New school year, new talent!

Upstream Arts is thrilled to welcome 7 new artists onto our Teaching Artist roster in 2020! Each a creative leader in their own right, these artists bring an astounding array of experience and talents to Upstream Arts - ranging from poetry to mask-making to dance. We're excited about how their insights and expertise will deepen UA's ability to creatively connect with our disability community moving forward.

Please join us in celebrating (clockwise, from upper left):

Ladan Siraji - Actor, Writer, Educator
Nora Montañez - Singer, Playwright, Educator, Community Advocate
Christian Bardin - Actor/Director, Musician
Chitra Vairivan - Dancer, Choreographer, Performance Artist, Director
Jay Eisenberg - Actor, Director, Facilitator
Chavonn Williams Shen - Writer
Alex Barreto Hathaway - Performer, Director, Mask-maker, Illustrator

See our new TA's in Action!

Most of our new TA's came onboard this spring, and shared space with us for only a few weeks before we moved our residency work online. Yet, despite the limited opportunity for in-person orientation, they, like all of Upstream Arts' Teaching Artists, have beautifully transitioned to an online learning space.
Watch:
- Nora and her young daughter Neri sweetly demonstrate mirroring in Spanish
- Alex jam out on his hamper in Rhythm Mirroring and
- Ladan show us the creative possibilities of Paint the Music in Somali!

And as school goes back into session, we encourage you to check out our library of studio ACCESS, short arts-learning videos facilitated by our full roster of Teaching Artists! Created at the start of quarantine, we hope that these videos can be a resource for you and your community as we continue to find ways of connecting remotely.

Check out the studio ACCESS library

You're Invited!

Our next Virtual Employment and Choice Workshop is happening from 10-11:30am next Monday, August 31st on Zoom! Click on the image for more details and registration link.

A smiling person in a Culvers uniform with Title: Virtual Employment and Choice Workshop [Text]: Join Upstream Arts and MSS for an interactive, online opportunity to explore informed choice, person-centered planning, how it relates to employment, and how we all have a voice in the decisions that impact our lives.

Warm hands for all you do,

Julie, Matt, Bree and all of us at Upstream Arts

You keep us practicing creativity.

Every contribution becomes a creative connection between our disability community and our 30+ Teaching Artists. Thank you for working with us to ensure that ACCESS is the way forward!

Invest in creative connection for people of all abilities

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