We are proud of the speakers and artists that we have been able to offer to the New York arts-in-education community over the four years that we have presented CommonGround. Coming to us from the federal Department of Education, Off-Broadway theaters, or innovative NY schools, our keynote presenters have enlightened and inspired us with their words, their art, and their committment.  The list includes:

Arnold Aprill, Executive Director of Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (2007)

Tara M. Brown, Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction in the Minority and Urban Education Unit at the University of Maryland (2007)

Dr. Gail Burnaford, author and professor of Teacher Education, Florida Atlantic University (2008)

Jeffrey W. Cannell, Deputy Commissioner for Cultural Education (2008)

Doug Herbert, Special Assistant on Teacher Quality and Arts Education, U.S. Department of Education (2005)

Heather Hitchens, Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts (2008)

Mark Bamuthi Joseph, playwright/choreographer (2005)

Frances Lucerna, Executive Director, El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice in Brooklyn (2006)

Glenn McClure, composer and teaching artist, with Mt. Morris Strong As Steel (2007)

Nick Rabkin, Executive Director, Center for Arts Policy, Columbia College Chicago (2006)

Scott Shuler, Arts Education Consultant for the Connecticut Department of Education (2004)

Nilaja Sun, actor, director, teaching artist (2006)

John Woodall, Director, Unity Project/Director, Resilient Responses to Social Crisis Interfaculty Working Group, Harvard University . (2005)

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