Voices

Turnaround Arts teachers and principals from around the nation share their stories and “aha!” moments of transformations through the arts.

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Abigail Dias

Science Teacher
Providence, Rhode Island

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Bertha Benavides-López

Principal
Santa Ana, California

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Ja’Rahn Leveston

Program Director
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Jody Lazo

Arts Integration Coordinator
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Laura Glick

Magnet and Innovative Programs
Broward County, Florida

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Lisa Perkinson

Dance Teacher
Richmond, Virginia

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Always a Student: Four Ways Turnaround Arts Leaders Continue Learning

Written by Mackie Saylor, Turnaround Arts: New York City, and Turnaround Arts Local Program Directors | Edited by Emilia Pazniokas, Turnaround Arts Program Coordinator, The Kennedy Center

In Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, bell hooks writes, “The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy.”

In the 2023–2024 school year, seven Turnaround Arts leaders (at that time known as Local Program Directors and now known as local arts partners) traveled around the country—and across the internet—to learn from each other and experts in their field. Their experiences demonstrate four different ways educators can continue to engage in radical learning spaces as students themselves.

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