Community-Word Project

Summertime magic comes alive through art, featuring Coney Island! 🎨🎡🌊

We're thrilled to showcase this stunning mural created by our talented young artists at P.S. 84 Jose de Diego, A Magnet School for the Arts and Sciences in Brooklyn. This project is a beautiful representation of Community-Word Project's mission to empower students through creative expression.

The mural captures the essence of Coney Island's summer charm - from the iconic amusement park rides to the bustling boardwalk and sunny beaches. But it's more than just a pretty picture. This mural is a testament to the power of collaborative art in building community and fostering a sense of pride and belonging among our students.

Through projects like these, we're not just teaching art - we're nurturing future leaders, thinkers, and community builders. Every brushstroke represents a story, a dream, and a voice waiting to be heard.

We'd love to hear your thoughts! What's your favorite summer memory? How do you think art projects like these impact our communities?

Learn more about how you can support programs like this at
https://communitywordproject.org/programs/youth-programs/

Tonight’s the night!
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Are you an artist who is curious about how to deepen your teaching practice?
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Want to learn how to integrate a social justice focus into your teaching artistry?
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Do you want to break further into the TA field, and land higher paying teaching artist work with organizations that care about their part-time staff?
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Join us at our open house TONIGHT to learn more about TAP’s Comprehensive 8 Month Signature Program!
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Register via eventbrite (in our linktr.ee)

Have you been curious about how TAP’s 8 Month Signature Program might help deepen your work as a teaching artist, or support you in stepping into the field for the first time? If so, come to our virtual open house this coming Wednesday to learn more!!
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Teaching Artist Project (TAP) is a comprehensive training and internship program for working artists who desire to incorporate social justice and social emotional learning into their teaching practice. Our program is committed to the professional development of teaching artists through a social justice methodology that translates creative process into educational practice.
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TAP Alumni Christian B. explained our teaching philosophy here so beautifully: “I learned that our biggest asset as arts educators is our own personal creative practice. We can teach and connect with students uniquely because of our experience. Paired with the social justice pedagogy and the foundations of curriculum building with TAP, I am prepared and confident to lead and facilitate in the classroom.”
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We welcome your presence & your questions as we prepare for another beautiful cohort! Registration in our linktr.ee!

ROCHESTER ARTISTS AND ARTIST-EDUCATORS:
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Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to apply for the 4th cycle of Teaching Artist Institute of Rochester! We still have spots open in our TA 101 track, and the application deadline has been extended to August 16th!
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The Teaching Artistry 101 track is for emerging teaching artists or artists who wish to become a teaching artist. Applicants do not need to have any prior experience teaching in order to participate. In this track, participants will:

☘️ Build a community of teaching artists to collaborate with

☘️ Participate in self-exploration of their craft and how that translates into learning spaces

☘️ Learn to scaffold and develop lesson plans and curriculums to implement in their classrooms

☘️ Develop strong classroom facilitation skills

☘️ Deepen their teaching with experiential, inquiry and reflection processes

☘️Investigate techniques for project-based arts integration

☘️ Build new strategies for creating a positive classroom culture

Our faculty is headed by TAP’s co-directors, & , as well as Rochester’s .art !! We are so excited to have Athesia joining the faculty this year 😊

Apply, apply, apply— all links in bio!

Join & this Wednesday from 12-1pm ET!
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What do we value most as artists and storytellers? How can we use our art to amplify new narratives? And how can we work together as a collective to be the change we want to see? Join us for an interactive, generative, and collaborative workshop facilitated by Javan Howard and Michele Kotler from Community-Word Project (CWP). We’ll play with words and ideas, while exploring the ways in which we can use art to examine our existing realities and reimagine new ones.
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Register at https://narrative4.com/checkout/

Paid gig alert! The Teaching Artist Institute of Rochester team is looking for 4 energetic and sociable individuals that can help promote TAIR’s 2024 programming! We ask that street team members pick up flyers from one of our education partners in Rochester and distribute them to pre-selected locations. You will be compensated for your hard work! $100 will be given for roughly 4 hours of work. Let us know you are interested by emailing [email protected] with the subject TAIR Street Team, (or sending us a DM here), and telling us a little bit about yourself. Please do so before July 30th. Thank you!

Info session on Manhattan Arts Grants is tomorrow, hosted by , , & !! All details below!

📣 Calling all Manhattan teaching artists and arts education organizations! Applications for ’s 2025 Manhattan Arts Grants and 2025 SU-CASA are now open.

➡️2025 Manhattan Arts Grants: If you have exciting plans for an arts project for Manhattan audiences and communities in 2025, LMCC provides grants of up to $16,000 for a single project of all disciplines.

➡️2025 SU-CASA: From January to June 2025, lead a creative project at senior centers across Manhattan! No previous teaching experience required; artists comfortable leading workshops in Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin are highly encouraged to apply.

