We are thrilled to launch the 2014-15 Teaching Artist Studio with 19 remarkable artists! Following our sucessful pilot year in 2013-14–and thanks to generous funding from The Oregon Community Foundation, The Oregon Arts Commission, and The Oregon Cultural Trust–we have expanded the Teaching Artist Studio to include more artists from a larger geographic region.

Young Audiences’ Teaching Artist Studio is a professional development program for Oregon Teaching Artists of all art forms and levels, from emerging to established. This seven-month program connects teaching artists working in an inquiry-based approach where the creative process is front and center. Participants will dive deeply into their teaching practice by examining and articulating what lives at the heart of how and what they teach.

2014-15 Teaching Artist Studio Participants

A.M. O’Malley, Literary & Visual Arts
John Whitten, Visual & Media Arts
Christopher St. John, Visual Arts
Nikki Weaver, Theatre
DC Copeland, Theatre & Literary Arts
Diana Berkowitz, Theatre & Dance
Sailor Holladay, Literary & Visual Arts
Ryan Woodring, Visual & Media Arts
Alexis Roberto, Visual Arts
Melissa Reeser Poulin, Literary Arts
Andrea DiPalma Yansane, Visual Arts, Music & Dance
Rick Huddle, Theatre & Music
Chompunut “Nim” Xuto, Visual Arts
Katherine Spinella, Visual Arts
Mark Caporael, Visual Arts
Jonathan Walters, Theatre
Oluyinka Akinjiola, Dance
Anne Greenwood, Visual Arts
Rodolfo Serna, Visual Arts

The 2014-15 Teaching Artist Studio is led by Allison Tigard (Programs Director, Young Audiences), Briana Linden (Teaching Artist Program Manager, The Right Brain Initiative), and Tony Fuemmeler (Professional Teaching Artist) with the guest from The Portland Art Museum, Arts Corps, and Portland State University.

Check back soon for photos and updated from the class of 2015!