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Connect with the largest, most diverse group of arts education colleagues in New York City! We currently have almost 100 organizational members representing all five boroughs. Roundtable membership gives you access to members-only events and discounted rates on all our programming. Membership runs for a full year from July 1st through June 30th. Both organizational and individual members are welcome! Click here to renew your membership or become a member.

A Teaching Artist’s Confession

By Stacey Bone-Gleason, Teaching Artist and Actress.

I’m not good at everything, and that’s ok. There, I said it!

I know it sounds obvious but, as a teaching artist, I’ve found it’s hard for me to admit. I’ll happily admit the things I have trouble with outside of my artistic field: I can’t draw; I can’t cook a steak; and don’t even get me started on how bad I am at organized sports.

New Roundtable Managing Director

The New York City Arts in Education Roundtable is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Kyla Searle as Managing Director. Searle is a writer, producer, curator,  and educator. She has worked in arts education for more than 10 years in Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago  and, for the last six years, in New York City.

Searle has worked as a producer in project design and community arts practice for the Yerba Buena  Center for the Arts in San Francisco,

What is in Your Bag?

By Lauren Jost, Teaching Artist

A few weeks ago I was sitting on the subway and, at one of the express stops, moved my bag over to make room for another commuter in a business suit.  She sat down next to me and glanced at my bag, which was overflowing with juggling scarves and puppet legs.  She raised her eyebrow, turned to me, and said, “Looks like you’re going to have more fun today than I am.”