Connor Fellowships are awarded to current grad students seeking to make a positive impact on the Art Ed Department here at City College, and on the larger citywide art education community! This post is part of a series introducing Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Connor Fellows. Meet Mariah Smith, who is supporting the department (and […]
Connor Fellowships are awarded to current grad students seeking to make a positive impact on the Art Ed Department here at City College, and on the larger citywide art education community! This post is part of a series introducing Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Connor Fellows. Meet Esther Jun, who is supporting the department with […]
This school year, we revived the CCNY Art Ed Community Art Jams which began in 2020 in a virtual gathering space during the pandemic. Art Jams are dedicated “time containers” for community building + art making. This can look like zooming in from your art studio to chat with the virtual group for a bit […]
My name is Noah Benus, and I am a photographer and art educator. I grew up in Brooklyn and now live in the Bronx. Besides my current studies at CCNY – MA in Visual Art Education, I am also participating in an art residency, virtually teaching art to a group of students in Brooklyn. As […]
By Carla E. Reyes, Adjunct Instructor: Introduction to Art Education As aspiring educators, it is meaningful to think about the experiences we have had as students, and reflect on how they may have shaped us as learners, and as people. There was usually at least one teacher that made the classroom experience inspiring and something […]
Hello CCNY Art Ed Community! I am Kendra Torres, an after-school art instructor on the Upper East-Side and educator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. I am also a passionate lover of art and social justice advocacy. This is currently my final semester in the Master’s of Art Education program at City College. […]
Hi! My name is Jackie Du and I’m an art educator currently teaching for Museum of Art and Design’s Arts Reach program and Creative Art Works’ afterschool classes. A student once asked me: “How important do you think art is?” I replied confidently: “It’s the most important thing you can do because it is what […]