Join LMCC, NYC Arts in Education Round Table , Community-Word Project at the Manhattan Arts Grants information session webinar on Wednesday, July 24 at 4:00 PM EST to meet program staff, ask questions, and learn more about how to apply! The SU-CASA virtual info session will be held separately on July 30th, 6 pm EST.

🗓️ Deadline for both programs: Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 5:00 PM EST

📍 See the full info session schedule & RSVP at LMCC.net/RSVP

📣 Calling all Manhattan teaching artists and arts education organizations! Applications for Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's 2025 Manhattan Arts Grants and 2025 SU-CASA are now open.

➡️2025 Manhattan Arts Grants:​​ If you have exciting plans for an arts project for Manhattan audiences and communities in 2025, LMCC provides grants of up to $16,000 for a single project of all disciplines.

➡️2025 SU-CASA: From January to June 2025, lead a creative project at senior centers across Manhattan! No previous teaching experience required; artists comfortable leading workshops in Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin are highly encouraged to apply.

Join LMCC, NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, Community-Word Project at the Manhattan Arts Grants information session webinar on Wednesday, July 24 at 4:00 PM EST to meet program staff, ask questions, and learn more about how to apply! The SU-CASA virtual info session will be held separately on July 30th, 6 pm EST.

🗓️ Deadline for both programs: Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 5:00 PM EST
📍 See the full info session schedule & RSVP at LMCC.net/RSVP

Calling all growth-oriented teaching artists, and aspiring teaching artists! TAP’s 8 month Signature Program is accepting applicants for the fall, and you are invited to our virtual open house next Wednesday to learn more about our programs! Register for the open house via the link in our bio— & more information is below!
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Teaching Artist Project (TAP) is a comprehensive training and internship program for working artists who desire to incorporate social justice and social emotional learning into their teaching practice.
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Our signature 8 month program is committed to the professional development of teaching artists through a social justice methodology that translates creative process into educational practice. The program is designed to serve artists and arts educators coming from a wide range of backgrounds when it comes to creative practice and teaching experience. The program could be a great fit for you if:

🌸You already have some experience in the teaching artist field, but are seeking:

🌱Further professional development and skills around curriculum building
🌱A deeper understanding of how to develop a justice-oriented teaching practice
🌱A sense of community and connection within the field of teaching artistry
🌱An understanding of what entrepreneurship opportunities exist within the teaching artist field

🌸You are an experienced educator who desires:

🌱More practical application of social justice approaches in creative arts classrooms
🌱Further direction on creating a sustainable career in arts education
🌱Guided support to build your own socially engaged arts program
🌱Continued professional development around developing multi-disciplinary arts curriculum

🌸 You have little to no teaching experience, but are an artist with a strong commitment to your own practice, and an interest in gaining facilitation and curriculum building skills to teach your art form in group settings

🌸 You’re a student with an interest in the intersection of arts, activism, and education, looking to supplement your learning with hands-on experience.

🌸You are an administrator within Arts Education and would like to gain experience as a Teaching Artist.

Interested in deepening your Teaching Artist practice? Join us for the next session of the and train how to teach your art in the classroom! Join the Teaching Artist Project team for an open house and Q&A!

Applications are now open. Visit the link in our bio to apply or register for an open house!

Teaching Artist Project graduates have impacted the lives of students in public schools, libraries, community centers, and non-traditional teaching centers throughout the world. The next cycle of the Signature Program begins in October! Want to know more about our program? Join us on July 17th for an open house, and bring a friend!

Teaching Artist Project Open House Interested in deepening your Teaching Artist practice? Join the Teaching Artist Project team for an open house and Q&A!

Are you an artist? Are you interested in using your art to change lives? Join us for the next session of the Signature Program or the Teaching Artist Institute of Rochester! In each program, we guide artists to incorporate social justice and social emotional learning into your arts curriculums!

Applications are now open. Visit the link in our bio to apply!

The Teaching Artist Institute of Rochester (TAIR) is hiring for a co-facilitator! Applications are due June 7th!!
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The co-facilitator will co-develop and co-facilitate a 3-day intensive teaching artist training in Rochester in the fall (October 24th-26th) for multi-disciplinary artists (i.e., creative writing and visual art) using the TAP methodology. The role will also include co-developing and brainstorming professionalism and community building opportunities in the fall & spring for TAIR trainees, alums & the Rochester area at large (i.e workshops, job fairs and/or job information panels.)
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The Teaching Artist Institute of Rochester (TAIR) is a multi-day intensive workshop for artists of any discipline to expand their teaching practice, explore social justice pedagogy, get resources on the business of teaching artistry, and connect with educators and cultural centers in Rochester as well as New York City.
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If you are interested in learning more, the full job description and application instructions are in our bio!

Our partner org is offering an incredible storytelling series next week geared towards artists!

The Story Exchange highlights our shared humanity. Through the exchange of personal narratives we see the world and ourselves with empathy.

Our N4 Artists Network Story Exchange is specifically designed for anyone who identifies as an artist. During our debrief, we’ll explore how the Story Exchange can inform our individual and collective practice as artists.

