Educator Speaker Series: Unveiling Hip Hop's Transformative Connection to SEL and EDI in Arts Education
- Wed, Sep 18, 2024
- 5 pm - 6 pm PT
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Free, RSVP required
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Zoom
Join award-winning visual and media arts educator, multidisciplinary artist, and Connected Arts Networks (CAN) national teacher leader Chay Ross on a journey exploring hip hop's link to social-emotional learning (SEL) and equity, diversity, inclusion (EDI) in arts education. Discover how urban communities and artists like Kendrick Lamar and Nipsey Hussle can inspire your curriculum and inform visual storytelling through inquiry, multimedia, and traditional art approaches.
About the Speaker
Chay Ross is a multifaceted artist, educator, and conference presenter hailing from the inland cities of South Bay and South Central Los Angeles, California. Armed with a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education from California State University Los Angeles, she elevated her academic journey with a Master of Arts in Education (M.A.Ed.) and a California Single-Subject Clear Teaching Certification in Visual Arts. Recognized as a U.S. congressionally acknowledged teacher leader with the National Art Education Association’s Connected Arts Networks (CAN), Ross currently serves as an Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Commissioner for the California Art Education Association (CAEA). She’s also a Visual and Performing Arts district facilitator, VAPA Instructional Lead, an Adobe for Education ACE Innovation Leader, and the recipient of the 2024 California Art Education Association’s Statewide Professional Award for Outstanding Secondary Visual Art Educator. With over 19 years of experience in education, she is currently in her 13th year at Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy High School, having taught an array of courses including Introduction to Art, Commercial Art, Digital Design, Yearbook Publication, and Advanced Placement Art & Design, with a strong emphasis on SEL, ED&I, literacy, and technology skills, culture, and identity, rooted in contemporary social issues. In her leisure time, she enjoys creating jewelry, zen doodling, exploring controversial podcasts, analyzing select hip-hop music, and quad skating.
Generous support for School and Teacher Programs is provided by the Anna H. Bing Children’s Art Endowment Fund. Additional funding is provided by the Mara W. Breech Foundation, the Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation, Edison International, the Goodwin Family Memorial Trust, Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation, The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, the Louis and Harold Price Foundation, the Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation, the Michael & Irene Ross Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, the Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation, The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation, Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, and Superior Grocers.
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image courtesy of Chay Ross.
Generous support for School and Teacher Programs is provided by the Anna H. Bing Children’s Art Endowment Fund. Additional funding is provided by the Mara W. Breech Foundation, the Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation, Edison International, the Goodwin Family Memorial Trust, Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation, The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, the Louis and Harold Price Foundation, the Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation, the Michael & Irene Ross Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, the Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation, The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation, Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, and Superior Grocers.
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image courtesy of Chay Ross.