Lilly Stannard

Lilly Stannard is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and artist-researcher interested in the transformative nature of the arts in various settings. Lilly has worked as an arts administrator and teaching artist within a range of schools and companies, some of which include Spellbound Theatre, Ramapo for Children, and the Verbatim Performance Lab where she developed engaging arts-based curricula for diverse populations. She served as the Director of Programming for the DU Prison Arts Initiative beginning in 2021 where she began her work within the Colorado Department of Corrections. In 2024, along with Sarah McKenzie, Lilly co-founded Impact Arts with the mission of generating arts classes, programs, and exhibitions in and around the criminal-legal system in Colorado. Her writing about artistic transformative justice practices and verbatim theatre work can be found in various publications including The McGill Journal of Education, Routledge Undergraduate Research Series and the Inquiries Journal.