Workshops + Convenings

Delighted to collaborate on workshops to move good ideas forward in the arts, social justice, and community conversations.

Carver [On] Record

Chesterfield County, VA
co-Facilitator

Carver [On] Record seeks to document and preserve the formative experiences of community-members, including alumni of the segregation-era G.W. Carver High School and Chesterfield Community High School, and synthesizes them into a dialogue about our shared future. Toni co-facilitated this project with Nelly Kate Anderson, Dave Watkins, and John Henry Blatter.

Partners in the Arts

Richmond, VA
Workshop Designer and Facilitator

He (Freelon) sees strong parallels between an architect generating ideas and a musician generating melody and rhythm….In both cases, creativity and improvisation are essential.
—J. Michael Welton

The Joan Oates Institute (JOI) is an annual summer training at the University of Richmond offered by the Institute for Integrated Learning. The course incorporates local, regional, and national community experts and institutions. Educator participants are stretched and empowered through learning various art forms and technology tools. Toni designed and facilitated the half-day “Impresario Training: Jazzing STEM” with a live jazz band at JOI (University of Richmond) from 2011 until 2014.

Photo courtesy of Phil Freelon, FAIA, and the International Review of African American Art

Conference on the Arts in Society, American University of Paris

Paris, France
Workshop Designer and Facilitator, with Nelly Kate Anderson

Referencing the student-built Carver [ON] Record art experience, participants in our workshop examined the nexus of collective identity and oral history. We explored ideas about editorial ethics using excerpts from a science podcast about policing.

Museum as Site for Social Action (MASS Action)

minneapolis, mn

This resourceful community works for systemic change and institutional transformation. Toni is a contributor to the Toolkit, a guide for inciting and managing growth and equity in museums. With Swarupa Anila and Janeen Bryant, Toni facilitated the “Things Fall Apart” workshop at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.