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TAA is a competitive local fellowship program that awards up to eight $5,000 Fellowships each year to arts educators in Boston Public Schools (BPS).
Through this program, outstanding arts educators explore individual artistic goals and dreams while connecting with new practices and resources in their disciplines. Our goal is to enhance the quality of arts education in the Boston Public Schools.
Each $5,000 award may be used for the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, travel, necessary materials or equipment, childcare, and other relevant expenses.
Fellows’ home schools receive a $1,500 award to support the Fellows’ Post-Fellowship work and Fellows receive a scholarship to attend Boston Arts Academy’s Summer Institute for Arts in Education.
Applicants for Teachers as Artists must be teachers at Elementary, Middle or High School level (grades 6-12) in non-arts focused Boston Public Schools. Applicants must also have taught for a minimum of three years in BPS and be returning to their home schools the following school year. Both part- and full-time teachers are encouraged to apply. |
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Teachers as Artists accepts applicants from the following disciplines: Visual Arts, Theatre, Music, Dance, Film, Creative Writing and Multi-Disciplinary Arts. |
All applicants must submit a completed application. From all applications a group of finalists will be selected for panel review. Finalists’ applications will be reviewed by a panel of local professional artists and educators, using the following criteria:
• Quality and relevance of the selected Fellowship venue. • Quality and realistic expectations of the plan. • Quality of artists/mentors with whom Fellowship will take place. • Potential impact of the experience on students and the school community. |
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TAA, a previous program of The Boston Plan for Excellence, aspires to create a community of like-minded artists, scholars, and educators who work together as collaborators and colleagues. On behalf of the Center for Arts in Education at Boston Arts Academy, TAA, would like to invite you to learn more about this exciting program.
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Teachers as Artists Timeline |
January 20, 2010 3-5:00 p.m. |
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Assembly Hall Boston Arts Academy 174 Ipswich St. Boston, Ma 02215 |
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February 9, 2010, 4-6 p.m |
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Boston Arts Academy 174 Ipswich St. Boston, Ma 02215
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February 22, 2010 |
Application Deadline: Applications must be post-marked by this date. |
Early April, 2010 |
Notification of Awards |
Fall, 2010 |
Annual Arts Symposium |
Teachers as Artists Previous Fellows |
2008-09 |
Constance Bigony Middle School Academy, Dorchester Studied with visual artists in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. |
Karyn Brotman Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Allston Attended an artist bookmaking class at Bennington College, Bennington, VT. |
Virginia Kropas Brighton High School, Brighton Studied hand-building techniques in the Pueblo pottery tradition in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. |
Lisa Mosher William McKinley Middle School, Boston Attended the Amala Music School in Valjevo, Serbia and study Balkan folk music. |
Lynn Rosario Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School, Dorchester Participated in two visual arts and wellness workshops in California and Washington State. |
Rosalba Solis Rafael Hernández K-8 School, Roxbury Studied the culture and performing arts of Hawaii at the University of Hawaii. |
Shari Werner-Malgieri Clarence R. Edwards Middle School, Charlestown Researched and toured the art of Mexico focusing on illustrations and murals. |
Jozeph Zaremba The Harbor School, Dorchester Attended a visual arts and creative writing workshop in Florence, Italy. |
2007-2008 |
Ari Hauben, Visual Arts, McKinley South End Academy Took part in a two-week mentorship in New York City with a painter/printmaker to work on projects such as “Arts for Transit” and “New York Plein Air Painters,” and spent another two weeks working with Rikki Asher on pastel drawings, paintings, and linoleum block prints—all while visiting museums and galleries and attending plays. |
Yvonne Troxell, Visual Arts, McKay School Took a watercolor workshop with Nicolas Petrescu-Alupi at the Atelier Alupi in Paris, and then studied painting at the International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture in Umbria, Italy. |
Teachers As Artists (TAA) is a local expansion of the National Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship program. TAA is made possible by a Leadership Grant from the Surdna Foundation.
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