Teaching Artist

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A Teaching Artist is an artist who teaches - shares his or her artistry in arts and non-arts curricula.

This term applies to artists in all artistic fields, including theatre (actors, directors, playwrights, designers, etc.), music (composers, singers, instrumentalists, conductors, etc.), dance (dancers, choreographers, designers, etc.), literary arts (poets, writers, etc.), the visual arts (painters, printmakers, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, graphic artists, etc.), as well as other fields of creative expression.

The title differs from an arts teacher in that a teaching artist is a practicing artist who has chosen to spend some time teaching, rather than someone educated in the arts who is primarily passing his or her knowledge on to others.

Teaching Artists are professional artists who integrate their artistic elements, perspectives, and skills into a wide range of educational settings.

[edit] External links

• The Teaching Artist Journal, a professional journal for artists and educators who see the role of the arts in the everyday learning environment.
• The Association of Teaching Artists
• The Center for Arts Education resources for the teaching artist