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Workshops 

"Kimiko Warner-Turner is an art educator that truly honors the individual and collective creative process in all that she does with students! For several years it has been a pleasure to have her guide my students in psychotherapy training, as well as personal development workshop attendees, and watch them respond to her invitation to participate in Theater of the Oppressed/Optimist experiences. They consistently share how much it deepened their insights! My experience of her has inspired me to learn more about how the arts facilitate our exploration of pain and healing with a curious and accepting approach. Her kind, engaging, and encouraging way of presenting what she has been learning and practicing as an artist helps to increase students' curiosity about ways to express themselves. Kimiko is a gem! " - Melissa Shephard-Williams, LMFT

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Include Applied Theatre Arts techniques in your Symposiums, in community workshops or classroom environments: 1 to 4-session workshops for youth and adults. Professional Development sessions can be designed for artist, therapists, and business professionals as well. It is a long established Arts and Liberation practice for persons who seek to gain knowledge for personal growth and help communities thrive.

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Workshops are designed specifically for the community. See examples below.

    • Practicing Social Justice Through Forum Theatre

    • Connecting Theatrical Images and Writing Strategies to Find and Present Issues that Need to be Solved in Your Community

    • Connecting the Rise of Theatre of the Absurd to Pre WWII Racism in Europe and the United States: Then to Now

    • PD presentations for Symposiums

    • ImaginAção: Exploring Freedom: incorporating movement, tableaux, reflective writing and cooperation.

    • Virtual Arts: Using Theatre Practice to Find Hope in an Unjust World

    • Virtual Arts: Using Art + Theatre Practices to Find Hope in an Unjust World, Hammer - UCLA

    • Virtual Arts:  Explore how Image Theatre Can Release Past Trauma to Improve Ones Wellbeing

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Aesthetics in Community Participatory Work

Applying Rainbow of Desire techniques by Augusto Boal to begin the process of healing in communities. Designed for students enrolled in "Historical Trauma and Recovery in the Latino/Latina Family Studies," "How Image Theatre can help individuals and communities heal from trauma, and collective trauma of the pandemic. Performing how to prioritize healing"

 

When: Ongoing Series from 2016 to Present

Where: Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena

Guest Artist for Melissa Shephard-Wiliams, LMFT

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Changing Ways Ensemble: Formerly Incarcerated Men and Women provide workshops and presentations to at risk youth and adults.

Heat in the City: theatre for community engagement and dialogue on topics that face teens and their community

Funders include USC Applied Theatre Arts, Department of Cultural Affairs , and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles https://lacatholics.org/.

Contact Member, JC Clark at (323) 915-0462 or Kimiko
 

Wildwood Annual Multicultural Symposium

Exploring Theatre Arts as a conduit for Social Action by Kimiko Warner-Turner. Featurning Changing Ways.

What is Liberation Arts? Did you know that theatre games can lead to social action in a community? We’ll play improvisational games created by Augusto Boal, and create images (tableaus) that connect our personal stories with unsolved issues in our communities. We’ll challenge our notions of what community is as we celebrate our acting choices. How to Join Us: • Local schools are invited to participate, and may send up to 10 high school students and teachers. •

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