January - 2018

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Jan 27, 20182 min read

Mapping a New Path

Reflection is vital. This is something Teaching Artist Project Artistic Director, Patti Chilsen, has emphasized over and over throughout...

Jan 24, 20183 min read

Teaching Artist Training: A Lesson Within a Lesson

Naysayers argue that art cannot be taught, you have to be born with intrinsic artistic talent. The folks at Teaching Artist Project think...

Jan 22, 20182 min read

Poe-etry, Goosebumps & Silence as Thick as a Heartbeat

It may take a village to raise a child. To get a classroom into poetry, it takes artists. P.S 279 is named for Captain Manuel Rivera,...

Jan 16, 20182 min read

Building Community & Teaching Tools

During these first few months in Community-Word Project's Teaching Artist Project (TAP) Saturday training sessions, I’ve learned how to...

Jan 11, 20183 min read

Who Are We As Artists?

There is often a sense of worry that accompanies a commitment of your time and money into professional development programs. Especially...

Jan 8, 20183 min read

We Are Citizen Artists

The work we’ve been doing in our Teaching Artist Project workshops so far has me thinking more and more about the tricky nature of...