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UCLA VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM
From 2016 to 2018, Laurel was a Faculty member of the UCLA World Arts and Cultures/Dance Department in the School of Art and Architecture, where she served as both Associate Director and Professional Development Coordinator of the Visual and Performing Arts Education Program. As a lecturer, Laurel taught the following undergraduate courses at UCLA: Arts Education for Multiple Publics: an intro to the theory and practice of arts education in preparation for teaching in the community. Arts Education Teaching Practicum and Capstone Project, placing students in school classrooms to implement their original arts curricula. Arts Programs in Correctional Institutions: History, Theory and Practice and Arts in Corrections Practicum: Narratives of Agency (more about which can be found here) Foundations of Dance Education, providing a theoretical background of dance pedagogy upon which practicum classes are structured & taught. Laurel also supervised the Hammer Museum's Classroom-in-Residence program, the VAPAE Afterschool & Community Arts Enrichment programs, the Art as Resistance student group, and numerous undergraduate independent study & research projects. |
A One Minute Documentary about VAPAE's first ever Teaching Artist Professional Development led by Laurel in February 2018
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"This was one of the most meaningful classes I have had the opportunity to take during my undergraduate career. Laurel's ability to facilitate developing a strong class community over only ten weeks is incredible. We not only learned about important theories and concepts, but also had the opportunity to actually go into a facility, which many of us had not before. I feel lucky to have taken a course that will help guide me towards becoming part of the resistance against the prison industrial complex. I only wish that more UCLA students had this kind of educational experience!"
"Laurel has been my favorite professor at UCLA. Never have I had a professor so dedicated, knowledgeable, and passionate about her students and their learning experience."
"Laurel is a fantastic teacher. She is fun and warm and welcoming and inspiring and everything you could possibly want in a professor. Her enthusiasm for the subject was evident, and it really inspired the class. I loved her class and enjoyed coming to it each week!"
"Laurel is an exceptional educator and overall human being. I've never had a class that so deeply changed who I am as a person. I wish more than anything that I could stay in college a little longer just to be taught by her again."
Undergraduate student evaluations, UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education program
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Laurel discusses her course Dance 165: Foundations of Dance Education with VAPAE Program Coordinator Amorette Muzingo
November 2017, UCLA |
Final project choreographed by University High School students
Facilitated by students from Dance 165 Directed/Produced by Laurel Butler March 2018, University High School, Los Angeles CA |