The theme for Tuesday, May 28th is “Inspiration” — Who or what has inspired you as an artist? Where do you go for inspiration? Who has been inspired by your work?

The theme for Thursday, May 30th is “Change” — What is the most significant change you’ve made in your life? What happened the last time you resisted change? When were you changed by a work of art?

Join us to share your story! You’ll hear it told back to you in the first person and you’ll tell your partner’s story as if it were your own.

As always, you can register for the workshop by clicking the link in our bio, selecting “Take a workshop with the TAP Alliance,” and scrolling down to our May events!

NYC Creatives: Need some free support about finances? Creatives Thrive NYC is offering this incredible workshop series produced by Get Shamele$s! Join them for a series of 1 hour & 15 min intensive financial workshops, each focusing on one aspect of building a stable financial life as a Creative New Yorker. The series is produced and facilitated by Pam Capalad, CFP® AFC® and Dyalekt, Brooklyn-based financial educators focused on creatives and POC communities and founders of Get Shamele$s, Inc. Swipe through to see the different workshop titles!

Learn more & REGISTER for all workshops through the link in bio!!

Join us today for our annual Job Fair, now taking place ONLINE!

Posted • The 2024 Arts in Education Job Fair will now be taking place virtually. If you were already registered to attend, check your email for additional information!

Want to attend the virtual job fair? You can still register! Learn more at the link in our bio!

In anticipation of the arts education hiring season— join us tomorrow for a comprehensive workshop on landing work in the teaching artist field!

This workshop is open to anyone seeking opportunities in the arts education field ☺️

To register, click the link in our bio under “Take a workshop with the TAP Alliance” and scroll down to the April 30th Eventbrite link.

Happy Monday!! Our wonderful TAP Alliance is back at it with a line-up of electives and professional development opportunities for arts educators.

Tonight, our very own is leading a Branding and Color Theory w/ Canva workshop for arts educators who have entrepreneurial projects or aspirations!

Click on “Take a workshop with TAP Alliance” in our bio for all registration links!

Spring offerings from TAP and TAP Alliance participating organizations! 🌸🌸🌷☀️

🌱Our partners at are offering two introductory dance classes in their unique pedagogy!

🌱 is hosting an advocacy symposium for equity in arts education.

🌱We are offering a virtual workshop on Inclusive Planning and Facilitation using GIVE, our inclusivity guidebook!

🌱Our very own is offering another in-person session of “Writing Depth thru Brevity” at the CWP office

All offerings require registration— click “Take a Workshop with TAP Alliance” in our bio to register!

We are so proud of our TAP Trainees! During last Saturday’s workshop, they facilitated in groups the lesson plans they’ve designed as part of a larger curriculum they are developing.

We created masks adorned with customized affirmations, experimented with a singing bowl opening ritual, drew our responses to Ntozake Shange’s poetry, wrote song hooks on environmental awareness, created “collages” with musical instruments, danced poems about our names— and much more. We were very moved by their innovation and dedication to their teaching practices!

Now they begin their internships or externships— and only two months until graduation!

Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow! Join us for a workshop in INTERPLAY, an active, creative approach to unlock the wisdom of your body using storytelling, movement & voice!

Although we’ll be engaging in these practices primarily for our own nourishment and play, we will also discuss how they can be applied in arts education contexts!

Photo is of facilitator Libby Mislan and her Interplay co-facilitator Nandita Batheja after dancing in a closed-for-the-day spice market in India (hence the spicy🌶️ feet!)

Free registration link is in our bio under “Take a workshop with TAP Alliance!”

*Workshop alert for next Tuesday!!* Free registration link in our bio under “Take a workshop with the TAP Alliance!”

Interplay is an active, creative way to unlock the wisdom of your body. In this 2 hour workshop open to TAP trainees and all teaching artists and adminstrators connected to the TAP Alliance, we will engage in introductory Interplay practices designed for connection, catharsis, and play. Then, we will reflect on the ways in which these practices can enhance our work as teaching artists.

The workshop will take place at Abrons Arts Center in the Underground Theatre. Wear comfortable clothes :) Reach out to Libby at [email protected] with any questions surrounding the workshop and what to expect.

More about Interplay:

InterPlay is easy, fun, and life changing. It is based in a series of incremental “forms” that lead participants to movement and stories, silence and song, ease and amusement. In the process, we discover the wisdom in ourselves and our communities.

InterPlay integrates body, mind, heart and spirit. Life has become so fragmented. InterPlay helps to pull everything back together so we get more of what we want.

InterPlay is devoted to fun. It teaches the language and ethic of play in a deep and powerful way. If you are convinced that seriousness is the path to inner wisdom, then you might want to look elsewhere. If you would like to become a “recovering serious person,” then InterPlay might be for you.

InterPlay is firmly based in affirmation and looking for the good. You don’t have to think of yourself as creative in order to do InterPlay. We can teach you that part easily. We get far too much criticism in our lives already. We need to spend more time in the warm bath of acceptance.

InterPlay is the perfect antidote to stress and cynicism.