See it. Show It. Know It.: Using Creative Movement and Visual Literacy to Deepen Learning with Garrett Brown and Harlan Brownlee
4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
November 4, 2026
| Liberty Fine Arts Office
Part of the KS/MO Kennedy Center Partners in Education program
Free; pre-reservation required
Grades 3-8
Discover how students can read visual texts to make evidence-based inferences and then use creative movement to deepen and express understandings. You will leave this workshop empowered to help students to find their creative voice!
Garrett Brown is a national teaching artist who specializes in cartooning, illustration, and sequential art (comic books). He earned a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Missouri Kansas City, where he resides with his family. He earned a master’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Missouri St. Louis. While Garrett has over a decade of highly qualified experience as an Art Specialist, it is his years as a classroom teacher that give him an appreciation and perspective for designing projects that both students and teachers find engaging and worthwhile.
Harlan Brownlee understands the transformational power that the arts have to improve the quality of life for individuals and the community. He possesses a passion for the arts, guided by a disciplined approach to change. Harlan has worked in the field of arts integration for 38 years. Beginning with Kansas City Young Audiences, Inc in 1984, he leads residencies for students K-12, presents workshops for teachers, and has lead training seminars for teaching artists nationwide. Since 2002, Harlan has been a National Teaching Artist with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
He holds a BFA degree in dance with an emphasis in performance and choreography and a MA in Educational Research and Psychology. In 2019, Mr. Brownlee joined the Focus 5 team and that same year was awarded a Young Audiences National Residency Teaching Artist Credential.
Dance and creative movement are highly engaging and support modeling in the sciences. Harlan has been a presenter for Project Lead the Way’s (PLTW) National Conferences and specializes in the integration of STEM curriculum with creative movement and dance. Harlan has been an adjunct professor for Rockhurst University’s School of Education and the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Education and is a past Associate Editor for the Teaching Artist Journal.