Discovery Through Abstract Expressionism: We’ll be using a variety of materials to explore how movement can guide our creative process.

Quillon Hall is an artist that experiments with a variety of materials to create his art.  He uses movement to discover new ideas.

Create Your Own Custom Keychain: Design and create your own custom keychain in this beginner-friendly workshop. You’ll use Canva to craft a personalized design and learn the basics of sublimation printing to transfer your artwork onto a keychain using a heat press.

Kiki Scott is the creative force behind Embracing Fire Designs, a brand dedicated to unique, custom-made creations that ignite self-expression. With a passion for design and hands-on craftsmanship, Kiki specializes in printing, apparel, and signage. Her dedication to her craft has established Embracing Fire Designs as a thriving business in the Shenandoah Valley. 

Telling YOUR Story Through YOUR Art:  In this workshop we will guide students through a series of questions that will help provoke their inner creative storyteller. Each of us carry history for our families, communities, and cultures. Let's discover these stories and use them to write, play, and create-- through music, dance, and theater.

Estela Diaz Knott is Mexican-Appalachian singer, songwriter, and dancer who grew up in  Luray, Va. and now resides in Charlottesville, Va. She and her partner, David Berzonsky, write songs with deep musical and lyrical ties to their cultural roots. They have recorded 4 albums with their group, Lua Project, which draw on their cultural heritage--Latine, Appalachian, Jewish. 

Motion + Depth: Mixing Shutter Speed and Aperture in Photography: In this workshop, students will learn about two important principles of photography: shutter speed and aperture. Students will learn how the interplay of these two factors influences the depiction of motion and depth in images and get to experiment by making photos.

Mike is half of TALL+small Photography: a people-focused photography business for events, weddings, families, and brands. Mike is also a musician and enjoys using artistic approches to both work and fun projects in his life.

Safe Space Storytelling: This session will focus briefly on meeting our bodies and minds where they are in that moment (but not in a cheesy way)… Yes, even if you’ve been told you should never consider yourself a “dancer”. Most of all, this workshop will center on learning an emotive combination relying on our facial expression, inner strength, and vulnerability to tell the story within… NOT just how far bones bend and break for the concept of technique.  You will hopefully leave this workshop feeling connected to the performers around you instead of seeing them as your competitors…. empowered in the gorgeous adrenaline rush of putting your emotions completely into a “safe” combination that won’t hurt your body… and rethinking your value for the choreographers, casting directors, and professors at large. 

This workshop is for EVERYONE. Yes, it’s dance. Yes, it’s using nuanced moments to let you “choose your own adventure” in how your portray the somatic and psychological expression to a swoony, delicious song. Yes, it is your choreographer’s hope that you’ll exit this workshop feeling better and more valued than when you started!

Bailey is a scar positive, signing, Deaf storyteller and professional dancer, who believes etiquette, work ethic and role modeling matter as much to a role as just inhabiting a part. As a choreographer, director, music supervisor, and actor, she has spent the last 8 years running a company called Company Dance Theatre on the east coast: the first body neutral, large scale company in the US. She has directed for the CW network, danced en pointe in a Kelly Clarkson music video, and danced with BalletNext…. but prefers “representation” (whether as someone who speaks and read lips, or as someone who upholds her signing community whenever can) as the highest privilege there is.