Teaching Artists
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NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Announces Third Cohort of the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable is proud to announce our 2024 cohort for the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program. This program pairs 20 mid-career Teaching Artists from across the state with mentors to help them develop the networks, skills, and increased capacities necessary to support […]
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The Power of an Hour of Arts Education
As a teaching artist with programs based in vocal empowerment through theater arts, I never feel I have enough time with students. I always want sessions to be longer and greater in number to allow adequate time for sequential learning and reflection. Most of my programs are residencies varying in length from three to twelve […]
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Artist Salon Request for Proposals — Acts of Rest-istance: Best Practices for Artists at Rest, Joy, and Play
Opportunity Overview CALL FOR ARTISTS – PAID OPPORTUNITY The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable’s Taskforce on Equity & Inclusion (TEI) is soliciting applications from artists of all disciplines and genres to share artwork that addresses the topics of joy and rest through the lens of equity and inclusion for our upcoming Acts of Rest-istance: Best […]
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Learn About Art Education & Education Theatre Programs at The City College of New York
Interested in applying to Arts Education programs at The City College of New York? Join CCNY for Info Sessions on their Visual Art Education or Educational Theatre programs. Programs include tracks for NY State Certification, Masters only, and distance learning programs. 2023 Admissions Information Session Dates, all times ET
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Don’t Be Quiet: A Vow to Myself
At the start of my second year of grad school, after a number of pep talks from my program director and encouragement from my classmates, I knew it was time for me to start teaching. Everything was falling into place: I was going to be a substitute teacher in the NYC DOE and work as […]
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Roundtable Announces Second Cohort for the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable is proud to announce our cohort for the second year of the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program. This program pairs 14 mid-career teaching artists from across the state with mentors to help them develop the networks, skills, and increased capacities […]
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Roundtable Announces Inaugural Cohort for the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program
Roundtable Announces Inaugural Cohort for the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable is proud to announce our inaugural cohort of the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program. This program pairs 14 mid-career teaching artists from across the state with mentors […]
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The Box
How is it already April and taxes are due? Last month, I was already feeling a sense of dread as the April 18th deadline approached, the pile of W2s and 1099s just kept getting bigger, and letters from the IRS remained unopened on my desk. I don’t even have a retirement account. I frantically Googled how […]
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The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Awards the Roundtable Funding to Support Third Cycle of the Arts Educator Emergency Relief Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kimberly Olsen, kolsen@nycaieroundtable.org New York, NY – The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable was recently awarded $15,000 by The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation to support the third cycle of the Roundtable’s Arts Educator Emergency Relief Fund. With their generous support, the Roundtable will achieve its goal of awarding […]
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Just Go Live! Turning Outward When the World Folds Inward
Roundtable Note: Filomena Jack is a participant in the inaugural New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program. Follow her at @FilomenaJackStudio and FilomenaJackStudio.com. *** When the world was put on pause in March of 2020, like a lot of people, I had to make some quick pivots in terms of how I kept my career afloat […]
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DCLA Awards the Roundtable Funding to Support Third Cycle of the Arts Educator Emergency Relief Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kimberly Olsen, kolsen@nycaieroundtable.org NEW YORK, NY — The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) recently committed $375,000 to fund another round of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable’s Arts Educator Emergency Relief Fund program. This generous award doubles the investment DCLA made in this fund last year as a […]
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The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Awarded $100,000 by the New York State Council on the Arts
CONTACT: Kimberly Olsen, kolsen@nycaieroundtable.org NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Arts in Education Roundtable was recently awarded a grant award totaling $100,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Following New York State’s $105 million investment in the arts […]
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Ain’t Nobody Got Grey Arms
Wind is rushing through the skies delivering urgent messages to the corners of Arroyo City. The hypnotic push and pull of the waves are a sensual lullaby to the acrobatic fish who stretch as they prepare for their breakfast dance with the pelicans. I am sitting, swaying to this melody reflecting as the last days […]
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Walking with Maxine: Noticing and reflecting on a year of change
…treating the world as predefined and given, as simply there, is quite separate and different from applying an initiating, constructing mind or consciousness to the world. Maxine Green Testing the blocks Paragraph working? I. One of the silver linings of the past year has been getting to spend more time with my three-year-old daughter. It’s […]
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Can’t Stop the Hustle: 4+ Ways for Teaching Artists to get Financial Relief
By Michelle Cole Published on October 28, 2020 Covid-19 is messing with the Teaching Artist hustle. Our profession thrives on togetherness and community. But right now, traveling artist-educators are considered safety risks solely because of the ubiquitous nature of our work. How are we supposed to do what we do during a time when separation […]
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The Lost Art of Boredom
This blog is a part of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable’s new blog series, “Teaching Artists Speak Out: Blogs from Quarantine.” As schools remain closed, we’ve invited some “Teaching Artists of the Roundtable” to help us curate a series of blog posts written for and by NYC teaching artists. Novelists are geniuses at staying […]
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An Open Call to Board of Directors of Arts Education Programs
The following open letter to board members of arts organizations was written by marcus d harvey. This blog originally appeared as an article in the Spring 2020 edition of the Teaching Artist Guild’s TAG Quarterly on Friday, June 5. — June 1, 2020 Hello Board of Directors— I am writing to you at 3:40am because I can’t […]
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The Importance of Art in Trying Times
This blog is a part of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable’s new blog series, “Teaching Artists Speak Out: Blogs from Quarantine.” As schools remain closed, we’ve invited some “Teaching Artists of the Roundtable” to help us curate a series of blog posts written for and by NYC teaching artists. We’ll be posting new blogs […]
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Risk Factors: Being Black During a Pandemic
This blog is a part of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable’s new blog series, “Teaching Artists Speak Out: Blogs from Quarantine.” As schools remain closed, we’ve invited some “Teaching Artists of the Roundtable” to help us curate a series of blog posts written for and by NYC teaching artists. We’ll be posting new blogs […]
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Performance as Time Travel: Reindigenizing Movement, Decolonizing Time
This blog is a part of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable’s new blog series, “Teaching Artists Speak Out: Blogs from Quarantine.” As schools remain closed, we’ve invited some “Teaching Artists of the Roundtable” to help us curate a series of blog posts written for and by NYC teaching artists. We’ll be posting new blogs each Tuesday […]
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From Cardboard to iPads: Teaching Theatre Before, During, and After the Pandemic
This blog is a part of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable’s new blog series, “Teaching Artists Speak Out: Blogs from Quarantine.” As schools remain closed, we’ve invited some “Teaching Artists of the Roundtable” to help us curate a series of blog posts written for and by NYC teaching artists. We’ll be posting new blogs each Tuesday […]