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2022 Preconference
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Jalen Law, Thursday November 17, 2022 9 AM-3:30 PM In this pre-conference Jalen will share his many roles, endeavors, and adventures and lead participants through practical, hands-on, minds-in, and heart-engaged activities that will help them grow personally, socially, emotionally, civically, and artistically. Jalen will lead participants through two workshops centered around emotional intelligence, social equity, and fostering community connections. In the morning, Jalen will lead participants through an emotional intelligence workshop titled D.A.P.A. (Director, Author, Producer, Actor) in which they will examine who they are as educators and the impact they want to make inside and outside of the classroom. In the afternoon, Jalen will present past and current community projects including his recent work with hospice/palliative care patients. During this session, attendees will examine ways to build social equity and community connections through art. The purpose of these sessions is for educators to individually and collectively generate steps for fostering emotional intelligence, social equity, and community connections through art. Discussion and hands-on artmaking will focus on creative strategies to help students with self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Participants will leave with a new artist to share with students, new ideas for art lessons, new strategies for reaching and teaching students, and new ways to use art as self-expression, social connection, and transformation. As a participant, you will
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My purpose is to use art as a tool of healing and self-development. The objective of the Emotional Intelligence Program is to equip students with social and emotional tools that will assist them inside and outside of the classroom using a blend of music, creative writing and the visual arts. —Jalen Law |
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Attendees are welcome to bring their own sketchbook/journal and drawing/mark-making materials as well.
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About Jalen Law |
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Jalen Law has been an artist since the age of four. He’s always been interested in different forms of creation, including painting, drawing, and sculpting. In his sophomore year of college, he decided to create his own business around his artistic talent. Since, his path has expanded into many different directions, in particular with creating murals. His first mural was a City of Buffalo initiative to honor essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic — the piece was a 5’X10’ aluminum panel honoring doctors and nurses. Then, the Niagara Falls Heritage Center approached him about creating a portrait for their Niagara Falls Murals initiative, leading him to create his Calvin “Pop” Porter mural. Common themes in Jalen’s work include utilizing technology and digital arts, including audio and video stimulation, to allow all types of people to engage with his pieces. Currently, he is working on a research-based art program called the Emotional Intelligence Program to equip students with social and emotional tools that will assist them inside and outside of the classroom.
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