FACILITATION + WORKSHOPS
The Art of Facilitation, Trauma awareness training for Teaching Artists with Silk Road Rising, September 2022
The Sacred Art of Play, hosted by Chicago Moving Company, June 2022
Mycelium Portal, Conversations + Workshops with Performing Artists, January 2020-July 2021
West Ridge Story Festival with Silk Road Rising, Chicago USA, September 2019 - December 2019
Mini Somatic Discovery Camp, hosted by Chicago Moving Company, July 2019
Radical Bodies // Sound, Scores + Somatics at Links Hall, Chicago USA, November 2016 - October 2017
Improvisation and the Energy Body at Ponderosa, Germany, August 2016
Exercises for the Activist hosted by Tools for Solidarity, Belfast UK, April 2015
Social Hypnosis, Co-Facilitator at Le Plongeior, Lyon, France, April 2015
Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer at North Park University, Chicago USA, January- April 2015
Playlab Performance Exploration at Links Hall, Chicago, IL, December 2014 - December 2015
Theatre of the Oppressed + Playback Theatre Workshop, Canticle Farm + Casa De Paz, Oakland, CA, August 2014 + January 2013
Howard Area Community Center Staff Development Workshop, Chicago USA, November 2013
Theatre of the Oppressed + Playback Theatre Workshop at the Weave Residency, Brussels, Belgium, October 2013
TEACHING ARTIST
Silk Road Rising, Chicago, IL
Sept 2014 - Present, EPIC Playwriting course Teaching Artist
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Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, IL
Sept 2018 - April 2019, Teaching Artist
Center for Community Arts Partnerships, Sullivan HS Art Program, Columbia College Chicago
Aug 2013 - May 2014, Teaching Artist for Theatre Program
Sept 2012 - Aug 2013, Program Coordinator and Louder Than a Bomb Team, Spoken Word Co-Coach
Howard Area Community Center, Youth Programs, Chicago, IL
June 2013 - Aug 2014, Independent/Contracted Teaching Artist for Theatre Program
Sept 2009- Oct 2012, Program Coordinator + Curriculum Creator for Teen Reach Program
Insight Arts, Chicago, IL
Dec 2010-May 2011, Freelance Teaching Artist for Theatre program
TVI Studios, Chicago, IL
Oct 2006-June 2008, Acting Coach
Shanti Foundation for Peace, Evanston, IL
Sept 2006-June 2007, Artist in Residence
Youth Organization Umbrella, Evanston, IL
Sept 2003-Aug 2006, Teaching Artist + Mentor/Tutor
EDUCATION
MA Interdisciplinary Arts, Columbia College Chicago, 2012
BA Theatre, Loyola University Chicago, 2005
TRAINING
Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate, September 2021 – February 202
Breathwork Facilitator Training Levels II + III, April 2020
Breathwork Facilitator Training Level I, April 2019
Usui Reiki Master Training, August 2016
Usui Reiki Levels I + II, October 2015
Thai Bodywork Practitioner 200 hr, March 2014 – June 2015
Arts Education Curriculum Institute, Ingenuity, November-December 2014
Rev Up: Social Justice and Youth Activism, 32 hr training, Chicago Freedom School, April 2012
Advancing Youth Development Certification, 28 hr Training Program, March-April 2010
Contact me for arts education + facilitation opportunities at: hopkins.e.lindsay@gmail.com