Forwarded from Dale Davis, Executive Director, The Association of Teaching Artists (ATA):

I posted the following on The Association of Teaching Artists listserv yesterday. I am sending this to get the word out and to encourage you to write a one page letter to be included.

Members of the ATA Listserv,

This afternoon a young artist from New York City called me about how
to get started as a Teaching Artist. I receive quite a few e-mails and
calls every month from artists from a wide geographical range asking
this same question. I always refer the New York State artists to the
listserv, to other resources on www.teachingartists.com, to regional
Arts In Education roundtables, to professional development offerings
that come through the listserv. Today I knew the artist was asking for
more, along the lines of "Can you support yourself working as a
Teaching Artist," "What is essential to know," and "What is necessary
to succeed."

Since I greatly admire Rainier Maria Rilke's "Letters To A Young Poet"
and have read Jonathan Kozol's "Letters To A Young Teacher," I thought
"Letters To A Young Artist" might be exactly the forum for a resource
for artists who are both considering and starting out on a career path
as a Teaching Artist.

I am asking you to contribute a letter to "Letters To A Young Artist."
I think it would make a great publication, and I certainly know it is
needed! Too often we, as Teaching Artists, don't take the time to pass
on what we know and what we have learned from our work. Please include
personal anecdotes. We have a wealth of experience that so often gets
overlooked in the hurly burly of getting jobs, our own work, attending
conferences, standards, keeping up with funding, etc.

I am asking you to consider writing a one page letter to a young
artist so together we will have an ATA publication by and for Teaching
Artists. Please e-mail me your letters ddavis@teachingartists.com

Thank you!

Dale

Dale Davis
Executive Director
The Association of Teaching Artists

ddavis@teachingartists.com
www.teachingartists.com

   

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