Claire taught several courses in acting for the camera at The Lee Strasberg Institute's Young Actors Program in New York throughout 2006/2007. She currently teaches digital filmmaking workshops in the Los Angeles Unified School District with arts-education company Freshi Filmworx.

Claire has led on-camera acting workshops at The Music Academy at Hamilton High School (the Los Angeles magnet school for the performing arts), The Freshi Kids Film Festival and summer camp, and the summer film programs at Reseda and Laguna Beach High Schools.

She served as a guest instructor at The Guthrie Theater's MAX Conference and in the outreach program at The George Street Playhouse. She has facilitated theater and dance workshops for adults at The Field, a Manhattan arts-services organization, and instructs actors privately for on-camera and theatrical auditions. She has also written about teen acting training for Intercut magazine, a publication for kids interested in the film industry.

If you are an educator seeking to enhance your arts program, a parent interested in creating an after-school or birthday party filmmaking activity for your children, or an actor who desires coaching, email clairewinters@gmail.com for more information.
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