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NYC Arts in Education Roundtable

Resource

Teaching Artist COVID-19 Community Conversation

Resource Publisher
NYC Arts in Education Roundtable
Publish Date
March 15, 2020

A video recording of our first Teaching Artist COVID Conversation.

On Friday, March 13, 2020, the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, Association of Teaching Artists, Teaching Artists Guild, Creative Generation, National Guild for Community Arts Education, and Teaching Artists of the Mid-Atlantic hosted a free webinar of almost 500 teaching artists to address how the COVID-19 health crisis is affecting the field of arts in education and the unique profession of teaching artistry. The guiding questions of this webinar included:

  • How does employment status impact organizational support?
  • How can artists advocate for themselves?
  • How can teaching artists build community in times of crisis?
  • How can we connect our community to talk about how the virus is impacting the work we do?
  • How can we leverage the shared knowledge of our community to offer plans and procedures in response to COVID-19?

Thank you to the panelists who helped facilitate this conversation:

  • Erika Atkins – Deputy Director, Opening Act (New York, NY)
  • Justin Daniel – Teaching Artist/Associate Director of Programs, Opening Act (New York, NY)
  • Heleya de Barros – Executive Director, Association of Teaching Artists / Director of Arts Education, Arts Corps (Seattle, WA)
  • John Holyoke – Lead Instructional Specialist, Lincoln Center Education (New York, NY)
  • Jean Johnstone – Executive Director, Teaching Artists Guild (San Francisco, CA)
  • James Miles – Executive Director, Arts Corps (Seattle, WA)
  • Kimberly Olsen – Managing Director, NYC Arts in Education Roundtable (New York, NY)
  • David Wright, Partner, Kahn, Smith & Collins (Baltimore, MD)
  • and Kenny Allen (Teaching Artist Guild) & Kinsey Keck (New York City Arts in Education Roundtable) as Chat Box Moderators

Note: At the time of the webinar, 240 participants reported a loss as a direct result of COVID-19.

Teaching Artist Guild Covid-19 Resources
https://vimeo.com/397826225

Transcripts and audio files can be found in resources section.

List of Questions to Ask Your Organization Regarding Compensation:

  • In what capacity are you employed as a teaching artist? Employee? Independent Contractor?
  • Am I eligible for paid sick time? If so, how much do I have accrued and where do I find that information?
  • What is this organization’s cancellation policy?
  • When and how can I use paid sick time?
    • If my children are sick?
    • If I have to care for a loved one?
    • If schools close due to a pandemic
    • If I don’t want to go to work due to safety concern
    • What is your class cancelation policy for pay for teaching artists?
    • Are you putting into place any emergency pay measures?

For updates from the NYC Department of Education, please visit: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/health-and-wellness/coronavirus-update

Arts Administrators: To access video and audio recordings of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Community Conversation on COVID-19 (March 10, 2020), please click here.