Teaching Artists
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Roundtable Announces 2026 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 2026 cohort of the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program. This program pairs 22 mid-career Teaching Artists from across the state with mentors to help them develop the networks, skills, and increased capacities necessary to support career […]
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Everything is Waiting for Us
Teaching artists are humans with interpersonal relationships—friendships, families, lovers, peers, and mentors—whom they grieve. This blog post offers practical advice around philosophies and steps to process and transmute death and grief, both solo and in collaboration with others. There are questions waiting – questions that ask us to consider the making or unmaking of life. […]
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NYS Teaching Artist Mentorship Program Mentee Spotlight: DaShaun Hightower
Get to know DaShaun Hightower, a participant in the Roundtable’s 2025 NY State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program, in this mentee profile interview conducted after he completed the program. DaShaun shares about his artistry, the road to working in the arts education field, and his experience in the mentorship program with the Roundtable. Learn more about […]
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Now Accepting Applications: 2026 New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program
The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable is proud to launch the fifth cohort of the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program. This regrant opportunity seeks to proactively help mid-career Teaching Artists from across the state develop the networks, skills, and increased capacities necessary to support career advancement and sustainability. The program connects at least 22 mid-career Teaching […]
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A CV That Opens Doors: A Short Guide to Self Presentation
This past year I had the honor of serving as a mentor for the Roundtable’s NY State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program. My experience with Anna Warfield—a visual artist whose work is right up my alley with pink balloon letters made of fabric, spelling out poetic phrases—was deeply satisfying, and strangely serendipitous. I was just beginning […]
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Between Two Languages, and Two Histories, I Chose to Make Stories
“Think about ‘Home’ in both the physical and metaphorical sense that it carries to you, and in three lines, use only the words you had chosen to write an instant poem.” I wrote this on the whiteboard while repeating it aloud. I had repeated this prompt several times, with short breaths, broken words, and my […]
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Notes from the Field: Energized by the Teaching Artist Community at LCE’s Summer Forum
I have worked as a Teaching Artist in NYC’s public schools for more than 15 years and things have been rocky at times, with unpaid fees, unmet promises or unreasonable requests. In the Teaching Artist community I have found support when there’s been struggle. Things got better for me ten years ago when I was […]
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Artist Salon Request for Proposals: Gathering for Good Trouble
CALL FOR ARTISTS – PAID OPPORTUNITY The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable’s Task Force on Equity & Inclusion (TEI) is soliciting applications from artists of all disciplines and genres to share artwork that addresses the themes of gathering and/or good trouble for our upcoming Artist Salon: Gathering for Good Trouble on Thursday, December 11 at […]
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Roundtable Announces 2025 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 2025 cohort for the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program. This program pairs 26 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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“Making It” Through Collaborative Mentorship: My Experience with the NYC Teaching Artist Mentorship Program
“Making it” in the entertainment industry is extremely competitive; “making it” as a dancer even more so, and in New York City, it is a category of its own. New York City ranks among the most competitive cities in the world, and navigating opportunities in the city that never sleeps as an independent performing artist […]
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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 […]