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Aug 29, 20183 min read

Sharing My Passion: Scaffolding and Sweating in Astoria

As part of our apprenticeships in NYC classrooms, TAP trainees are responsible for co-teaching a full lesson at some point. Mine was...

May 18, 20182 min read

A.V. Wayans, Visual Artist

A.V Wayans is a born and raised NYC visual artist, with a style concentration on contour line drawing. A.V’s work focuses primarily on...

May 18, 20182 min read

Alyssa Digges, Theatre Artist

Alyssa Digges is an actress, educator, and writer originally from Chicago. She does most of her work in musical theatre and was excited...

Feb 26, 20182 min read

Zooming In & Acts of Kindness

Located on a quiet corner in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, P.S. 84 Jose De Diego School’s facade displayed a handsome mural as...

Feb 15, 20182 min read

Lessons in Equitable Pedagogy: The Invitation

On October 28th, the first day of the 2017-18 Teaching Artist Project (TAP) training, the Community-Word Project facilitators asked my...

Feb 9, 20182 min read

TAP and the Classroom Experience

When I first started the Teaching Artist Project training, it was quite the eye-opening experience. Using the arts to teach, and...

Feb 5, 20183 min read

Getting to TAP

I’m a performance artist – I turn the irritants of my life into dance/theatre work. You could say I am part oyster and part cat. Oyster...

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 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...