Two months have passed since the start of “safer at home” and the transition to remote learning. We are still struggling to maintain a sense of normalcy as the novel coronavirus upends much of what seemed normal.

So, imagine being a teacher, in a Zoom class, helping your students try to address or process the anxiety and uncertainty while still teaching the subject of the class.

In this episode, Kevin Kane, director of the UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education program, also known as VAPAE, reflects on teaching art to high school and college students during a pandemic, and the role arts education played in his own coming of age.