Sanna Stanley

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Arts Discipline: Literary Arts & Storytelling
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Teaching Artist Legacy Statement

I can teach you to see what I see - can you teach me to see how you see? I believe the arts have the power to shift your perspective by challenging your perceptions. My workshops invite students to delight in discovery, whether using visual arts to unpack science, poetry to examine and illuminate personal emotions and beliefs, or story, to clarify or reframe a student's own narrative. I am an Author/Illustrator, a community artist, a healing artist, and an environmental activist, with a passion for sharing how the arts give students ways to express themselves and discover their world.

Component Type School-wide Performance
Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
First Language English
Other Languages French, Spanish (not fluent)
Professional Links

sannastanley.com

Testimonials

"I want to personally thank you for the enthusiasm, knowledge and passion you have for teaching about light, light pollution and nocturnal animals. The 4th graders learned so much from you. Your work is meaningful, your activities are enjoyable, and I myself had some "awe" moments."
- 4th/5th Grade Teacher, Regional Multicultural Magnet School, New London, CT

"It's so important how you teach about the process of writing a story, how you take them through the full process before they have the final product."
- Student Teacher, 2nd grade class, All Saints Catholic Academy, New Haven, CT

Description

Young learners are captivated by Sanna's hand-drawn images and non- fiction storytelling about hatchling turtles, full of facts students love to remember about turtles, frogs, dung beetles, and how humans see in the dark. Students leave with tips and tools for how they can be citizen scientists and make changes to heal the environment in their own lives. For older students and adult audiences, Sanna tells stories about the history of artificial light from fire to LEDs with images from art history that illuminate the progression of human lighting technologies. Sanna brings empathy and compassion to difficult discussions about human need to light at night and the environment's need for darkness. Human health, sustainability, and citizen science are all conveyed with passion in ways that students are awed into learning. A gentle introduction to Climate Grief and Climate Anxiety which our students might be experiencing.