The North Carolina Arts Council, in partnership with North Carolina Central University’s Teaching Artist Certificate Program, began an online workshop series for Summer 2020–Fall 2020, entitled Teaching Artist Tuesdays.
The intent of the free online workshops is to serve as a map for this state’s teaching artists as they navigate the COVID-19 landscape. Sharon Hill, arts education director of the North Carolina Arts Council, and Lenora Helm Hammonds, director of North Carolina Central University’s Teaching Artist Certificate Program, curated and facilitated the workshops.
Now in our fourth season, Summer 2023, we continue to support teaching artists in the state with our wide coverage of topics to serve the needs of artists seeking professional development and networking opportunities. Kathleen Collier, the new North Carolina Arts Council Arts education director and accessibility coordinator, is now working with the Teaching Artist Certificate program director, Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds. Teaching artists in the state, as well as artists interested in learning about opportunities to teach, are invited to attend the Teaching Artist Tuesdays webinar on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 3 pm with panelist Sarah Busman, Cherrelyn Napue, Deborah Sheppard, Cecilia Smith and Al Strong.
Based in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Teaching Artist Certificate is a 16-credit program equipping artists with a comprehensive foundation to plan, design and implement a vast array of arts experiences for all ages. Distinctly separate from teaching licensure programs, the Teaching Artist Certificate prepares performing and visual artists with the job-readiness tools to create auditorium performances, school residencies and arts experiences for schools and community-based organizations. Our program prepares you to integrate your art form, perspectives and skills in a wide range of settings. Our graduates find successful placements in schools, after-school programs, cultural art centers, hospitals, prisons and social service agencies.
Past Events
Teaching Artistry: Where We Are and What’s Next
In this session, Eric Booth presented the workshop’s welcome and keynote address. Booth — an actor, businessman, author and educator — founded the International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC), which led to the ITAC Collaborative, the world’s first network of artists who work in schools and communities. He has been on the faculties of Juilliard, Tanglewood, the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center Education.
Part One: Now What? Your Services in the New Normal
How To’s and Success Stories
This session looked at what has worked, ideas for marketing the services of teaching artists, and how to help decision-makers see the value of hiring teaching artists.
Panelists were the writer Kim Arrington, mime and longtime teaching artist Jef Lambdin and Michelle Pearson of Black Box Dance Theatre. A question-and-answer session will follow their presentation.
Part Two: Creating Successful Virtual and Interactive Experiences
How do you best capture your artistry and share it? Which platforms are the best ones for your work? How do you get help with video and sound editing? This panel featured tech wizards Sandra Davidson, Sam Gerweck and Ai-Ling Chang (staff of the North Carolina Arts Council), puppeteer Hobey Ford and the artist and musician Pierce Freelon. A question-and-answer session followed their presentation.
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A New Pedagogy: Social and Emotional Learning While Being Artful in Times of Trauma
Panelists Brandon Roeder and Sayward Grindley of the North Carolina Department of Instruction and teaching artists Shana Tucker and Lonnie Davis talked about strategies and skills for challenging times. The new emphasis on social and emotional learning is easily fostered by the arts. This session explained how teaching artists could incorporate these concepts into their practice. Time for questions and answers followed the presentation.
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You are invited to join us as the Teaching Artist Tuesdays series continues with Teaching Artist Tuesdays 2: Paving a Vision. These events are open to all teaching artists and artists in North Carolina and to those interested in understanding the field of teaching artistry. This series continues the conversations we began this summer and builds on new topics of interest to artists and teaching artists during these challenging times.
Role Call! A Session for All North Carolina Artists
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 3–4:30 p.m.
What is the role you play in the arts? We will look at definitions and roles. Many arts organizations have spoken about the need for the arts to continue during the pandemic, and many still are unsure of the way forward. Artists who have never considered teaching artist work can find in this session ways to begin again and pivot. Performances are still needed, and the process to move performances or literary and visual arts work online can be daunting. Not every artist wants to be a teaching artist; however, tools used by teaching artists can help performing, literary and visual artists alike. Teaching artists can re-examine their current roles and find new direction and inspiration.
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With a Teaching Artist Certificate earned at North Carolina Central University — earned by working with the experienced educators and veteran teaching artists on our renowned faculty of experts in music, theatre and dance, and art — you will become more marketable and knowledgeable in your art field.
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For more information about Teaching Artist Tuesdays, contact Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds at [email protected].
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Please complete a brief survey, and your registration is complete!