Rabbi Adina Allen and Sasha Kopp: Using Art to Inspire Change for Early Childhood Education and Society
The Thought Experiment Podcast: USING ART TO INSPIRE CHANGE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
Art has been a modality for learning and change throughout history. This podcast shares a sneak peek into the mindsets of Rabbi Adina Allen and Sasha Kopp, who are both incredible art educators through their work at The Jewish Studio Project and through The Jewish Education Project. They discuss how the process of art creation can have profound effects on individual’s learning, growth and resilience.
Recorded in February 2020, the podcast was intended to be the introduction to The Jewish Education Project’s early childhood conference titled, "When We Create," where Rabbi Allen was going to lead the New York early childhood community in an exploration of the Jewish Studio Process. As we know, the world changed in March 2020. Yet, the lessons learned from Rabbi Allen, Sasha Kopp, and Malka Fleischmann in this podcast are ideas that have proven to withstand the test of time. We hope you enjoy and use it to inspire more creativity in your life and in how we think about learning and our community as a whole.
- Arts and Culture
- Creativity and the Arts
- Early Childhood
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- After School and Beyond
- Camp
- Family Engagement
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