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Utilizing Art Therapy to Explore Black & Asian Solidarity in K-12 Classrooms

Kaoru Miyazawa, Ed.D

Casey Alexander Smith

November 7th 2024

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Grounding Meditation

Music

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Warm-Up & Introduction

Name
Pronouns
How I am feeling (with movement)

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Objectives

To Explore the significance of Black and Asian solidarity.

2. To experience how Expressive Arts Therapy principles can be used in classrooms to promote (understanding of??)Black and Asian solidarity.

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What Black and Asian Solidarity Looks Like

https://youtu.be/Xje14nAK2Xc

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"From Harlem with Love " (YK-MX mural)

https://www.yurikochiyama.com/special-projects

The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world

-Malcom X

Keep Expanding your horizon, decolonize your mind, and cross borders, -Yuri Kochiyama

We must stop wars racism hatred and dehumanization of humanity.

-Yuri Kochiyama

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Your Artistic Response

Respond to the story of Yuri Kochiyama and Malcom X visually.

You can draw, find an image online. If you prefer, dance/move or create music (song).

You will add a digital version of your work on

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Casey’s Artistic Responses

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Kaoru’s Artistic Responses

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Your Artistic Response + Small Group Discussion

Create an artistic response to the video and mural. (individually) 5 min
Join a small group.
Introduce yourself.
Show our artistic response in your group
Describe the artwork. Explain what you are communicating through the art. (10 min)
Come back to the large group when you are done.
Share your visual on the padlet page.1
While you are waiting, write a reflection or poem about what Black & Asian Solidarity means to you.

Music

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Reflection & Sharing

Write a reflection or poem about what Black & Asian Solidarity means to you.

Share your art and reflection (poem) in the padlet page

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Structure of this Workshop�

	Modality		Activity Description
1	Somatic	Intro + Warmup 1	Breathing and meditation with music.
2	Somatic	Intro + Warmup 2	Say your name and pronoun. Show how you are feeling with movement. Everyone repeats the name and mirror (imitate the movement.
3	Affective	Activity 1	View image of Yuri Kochiyama & Malcom X’s mural and video.? Respond with visuals (drawings, digital image). See our samples’ first.
4	Affective	Activity 2 (small group)	Explain your visual. What it means to you.
5	Affective + Thinking		Add an image to the padlet page. Look at the padlet page. Write a poem about how you feel about the new digital mural.
6	Somatic	Wrap Up	Say how you are feeling now or what is your take away form this session in one word. Add a gesture if you can. Everyone imitate the movement.

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Writing essays, poetry & stories
Reflecting & Analyzing experiences (Talk & Write)

Singing or playing an instrument to express feelings
Drawing & painting
Making collage

Moving body spontaneously with music
Drum
Scribbling
Choosing colors
Making an object with clay

Inter-Modal Transfer

Start here

Modalities (Forms of Expression)

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Principles of Expressive Arts Therapy �

Everyone is an artist (has an ability to imagine, create, and express)

Imagination is an ability to give colors and forms to what is invisible (what is in your unconscious). Everyone has this ability.

Intermodal transfer ( responding to an art work using another modality) enhances emotions and imagination.

Communicating with each other with the language of unconscious (arts) enhances one’s imagination ( what one wants to express). It also strengthen interpersonal relationship with each other.

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Questions?

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

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Wrap -Up

How are you feeling now?
What will you take away from this session.
Share your response in the chat.

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Resources