Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie

Greetings, friends of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie! The final two episodes of our four-episode arc, “The Sphere of Cultural Responsibility,” are here! In this second installment, Courtney continues her fascinating conversation with Edie Demas, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center and former Director of Education at The New Victory Theater. These episodes continue examinin...

Greetings, friends of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie! The final two episodes of our four-episode arc, “The Sphere of Cultural Responsibility,” are here! In this second installment, Courtney continues her fascinating conversation with Edie Demas, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center and former Director of Education at The New Victory Theater. These episodes continue examinin...

In our newest two-episode series, “The Sphere of Cultural Responsibility,” Courtney has an illuminating chat with the one and only Edie Demas, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center and former Director of Education at The New Victory Theater. This episode dives deep inside Edie’s journey through her multifaceted career in the arts and arts education, including her time at Creative Arts...

In our newest two-episode series, “The Sphere of Cultural Responsibility,” Courtney has an illuminating chat with the one and only Edie Demas, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center and former Director of Education at The New Victory Theater. This episode dives deep inside Edie’s journey through her multifaceted career in the arts and arts education, including her time at Creative Arts...

Folks! We’ve gone National! In our newest two-episode series, “The Choice of No Bounds,” Courtney sits down (on a beach in San Diego!) for a fascinating chat with Teaching Artist Skyler Sullivan about his inspiring story of how the arts, in quite literally all of its forms, have had an impact on his life. Courtney and Skyler discuss the importance of the presence of the arts in Skyler’s childhood,...

Folks! We’ve gone National! In our newest two-episode series, “The Choice of No Bounds,” Courtney sits down (on a beach in San Diego!) for a fascinating chat with Teaching Artist Skyler Sullivan about his inspiring story of how the arts, in quite literally all of its forms, have had an impact on his life. Courtney and Skyler discuss the importance of the presence of the arts in Skyler’s childhood,...

Our next installment of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie is here! This two-part series features professional arts administrators Sobha Kavanakudiyil, co-chair of the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable and Marquis Studios’ Professional Development Specialist Justin Daniel, who is also a practicing Teaching Artist, As well as New 42nd Street Fellows Brandon Hutchinson and Alverneq L...

Our next installment of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie is here! This two-part series features professional arts administrators Sobha Kavanakudiyil, co-chair of the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable and Marquis Studios’ Professional Development Specialist Justin Daniel, who is also a practicing Teaching Artist, As well as New 42nd Street Fellows Brandon Hutchinson and Alverneq L...

In this two-episode series, Courtney chats with Lauren Jost, Artistic Director of Spellbound Theatre, about how she found herself immersed in the world of Teaching Artistry, theater making and arts advocacy. They also discuss such topics as Lauren's personal journey into the arts, discovering the power of the arts, finding her artistic voice and the intrinsic impact in engaging young kids in parti...

In this two-episode series, Courtney chats with Lauren Jost, Artistic Director of Spellbound Theatre, about how she found herself immersed in the world of Teaching Artistry, theater making and arts advocacy. They also discuss such topics as Lauren's personal journey into the arts, discovering the power of the arts, finding her artistic voice and the intrinsic impact in engaging young kids in parti...

In our latest episode series, "Episode 6, ACTS 1 & 2: Signe Harriday - The Radical Poetry of A Calling," Courtney sits down for an intimate chat with Teaching Artist and self-proclaimed ARTivist, Signe Harriday, to discuss her personal voyage into the arts. In this intriguing series, these two fierce arts advocates take a deep dive into such topics as Signe's personal journey of growing up a perso...

In our latest episode series, "Episode 6, ACTS 1 & 2: Signe Harriday - The Radical Poetry of A Calling," Courtney sits down for an intimate chat with Teaching Artist and self-proclaimed ARTivist, Signe Harriday, to discuss her personal voyage into the arts. In this intriguing series, these two fierce arts advocates take a deep dive into such topics as Signe's personal journey of growing up a perso...

In our latest episode, Courtney sits down with dancer, choreographer and Teaching Artist, Penelope McCourty to discuss her journey into and through her artistry. This episode, which considers the artist’s trajectory, asks the big questions: Do we choose our artistic path, or is our artistic journey thrust upon us and molded by outside forces? Is our artistry a product of conditioning or are we bor...

In our latest episode, Courtney sits down with dancer, choreographer and Teaching Artist, Penelope McCourty to discuss her journey into and through her artistry. This episode, which considers the artist’s trajectory, asks the big questions: Do we choose our artistic path, or is our artistic journey thrust upon us and molded by outside forces? Is our artistry a product of conditioning or are we bor...

​In the second​ ​installment of​ ​"Arts Education - Learning, Celebrating, Advocating," Courtney talks with​ ​Lauren Jost,​ ​Founder and Artistic Director of Spellbound Theatre, and Penelope McCourty, Dancer, Choreographer and Teaching Artist about what fair and equal pay for Teaching Artists could and should look like, and so much more! As a reminder, these conversations took place during the Fac...

Courtney talks with Jeff Poulin, Arts Education Program Manager at Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading organization for the advancement of the arts and arts education. Remember the Face to Face conference back in April? Well, Courtney captured some fascinating conversations with a few people there all about Teaching Artistry. #ArtsEdWeek would be a great time to showcase these conversatio...

Meet Sobha Kavanakudiyil, professor at the City College of New York in Educational Theatre. Courtney and Sobha, friends since their grad school days at NYU's Educational Theatre program, reminisce about their respective beginnings in the field of arts education. They discuss the September 11th attacks, becoming entrenched in the field, the importance of mentorship, staying creative and staying the...

Meet Sobha Kavanakudiyil, professor at the City College of New York in Educational Theatre. Courtney and Sobha, friends since their grad school days at NYU's Educational Theatre program, reminisce about their respective beginnings in the field of arts education. They discuss the September 11th attacks, becoming entrenched in the field, the importance of mentorship, staying creative and staying the...

Meet Sobha Kavanakudiyil, professor at the City College of New York in Educational Theatre. Courtney and Sobha, friends since their grad school days at NYU's Educational Theatre program, reminisce about their respective beginnings in the field of arts education. They discuss the September 11th attacks, becoming entrenched in the field, the importance of mentorship, staying creative and staying the...

Hear stories from the field as Courtney discusses her trip to Washington, D.C., for Arts Advocacy Day. Over 700 delegates from around the country ascended onto the nation’s capitol to speak with congressional leaders about the importance of the arts! As a first time participant, hear Courtney’s thoughts on the structure of the sessions and what she learned from her experience! Download this latest...

JAMES MILES, Executive Director of Seattle-based Arts Corps / Master Teaching Artist, has worked in arts education for nearly 20 years. A graduate of Morehouse College and Brandeis University, James is the Former Director of Education at Urban Arts Partnership. He has also facilitated workshops and designed curriculum for the New Victory Theater, Roundabout Theatre, Disney Theatrical Group, Theatr...

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