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This professional development session explores the powerful role visual art has played in advancing social movements throughout history, equipping educators with resources, examples, and art projects that align with the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum theme of Social Movements and Equity. Participants will examine how art has amplified the voices of advocates and driven social change, analyzing both historical and contemporary examples. Designed for all educators, not just art teachers, this session provides adaptable lesson plans and classroom-ready projects that support Ethnic Studies Learning Outcomes across various subjects. Educators will leave with practical tools, meaningful connections, and strategies to inspire student engagement with themes of equity and justice. All content is aligned with the National Core Arts Standards, ensuring a seamless integration of art into diverse educational contexts. *At checkout, use CODE: PD10 to get $10 off of a bundle of three sessions! Visit: Art Within Social Movements: Integrating Art & Ethnic Studies ArtReach San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

This professional development session will guide educators in integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into their art lessons through practical, hands-on strategies. Participants will learn how to create art projects that foster emotional expression, self-awareness, and empathy in students. By exploring specific activities and reflective practices, educators will leave with actionable tools to seamlessly blend SEL and art-making, nurturing a supportive and creative classroom environment. *At checkout, use CODE: PD10 to get $10 off of a bundle of three sessions! Visit: Heart & Art: Tangible Strategies for Integrating SEL into Creative Lessons ArtReach San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

Join us at Artreach HQ for a Beadmaking workshop! Express yourself through bead-making and 3D design! Create beautiful patterns and designs through the processes of creating “canes” with colorful polymer clay. Working on a smaller scale, this process teaches pattern and design sculpturally that can be achieved through cutting and slicing. Perfect for making small items and jewelry. Visit: Polymer Clay Beadmaking ArtReach San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

Join us at Artreach HQ for Felt Your Feelings, a wet felting workshop taught by Yasmine K. Kasem. Make your own fabric from scratch! Using the wet felting process, participants will create a piece of fabric from wool roving (unspun wool) and learn to incorporate design and pattern. Visit: Wet Felting ArtReach San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

Join us at ArtReach HQ for Mixed Media Weaving. A key process in textile creation, learn the basics of weaving on small looms. Weave geometric designs, patterns, or even imagery with mixed media fibers! This class is intended for adults only. Seniors can get $10 off their ticket by using code SENIOR10 at checkout. Visit: Mixed Media Weaving ArtReach San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

Teens ages 11+ can create a small rug from scratch! Rugs have a deep history as textile art and as objects that create specific spaces. Using handheld tufting machines, participants can create and design their rugs using colorful yarn. This is a two-part class! In this first session, learn how to create and translate a design for the medium, learn the basics of tufting, and begin filling in your designs. In the second session, participants will fill in their designs, and trim and finish up their rugs. Visit: Rug Tufting for Teens (Part 1 and 2) ArtReach San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

The pair led the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 , 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Using Air-Dry pottery clay, create decorative clay vessels or small sculptures through the sculptural process of hand-building! Through slab and coil construction of clay, participants will learn basic hand-building techniques to create expressive pieces. This class is intended for adults only. Seniors can get $10 off their ticket by using code SENIOR10 at checkout. Visit: Air Dry Clay 101 ArtReach San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

Coronado Public Library and the Friends of Coronado Public Library, in partnership with Warwick's bookstore and the San Diego Writers Festival, present married authors Neal Allen and Anne Lamott discussing the new book Better Days in conversation with Marni Freedman. This event takes place at the Coronado Performing Arts Center at Coronado High School, located at 650 D Avenue in Coronado. This event is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Coronado Public Library. Check-In opens at 5:45 p.m. Please print out your tickets. Seating is first-come, first served. Books will be distributed the evening of the event at check-in to "With Book" Ticketholders. Neal and Anne will sign books after the discussion. The Performing Arts Center is directly behind the Coronado Public Library. You can view a parking map here. The two lots marked “school parking lots (for select events only)” will be available. Please call the Warwick's Book Department at 858-454-0347 for more information or visit: warwicks.com

Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground), in collaboration with Emmy Award®-winning writer and editor Joe Bini (Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Grizzly Man), takes the stage with the legendary classical music group Kronos Quartet to create a “live documentary” that chronologically unfolds the quartet’s groundbreaking, continent-spanning, multi-decade career. Wildly creative and experimental in form, A Thousand Thoughts is a meditation on music itself—the act of listening closely to music, the experience of feeling music deeply, and the power that music has to change the world. For more information visit: theconrad.org Stay Connected on Instagram / Facebook