Teaching
Workshops, Performance Demonstrations and Lectures
Brenda Wong Aoki regularly gives lectures and workshops to a multitude of communities throughout the country. Brenda is happy to visit schools, universities, arts organizations, social justice organizations, churches, etc. to impart her expertise and wisdom learned from her vast experience and wisdom as a visionary Asian American performance artist who has worked in the field for more than thirty years. Wong Aoki is an experienced teacher, having taught at every level from pre-school to college. She is a founding faculty member of Stanford University’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts, holds a K-12 teaching credential, an Early Childhood Development Certificate
Wong Aoki’s “Finding Voice” workshop are designed to help students utilize ritual, myth and personal history as a basis for changing the world. Of particular importance to her is mentoring new and emerging young artists, ensuring the continuance of the art that she and others of her generation have paved the way for.
Performance for Writers: A Workshop
“Brenda’s seminar was a great opportunity to learn how we can better share the Aspiranet story and the impact of foster parenting when our team has the opportunity to engage with families and the community,” Communications Director Stacey Fehr, Aspiranet.
2011 APIA Summit, with students from Detroit, MI
“Brenda, you might not know it now. But, your words changed my life forever. Thank you for all that you do and all that you share”
“Thanks for making me cry. in the good way art and heart can do. thank you.”
“I feel so blessed & grateful to have been able to learn so much from you in such a short time. Your workshop, plenary, & performance were inspiring, liberating, and magical. Thank you for teaching us to see the beautiful spirits in our midst & for paving the way for all of us to dance & shout on stage.”
“Thank you so much for the energy you carry and the way you hold space. It is inspirational and rejuvenating. I am proud to call you an elder that I look up to!”
“Brenda, thank you for your words and your energy. What you said on the panel i will carry with me for a lifetime.”
Past Workshops Include:
California State Summer School for the Arts (Summer Residency)
Glide Memorial Church
APIA Poetry Summit 2011
Kennesaw State University, Georgia
Consortium for the Studies on the Diaspora, Tokyo Japan 2007
Stanford University
Intersection for the Arts/Intergenerational Writers Lab Workshop 2011
Stevens Jr. High School, Long Beach
University of San Francisco
UC Santa Cruz
Lick Wilmerding High School People of Color in Independent Schools (POCIS)
