Artists Teaching Artists: A Conversation Series

As our season comes to a close, we reflect on the questions and interwoven themes that have emerged from our time together. Through Creative Expression as a Social Practice we pondered: how can you use your art form or practice to change the system you exist within? In Culturally Responsive Teaching we asked: where in your work or community do you observe differences that through your art or TA pr...

When we think of legacy artistry, we're often reminded of the generations and traditions that contribute to an enduring design, style or art-making practice, or perhaps we think of the dedication and refinement that a single artist contributes to a discipline, what they pass down and leave behind historically. How would one teach legacy as a teaching artist? Together with Remi Majekodunmi, Solomon...

At the heart of culturally responsive teaching is the intention of finding commonality and connection of our human experiences. We can achieve this by committing to staying curious about differences in the classroom, becoming comfortable with our discomfort about what we don't know, reaching clarity in understanding our diversity, and having confidence in working together to empower one another. T...

Media Arts combines multiple forms of communication such as audio, video, photography, digital arts and other interactive mediums. It plays off of creative elements like space, time, color, and sound to express perspectives, feelings, and ideas. Because of its dynamic quality to tune into the senses, it innately holds the power to create meaningful connections. Together with Nate Barnes, Marcus Al...

Social Justice as a practice can be defined as the empowerment and mobilization of historically marginalized groups through community support and refinement of critical thinking skills. Creative Expression as a Social Practice could then be seen as tapping into creativity as a powerful tool in sparking conversations, raising awareness, and inspiring communities to move toward social change. Togeth...

The goal of the action research process is to encourage teaching artists to consider how they might assess the impact of their work in classrooms through RAISE. Teaching Artist as Researcher presents us with methods and thought processes of creating a more holistic breakdown of how students might be engaged, feel understood, valued and build social awareness in and out of the classrooms. Together...

Social Emotional Learning can be rooted in student empowerment, emotional awareness, and empathy-building principles. These approaches support the development of helpful changes in students and mindset shifts through art to help them achieve their goals and build nurturing relationships with themselves and their peers. Together with Jennifer Puig and Dana Leon we'll dive into what this looks like...

In our Young Audience professional learning spaces, our vibrant Teaching Artists have cultivated rich conversations around their practice, collaborations, intentions & techniques. In our six-episode format, Artists Teaching Artists: A Conversation Series, we invite our listeners to pause and regather with our YA TAs in dialogue, sinking deeper into their artistry, driving philosophies and RAIS...