Community-Word Project Staff Members Katie Rainey, Director of the Teaching Artist Project, and David King, Programs Director, School Partnerships, attended Th…
Guest Blog | We The ParentsIt is National Arts in Education Week and, considering that 93% of Americans believe the arts to be a vital component to a child's e…
This is what is feared:that flags do not nourish the blood,that history is not glorious or truthful. I sleep and dream in two languages.I gain wisdom from mo…
As part of our apprenticeships in NYC classrooms, TAP trainees are responsible for co-teaching a full lesson at some point. Mine was during 2nd period on Feb…
What is needed for the profession of teaching artistry to be ethically grounded in social justice? What does it look like? Who is involved? What values and goa…
In this past year in TAP, I saw a fabulous variety of different professional development workshops all over the five boroughs. A really memorable one was a tr…
This year at Community School 111Q, The Community School of Multimedia, Communication and Arts, CWP kindergarten, 3rd, and 4th grade students developed critica…
This year ninth graders of The Young Women's Leadership School (TYWLS) in Jamaica, Queens began exploring Claudia Rankine's Citizen. In this cla…
Abbie Hebein is a visual artist, creative organizer and exhibition maker. She studied Art History at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR. Passionate about…