Looking to polish your resume, pick up some tips and tools for your job search, and procure supplies for your practice? Join us for this career resource forum for arts educators.
The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, CWP’s Teaching Artist Project, and Materials for the Arts (MFTA) invite you to join us for Pathways to Professionalism: Teaching Artist Career Resource Forum, a forum for Teaching Artists seeking resources and support as they consider next steps in their career path.
Participants will attend a panel discussion touching on hiring processes and best practices in finding employment with speakers representing diverse experiences and roles across the arts education field, with time for Q&A. Following the panel, attendees will have the opportunity for a quickfire 1:1 resume review chat, as well as time to shop in the MFTA warehouse to take home a bag of materials for free.
Light refreshments will be provided.
PLEASE NOTE: Space capacity and resume review slot availability is very limited. If you register and are no longer able to attend, please notify kkeck@nycaieroundtable.org ASAP.
Event Schedule
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 3:45pm | Doors Open |
| 4:00 – 5:05pm | Welcome & Panel Discussion |
| 5:05 – 5:25pm | Panel Q&A |
| 5:25 – 5:40pm | Transition |
| 5:40 – 6:50pm | Alternating 1:1 Resume Chats & Warehouse Shopping |
| 6:50 – 7:00pm | Closing |
Meet the Panelists
John Cloud Kaiser
John Cloud Kaiser is the Director of Education and Gallery Director at Materials for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, in New York City. Since starting his art collective Free Style Family over 20 years ago, he has been dedicated to artwork made from re-used materials, art that impacts communities, and art that examines sustainability across our society. A graduate of NYU, Kaiser lectures at conferences, teaches workshops to NYC students and teachers, curates art exhibits, and advocates for arts access. He has exhibited art projects throughout New York including Socrates Sculpture Park, Storm King Art Center, and PS 1 MoMA. He has been featured in The NY Times, collaborated with CERN in Switzerland, and was selected as Arts Administrator of the Year by the NYC Art Teachers Association.
Nicco Diaz
Nicco Diaz is a Queer Afro-Nuyorican poet, educator, and performer from the Bronx and East Harlem whose work centers identity, resilience, and community. A proud product of NYC public schools, he earned his B.A.English and Latino Studies from Cornell University and is a Teach For America alumnus. As a teaching artist with The Town Hall, Uptown Stories, and DreamYard—and a fellow of the Teaching Artist Project—Nicco facilitates poetry and performance workshops across NYC schools and community spaces, empowering young people to find their voice through authenticity, accessibility, and self-expression. Whether in the classroom or on stage, he uses poetry as a tool for connection, healing, and transformation.
Lisa Green
Lisa Green is a performer, arts administrator, and movement educator based in New York City. With over 20 years of experience with the public school system, working in in-school and out-of-school programs, Lisa has worked closely with teachers, collaborating to integrate arts and social justice pedagogy into the curriculum. She also has extensive experience as a training facilitator, including conducting workshops on literacy through arts, as well as topics that focus on social justice, wellness, youth, and community development. Lisa earned her Bachelor of Arts degree as a Child & Youth Counselor, working with at-risk children and their families. An accomplished performing artist, she is skilled in several dance forms and has performed with many dance companies locally and internationally. The skills she has acquired in the counseling field have informed her work as a dance educator and performing artist, which led her to develop and implement dance programming for children focusing on their social and emotional growth through movement. To add to her credits, Lisa also specializes in many fitness and healing modalities, including certification in Holistic Health Counseling (Ayurveda), Yoga, Pilates, and Zumba Instruction.
Moderator: Dale Novella Anderson-Lee
Dale Novella Anderson-Lee is a singer/songwriter, yogi and arts educator, a graduate of the University of South Carolina’s Media Arts program and US Marine Corps Veteran. Since completing the Teaching Artist Project in 2016, she has taught across NYC, using music, poetry, and digital media to empower students. She now serves as Community-Word Project’s Director of Teaching Artist Project, supporting arts education for social change.
About Community-Word Project’s Teaching Artist Project
Teaching Artist Project (TAP) is a comprehensive jobs training and internship program for working artists who desire to incorporate social justice and social emotional learning into their teaching practice. Our program is committed to the professional development of teaching artists through a social justice methodology that translates creative process into educational practice. TAP entails a transformative 8 month curriculum that also provides a supervised on-the-job experience.
About Materials for the Arts
Materials for the Arts (MFTA) provides NYC arts nonprofits, public schools and city agencies with access to free materials. We strive to keep valuable materials from entering the landfill and put these materials into the hands of arts professionals, educators and students across the five boroughs. We give unwanted items the opportunity to become something new through Creative Reuse, inspired education and unlimited imagination. Better than new; it’s renewed.
Accessibility
The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable is committed to providing opportunities for everyone to participate in our programming. Materials for the Arts is an ADA-compliant accessible venue with ramp and elevator access. If you have accommodation requests, please submit them at least one week in advance of the event date. Thank you for directing all communication to our Programs Director, Kinsey Keck, at kkeck@nycaieroundtable.org.
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