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Wolf Trap – Creativity Connects: Arts in Early Learning (Inclusive Learning Through the Arts)

October 18, 2018

A FREE one-day symposium focused on creating inclusive early learning environments through arts integration.

Creativity Connects: Arts in Early Learning will bring together community leaders in five diverse cities to spark a dialogue about early learning through the arts. The project, funded through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, is being implemented in partnership between Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a national leader in early childhood arts integration; and the Institute for Child Success (ICS) an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and policy organization.

Topic: Inclusive Learning Through the Arts

Featuring:Dr. Janice Gruendel, Fellow, Edward Zigler Center at Yale University and Senior Fellow, Institute for Child Success
Dr. Janice Gruendel is a fellow at the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University, where she supports the development of the MOMS Partnership, a New Haven and Yale-hosted initiative for mothers whose incomes are low with young children. Dr. Gruendel is also a senior fellow at the Institute for Child Success, where she focuses her work on influencing policy on service delivery for adult caregivers and young children. She is a co-author of the book “Mommy, Who’ll Take Care of Me?”

Contact: 
Mary Addie
Program Coordinator, National and Affiliate Services
Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts
1645 Trap Road
Vienna, VA 22182
Phone:  703.937.6306 x4105
Fax:  703.255.1924
Email: marya@wolftrap.org

Details

Date:
October 18, 2018
Website:
https://www.wolftrap.org/education/creativity-connects.aspx

Venue

Denver Center for the Performing Arts
1101 13th St
Denver, CO 80204 United States
Phone
(303) 893-4100
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Organizer

Wolf Trap
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