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- Training Teaching Artists in
Social Justice Education & Organizing
TEACHING ARTISTS, APPLY NOW!
Download the application here.
Our training institute will
screen and select diverse teaching artists who are of African
descent, teach cultural arts of the African Diaspora, and are at
all various levels of their careers as teaching artists. Only
those truly committed to the personal, cultural, artistic, and
leadership growth of youth of African descent are encouraged to
apply.
The artists will partake in a paid training course of 7
Saturdays beginning March of 2007. Teaching artists will be
trained in social justice education and community organizing
through cultural arts. Participants will be coached and
supported in designing and implementing their own unique
curriculums based on social justice. Trainers will include
leaders in the fields of education, arts, culture, and community
organizing. Upon successful completion of the institute,
teaching artists will be placed in competitively paid teaching
artist residencies in diverse schools, cultural arts education
institutions, and community based organizations. Through their
residencies, youth will create cultural arts projects that will
empower young people, foster justice in their home communities
and address diverse social justice problems they identify. The
final art pieces and performances will be installed by a
professional curator at the Caribbean Cultural Center Gallery
and will tour New York City community and art institutions in
the Winter of 2007 into 2008.
Each teaching artist will be partnered with a classroom teacher
and a community organizer; forming a triangle of support to
create and implement their particular curriculum. We will also
provide professional and personal growth opportunities for
participants including mentorship, access to free workshops,
classes, networking sessions with teachers and community groups,
etc. All applicants will be automatically added to our network
of teaching artists of African descent who are committed to
social justice.
**APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Applications must be postmarked, emailed, or submitted by
January 15, 2007**
Please stay tuned.
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