Teaching Artist Town Hall
Engaging People and Communities as Artists
WHEN: February 24th, 2011
WHERE: Film Row Cinema, 1104 South Wabash, 8th Floor
@ 5pm doors open. Refreshments and light dinner fare will be provided.
@ 6pm the meeting will begin in the auditorium.
Please join Teaching Artist Journal editors Nick Jaffe and Becca Barniskis for a lively, highly interactive discussion about what it means to engage with community in our practice as artists and teachers. As an audience member you will participate in conversations and there will be connecting via video link with colleagues near and far to examine our common interests and concerns.
Please note: This is NOT a symposium or a panel discussion—we look forward to you adding your voice to the discussion!
Our goals for this session:
- You come away from this session with a sense of the teaching artist field as a community of practitioners and thinkers that you can join.
- You will participate in a substantive conversation with colleagues among all locations (both nationally and internationally).
- You will be introduced to the Teaching Artist Journal as a resource and catalyst for practice and dialog in your own community about issues relevant to your work.
About the session moderators:
Nick Jaffe, is a teaching artist, writer, musician, audio engineer, a certified K-8 teacher and the Chief Editor of The Teaching Artist Journal. As a teaching artist Nick’s focus has been the development of student-run recording studios in elementary schools. He received a BA in History from Yale University and an MS in Education and Social Policy from Northwestern University. Nick has taught a wide variety of subjects to people of all ages, including English as a Second Language, Judo, and Aircraft Maintenance. He spent 10 years working as an aircraft mechanic and avionics instructor for a number of major U.S. and International airlines.
Nick Jaffe is also the guitarist for the Soul People, H2O Soul, Blank Institute, Girl Activity, and 727 Generator, and has performed with a wide variety of artists including Common, Ice Cube, Bobby Brown, Estelle, Bilal, Jaguar Wright, Renee Neufville, Dwele and Syleena Johnson. Nick’s studio credits include national TV campaigns for Kraft, and sessions as a guitarist and producer for many local and national and international hip hop, soul and r&b artists.
Becca Barniskis edits the Resource Exchange section of the Teaching Artist Journal. She also works as an independent teaching artist, coach, and writer and facilitator in arts education, affiliated with the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Minnesota and other education and arts organizations across the upper Midwest and around the country. Her work as a poet has most recently appeared in Mid-American Review, Conduit, and Prairie Schooner.
Got more questions about his session? Email them to Joanne Vena at jvena@colum.edu
