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Nikki Nojima Louis

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Nikki Nojima Louis“In my classroom, I strive for an artful teaching approach—what I call Passionate Pedagogy—utilizing the eclectic skills I have acquired through my work as a theater artist and creative writer. My approach is based on: 1) interactive techniques, which come from my experience in theater and my belief that a classroom is a community; and 2) mentorship: individual and small group meetings and projects to counter and complement the time in class that is communal. My job is to foster curiosity, courage, and a love of knowledge that will carry my students beyond the classroom into lifelong learning.”

Nikki is Project Director for Breaking the Silence, I Dream a World, Word of Mouth, and Most Dangerous Women. She presents the following workshops for K-12 and college level educators:

  • Asian American Literature
  • Creative Non-fiction
  • Editors’ Techniques
  • Fiction Technique: Searching for Story
  • From Page to Stage: Writing and Staging Literary Adaptations
  • Memoir and Memory
  • Techniques of Readers’ Theater
  • The Art of Personal Essay
  • Worlds of Fiction: The Self and the Other

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Nikki’s publications:
  • Hidden Idaho
  • Most Dangerous Women – playscript, co-written with Jan Maher, in Most Dangerous Women: Bringing History to Life through Readers’ Theater (Heinemann)
  • Goodbye Gorilla, Indiana Review, 2002. Nominated for 2003 Pushcart Prize
  • Glory, Rosebud, 2000. Winner, Imaginative Fiction Contest, selected by Ursula K. LeGuin
  • Artistic Statement, Interview, and Writing Excerpt: Seattle Arts Newsletter, Jan. 1999

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(btwn TD Bank & Pushkin)

Mondays: 11am-2pm
Wednesdays: 11am-2pm
Thursdays: 5-8pm
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The LAVA Center is a community arts space, arts incubator, and black box theater in downtown Greenfield, MA. We are focused on making The LAVA Center a space where all artists, including marginalized communities and individuals, can have their voices heard.

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