It is a truism that good artists don’t automatically make good teachers of their art. Teaching is a separate talent. It is also a learned skill; one that can be built and strengthened. And when an excellent artist becomes a teaching artist, sparks can fly – the good kind of sparks, the kind that travel [...]
Exceptional student artwork from two COAHSI regrant residencies was recently on exhibit at the Staten Island Children’s Museum. The eye-catching joint exhibition of “What Makes Me, Me?” by third graders from Staten Island’s PS 65, in Stapleton, and “The Museum of Art, Archeology and Investigative Research” by third and fourth grade students from Rosebank’s PS [...]
In December, as part of COAHSI’s participation in the five-borough SPARC program (Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide), I found myself at an orientation with artists and arts administrators from across NYC, including Staten Island artists Robert Basey (you may know him as Bobaloo), Hiroko Otani, and Stephanie Socolick.
This session went beyond orienting us [...]
Our guest blogger is Carolyn Clark, a Staten Island-based musician and music educator, and the Executive Director of the Staten Island Philharmonic. Carolyn is a graduate of the 2010 Staten Island Teaching Artist Institute (SI TAI), a collaborative teaching artist training conducted by COAHSI, the Center for Arts Education, and Sundog Theatre. She is also [...]
I’ve waited in long lines for things ranging from craft-foam tennis visors to miniscule ice-cream scooplets, solely on the merits of the word “free.” Most all of us have fallen under the glamor of free items that prove to have little value in the cold light of day; so to balance it out, how about [...]
SI TAI grads and other teaching artists, remember that the deadline to apply for the SPARC program (Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide) is September 30th. SPARC, which is run in each of the five boroughs, provides selected artists with access to workspace in senior centers and a stipend in exchange for the creation and delivery [...]
Kudos to Staten Island-based illustrator and teaching artist Ronald Chironna for his new book! He’s an extremely talented artist and a graduate of the 2010 Staten Island Teaching Artist Institute, who seems to take to teaching like a duck to water.
Check out silive’s feature about Ron’s illustration of “Galloping Gertrude.” Congratulations, [...]
Ah, summer – a great time for organizing files, catching up on the back-burner to-do list, and preparing for the coming year. Heh. No, but seriously – summer is a time of resolutions for many of us, and then late August is a time when we suddenly feel rudely awakened. For new teaching artists, the [...]
An item in the Americans for the Arts e-news (August) caught my eye: the announcement of a Creative Aging Teaching Artist Database started by Lifetime Arts. With the success of “Space for Art” providing more opportunities to connect artists and older adults here in Staten Island and throughout New York City, this seemed [...]
A new report released by the Center for Arts Education paints a grim picture for children in New York City public schools dealing with proposed budget cuts to arts funding and to the number of teaching positions in the arts.
The report’s key findings are:
- Funds for hiring arts organizations to provide education to [...]
COAHSI Folklife- COAHSI Featured in NYFA Newsletter January 25, 2012Click Here for Fullscreen NYFAarticleONCOAHSI […]
- COAHSI Featured in NYFA Newsletter January 25, 2012
- LUMEN
- Featured Artist: Chee Wang Ng May 10, 2012I had the opportunity to ask a few of the LUMEN artists about their work. One of my personal favorites is Chee Wang Ng. His work fascinates me because of its simplicity. Creative and beautiful, it uses a recurring theme of rice bowls. His piece that will be shown as part of LUMEN 2012 […]
- Featured Artist: Chee Wang Ng May 10, 2012
