A Light On

Teaching Art in Alternative Settings in N.Y. is a teaching artist resource guide developed by professional teaching artist Phoebe Zinman Winters. I have read it, and I can honestly state that this might be the most thrilling Power Point presentation I'm going to experience for awhile.

In 18 brisk slides, Ms. Zinman Winters nimbly manages to describe just what you've gotten yourself into, and provides skillful insights on a wide range of important topics, like:

• What kinds of jobs exist?

• How to find jobs?

• What to do with your jobs?

• Creating a Teaching Artist Community

Ms. Zinman Winters' presentation is posted here. It is accompanied by a useful handout, and the sense that working as a teaching artist is awesome, fun and only occasionally difficult.

A must read.

Also: The Book of Right On - Joanna Newsom and her magic harp.

Recommended Reading

FROM DALE DAVIS, ATA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

A reminder that ATA features a growing list of blogs by Teaching Artists, Arts In Education Professionals, and Grantmakers.

Recently posted and definitely worth reading:

Michael Wiggins' ATA Blog (December 7) on the Teaching Artist Resource Guide developed by Teaching Artist Phoebe Zinman Winters


Richard Kessler's Dewey21C (December 7) "Did You Miss David Brooks on Arts Education???" David Brooks' "The Other Education" was published in the New York Times on Thanksgiving Day and was featured in an ATA listserv

Janet Brown's Grantmakers In The Arts (November 17) on Building Infrastructures for Artists and Arts Organizations


Lizzie Hetzer's Unlocking The Classroom (November 22) "I walk, I fall down, I get up, Meanwhile, I keep dancing." Rabbi Hillel


Carla Ching's Minutiae and Flux (November 17) "The Nature of Professional Development"

Please let me know if you have a Teaching Artist blog that we can include on ATA's homepage.

Dale

Dale Davis
Executive Director
The Association of Teaching Artists

ddavis@teachingartists.com
www.teachingartists.com

Infinite Support

The Teaching Artist Union is on a serious mission. The School of the Future is in full swing, and Brooklyn is the place to be tonight if you are an emerging TA, or a veteran.

Details below:

INFINITE SUPPORT
This Wednesday, please join us for our first EVER
|| INFINITE SUPPORT SESSION || 7-9PM UNION HALL ||
Please RSVP || Union Hall || 1013 Grand St., 4th Floor || L Train to Grand

Come with a pencil, leave with a treasure map.

Led by Phoebe Zinman Winters, we will lay out all the nuts and bolts we have gathered about working in alternative spaces in NYC as a teaching artist.

Are you interested in becoming a Teaching Artist in NYC, but you don't know where to start? Are you an experienced Teaching Artist in NYC, but you want to know what the rest of us are doing? Let's get together, pool our resources and experiences and get our open source on! We will eventually use the information we collect in a Teaching Artist Manual. In the process, you can come experience the information waterfall.

We will discuss:

-What types of jobs are available to teaching artists

-Organization models

-Application Procedures

-Where to look for jobs

-Experiences within different types of institutions and organizations

Plus: West Side Story - Something's Coming