Teachers as Artists: We NEED the ARTS!!!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Check out these articles in today's Globe

"Stimulus funding for the arts hits a nerve" by Michael Kranish

"Why should we care about the arts?" by Ed Siegel

Let me know what you think...

TAA INFO

Teachers as Artists is a competitive local fellowship program that awards up to eight $5,000 fellowships to arts educators working in the Boston Public Schools. Through this program, outstanding arts educators explore their individual artistic goals and dreams, while connecting with new practices and resources in their disciplines; in an effort to enhance the arts in the Boston Public Schools.

For detailed information, application materials and resources for our program, please visit our webpage: Teachers as Artists

If you have any questions regarding Teachers as Artists, please contact TAA at taa@bostonartsacademy.org or 617-635-6470

2009-2010 Teachers as Artists Fellows

Constance Bigony
Middle School Academy, Dorchester
To study with visual artists in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Karyn Brotman
Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Allston
To attend an artist bookmaking class at Bennington College, Bennington, VT.

Virginia Kropas
Brighton High School, Brighton
To study hand-building techniques in the Pueblo pottery tradition in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Lisa Mosher
William McKinley Middle School, Boston
To attend the Amala Music School in Valjevo, Serbia and study Balkan folk music.

Lynn Rosario
Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School, Dorchester
To participate in two visual arts and wellness workshops in California and Washington State.

Rosalba Solis
Rafael Hernández K-8 School, Roxbury
To study the culture and performing arts of Hawaii at the University of Hawaii.

Shari Werner-Malgieri
Orchard Gardens K-8 School, Roxbury
To research and tour the art of Mexico focusing on illustrations and murals.

Jozeph Zaremba
The Harbor School, Dorchester
To attend a visual arts and creative writing workshop in Florence, Italy.

Teachers as Artists

Thursday, February 5, 2009

We NEED the ARTS!!!

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