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To stimulate and nurture collaborative work between teachers and arts education partners, Ingenuity and the CPS Department of Arts Education are excited to present this year’s Arts Education Conference: Collaborating for Quality.

Featured Speakers

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Lara Davis

Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Arts Education Manager
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Dr. Eve L. Ewing

Sociologist, Essayist, Poet, Educator

Speakers

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Katy

Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manager of School and Family Programs
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Luo

Fernwood School
visual art teacher
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JC Aevaliotis

Polk Bros Foundation
Program Officer
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Chris Arnold

Deerpath Middle School
Speech & Drama Teacher
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Carlos Ayento

Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy
Director of Music & Bands
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Frank Cademartori

Distinctive Schools
Music Teacher
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Mercedes Calcano

Shift: Englewood Youth Orchestra
Head Artist
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Yves Chambaz

Gallery 37
Culinary Instructor
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Amanda Chilenski

Rickover Naval Academy
Visual Arts Teacher
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Rachel Claff

Chicago Public Schools
Manager of Professional Learning, Department of Arts Education
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Danny M. Cohen

Unsilence
Founder
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G Shaker Cohlmia

Creative Karma Institute
Yoga Instructor
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Marvin Curtis

Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at Indiana University South Bend
Dean
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Heather Davis

Academy of Urban School Leadership (AUSL)
Manager, Curricular Enhancements
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Andrew DeMuro

Guitars Over Guns
Regional Director, Chicago
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Erick Deshaun Dorris

United in Excellence
Co-Founder // Administrator
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Erica Edwards

The Joffrey Ballet
Director of Community Engagement
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Kristin Enright

Art Institute of Chicago
School Programs Educator
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Budway Ferris

Little Kids Rock
Chicago Regional Program Director
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Brenda Fineberg

Foundations of Music
Executive and Creative Director
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Ayriole Frost

Shift:Englewood Youth Orchestra
Executive Director
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Michael San Gabino

WFMT
Associate Producer and Host of Introductions
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Cydne Gillard

WFMT
Producer, Exploring Music
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Paul Gilvary

Little Kids Rock
Chicago Program Specialist
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Pam Glynn

CPS Advanced Arts at Gallery 37
CPS Advanced Arts
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Kelley Gossler

Lincoln Park High School
Director of Banks
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Jack Gruszczynski

Art Institute of Chicago
School Programs Educator
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Kristen Hansel

Auditorium Theatre
Director of Creative Engagement
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Mary Haskins

Reinberg Elementary School
Music Teacher
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Paul Hefner

Music Institute of Chicago
New Horizons Band Director
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Graham Hepburn

Quaver Music
Co-Creator // Chief Creative Officer
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Lauren Hogan

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Associate Dean, Continuing Studies - Youth
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Chaniece Holmes

Red Clay Dance Company
Dancer
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Kathryn Humphreys

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Director, Education, Youth, & Community Programs
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Laura St. John

Play in a Book
Director | Founder
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Fernando Jones

Columbia College Chicago
Music Faculty
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Sheryl San Juaquin

CPS Teacher
CPS Teacher
DJ

Dr. Jacqueline Kelly-McHale

DePaul University
Associate Professor // Director of Music Education
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Gene Knific

The Voice Lab
Musician/Arts Presenter
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Robin Koelsch

Communities In Schools of Chicago
Director of Partnerships
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Jeremie Lappe

Bernhard Moos School
Art Teacher
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Catherine Lee

Office of Diverse Learner Supports and Services, Chicago Public Schools
Manager Instructional Quality
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Emily Leonard

Idea Box Integrated Arts
Owner
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Heather Lindahl

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Sr. Manager, School Partnerships
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Pierre Lockett

Forward Momentum Chicago
Executive Director
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Leslie Luning

Art Encounter
Administrator and Program Support
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Michael Manson

Musical Arts Institute
Executive Director
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Jen Masengarb

Chicago Architecture Foundation
Director of Interpretation & Research
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Rommy Mata

Sherman School of Excellence
Art educator
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Anne McNamee-Keels

Adventure Stage Chicago
Education Manager
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Frank Menzies

William Jones College Prep
Teacher
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Luis Narvaez

Chicago Public Schools
Post-Secondary Manager
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Joe Panganiban

Little Kids Rock
Director of Regional Initiatives
LP

Leo Park

Maine South High School
Orchestras and Electronic Music/Beatmaking
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Javier Payano

Lane Tech High School
Music Teacher
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Jessie Pellowski

Foundations of Music
Program Coordinator // Lead Teaching Artist
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Emely Pérez-García

Chicago Public Schools
Assistant Principal
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Kenneth Phillips

Intonation Music
Education Director
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Joanna Pinsky

Art Encounter
Artistic Director
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Lea Pinsky

Art Encounter
Director of Outreach and Community Programs
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Libby Pokel-Hung

Art Institute of Chicago
Assistant Director for Student & Docent Programs
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Maggie Popadiak

Albany Park Theater Project
Associate Director & Director of School-Based Prog
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Meghan Randolph

Little Kids Rock
Chicago Regional Program Assistant
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Claire Reynes

Mark Twain Elementary School
Art Teacher
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Annie Rezac

Unsilence
Executive Director
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Elizabeth Rice

Goodman Theatre
School Programs Coordinator
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Ross Roadruck

Northwest Middle School
Visual Art Teacher // Lead Arts Liaison
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Bart Roberts

Dickinson Fine Arts Academy
Director of Bands
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Sarah Robinson

Evergreen Academy Middle School
Music Teacher
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John Roseboom

Marine Leadership Academy
Assistant Principal
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Lydia Ross

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Programmer of Education, School and Teacher Programs
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Evan La Ruffa

IPaintMyMind
Executive Director
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Melisa Rutkelis

Hawthorne Scholastic Academy, Chicago Public Schools
Assistant Principal
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Lauren Sale

Writers Theatre
Director of Education
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Evelyn Sanchez

The Joffrey Ballet
Community Engagement Program Coordinator
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Sydney Sidwell

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Director of Education and Arts Learning
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Todd Snead

Lyric Opera of Chicago
Director of Learning Programs
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Gina Spears

Chicago Public Schools
Dance Educator
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Peter Stover

Chicago Public Schools
Educator
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Stephen Styles

Musical Arts Institute
Program Director
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Linda Swayze

The Joffrey Ballet
Community Engagement Program Supervisor
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Jeff Sweeton

CodeCreate
Founder & Facilitator
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Paul Sznewajs

Ingenuity
Executive Director
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Catherine Tanner

Wildwood School
Arts, Media & Design Teacher
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Pete Tashjian

Percussionist // Educator
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Sharonda Thomas

Network 5
Instructional Support Leader
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M.K. Victorson

Chicago Public Schools
Dance Content Specialist, Department of Arts Education
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Jeffrey Waraksa

Department of Arts Education, Chicago Public Schools
Arts Education Manager
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Brian Weddington

Gallery 37
Teaching Artist
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Kevin Wesson

CodeCreate
Educational Puppeteer
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Anna-Claire Whitehead

Noahs Arc Foundation
Executive Director
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MELINDA WILSON

Curie High School/International Award-Winning Teacher/Choreographer
Dance Artistic Director/ Teacher/International Choreographer
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Destine Young

Red Clay Dance Company
Dancer
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Tom Zelle

North Park University
Professor of Music
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Sara Ziglar

Red Clay Dance Company
CEEP Program Manager
BZ

Branislav Zivkovic

Warwick Music, Inc.
President