EMBRACE: The Power of the Prompt

Explore "the Power of Prompts" as innovative opportunities to encourage experimentation and risk-taking in art, while embracing our current limitations as "i...

The session was extremely thorough with visual exemplars and inspirational food for thought
— EMBRACE: The Power of the Prompt Participant

EMBRACE kicked off with 83 participants from all across Maryland, including 16 local school systems! A huge thank you to Michael Bell, Fine Arts Supervisor of QACPS for leading “The Power of the Prompt”! You led a powerful workshop that inspired us all to experiment with our daily artistic practices. I am adding one of Michael's #31Days prompts to my daily morning pages right away!

Visit https://www.msdefinearts.org/embrace to view the archived copy and register for upcoming sessions. 


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About: The Power of the Prompt

Explore “the Power of Prompts” as innovative opportunities to encourage experimentation and risk-taking in art, while embracing our current limitations as "inspirations" during COVID-19.
*Visual Art-focused, and Open to All Disciplines

Facilitator: Michael Bell, Fine Arts Supervisor of Queen Anne’s County Public Schools


AEMS’s Embrace Podcast

Check out the podcast with Michael Bell from our collaborative partner AEMS!

AEMS’s Embrace Podcast highlights the facilitators from the Embrace series and gives us a chance to learn more about them as humans, as artists, and as fellow members of the shared experience of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Interviews will preview the content of each Embrace session was well as explore the facilitators’ journey as artists, as Marylanders, and as educators. Episodes are available on the AEMS website, on their hosting page on BuzzSprout, on iTunesSpotify, and wherever Podcasts are available.