On October 28th, the first day of the 2017-18 Teaching Artist Project (TAP) training, the Community-Word Project facilitators asked my cohort of 30+ multi-disc…
When I first started the Teaching Artist Project training, it was quite the eye-opening experience. Using the arts to teach, and incorporating them into lesso…
At PS 37 Multiple Intelligence School in the Bronx, Teaching Artists Keri Bertino and Saraevelyn Lowitz are leading the second grade class in a residency …
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 because I attempt to ma…
It was a dark and stormy night... No, wait, scratch that. It was a sunny (albeit cold) and bright day, a Monday in fact, and the students of PS 279 don't need …
Reflection is vital. This is something Teaching Artist Project Artistic Director, Patti Chilsen, has emphasized over and over throughout our Saturday workshop…
Naysayers argue that art cannot be taught, you have to be born with intrinsic artistic talent. The folks at Teaching Artist Project think otherwise and, as a p…
Ms. Banzil’s third grade class at PS 171 Peter G. Van Alst School is very well behaved. They've learned to collaborate, communicate, and respect one another's …
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, Jr.. Rivera's parents move…
