Sanna Stanley

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Arts Discipline: Visual Arts
Curriculum Connection: Social and Emotional Learning

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 Arts Workshop
Grades Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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

It is by telling our stories that we learn who we are, and it is by being witnessed that we know we exist. I use expressive art as play with materials for discovery and sometimes revelation. Pattern play such as Zentangle support self-regulation. I have protocols I use when students share that teach non-judgement of self and others.