  youth  use  visual  arts  and  digital  media  to  explore  their  communities,  advocate  for  what  matters  for  them,  and  express  their  own  experiences.  She  works  with  a  number  of  schools,  cultural  institutions  and  community-­‐based  organizations  to  help  students  develop  21st  century  skills  through  the  visual  arts.  She  collaborates  with  non-­‐profit  organizations  and  educational  institutions  to  help  illustrate  issues  such  as  poverty,  education,  health  and  civil  rights.  She  also  founded  IDEA  Odyssey,  a  collective  that  promotes  cultural  diversity,  community  development  and  economic  prosperity  in  the  International  District/Chinatown  neighborhood  through  visual  arts.  In  2013,  the  International  Examiner  honored  her  with  a  Community  Voice  Award  for  an  Individual  Artist.  Hazel  Valley  and  Gregory  Heights  Elementary  School  

 

Nate  Herth  –  Visual  Artist  

 

Nate  Herth  is  a  multi-­‐disciplined  visual  teaching-­‐artist  who  believes  the  process  of  art-­‐making  expands  and  informs  our  engagement  with  the  world  in  critical,  ever-­‐changing,  and  ultimately  positive  modes.  For  over  a  decade  he  has  facilitated  playful,  investigative,  arts  learning  environments  in  the  Pacific  Northwest  as  an  educator  for  Arts  Corps,  the  Seattle  Art  Museum,  the  EMP,  Gage  Academy,  and  Seattle  and  Tacoma  Public  Schools.  Nate  has  spent  the  last  three  years  working  as  a  Creative  Schools  Initiative  Teaching  Artist  with  Arts  Corps  and  infusing  visual  and  performing  arts  into  core  curriculums  with  middle  school  students  at  Orca  K-­‐8  and  Madrona  K-­‐8  schools.  Nate  takes  inspiration  from  his  surroundings:  the  volatile  interaction  of  human  creations  and  the  naturally  occurring  world  is  a  collision  of  contrasting  visual  information  that  he  reflects  upon  in  his  paintings,  presentations,  and  collaborations  with  other  artists.  White  Center  Heights  and  Mount  View  Elementary  Schools    

 

Jéhan  Òsanyìn  –  Theatre  Artist    Jéhan  Òsanyìn  is  an  Actor  and  Experiential  Educator  who  uses  theatre  in  wilderness  spaces  to  explore  racialized  identity  development  and  internalized  racism  and  social  messaging.  She  has  been  working  with  youth  since  2002.    She  received  her  B.A.  in  Acting  from  Point  Park  University’s  Conservatory  of  Performing  Arts.  She  has  performed  in  Chicago,  Seattle,  Pittsburgh,  Harrisburg,  and  on  a  ship  sailing  around  the  world.  She  recently  wrote,  directed,  and  produced  a  one-­‐woman  show,  Sala  Kakuhle,  Mama  with  Chicago's  MPAACT  theatre  in  2014.    During  the  summer  of  2015  she  was  accepted  into  and  performed  with  Intiman  Theatre's  Emerging  Artist  Program.    In  the  Fall  of  2015  she  will  be  working  with  Freehold  Theatre's  Ensemble  Training  Intensive.    White  Center  Heights  and  Mount  View  Elementary  Schools