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artist, arts educator

LELAND CHAPIN is an artist and teacher who has collaborated in learning with a wide range of people around art and social justice issues. He has lived & worked in Panama, Washington DC, New Mexico's Navajo Nation, Philadelphia, and El Salvador. Chapin grew up bilingual. He thanks his family and friends for inspiring him to keep growing and to keep learning about his own identity. Leland passionately believes that making art has the power to uplift individuals and unite communities.

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