Hello! I’m Ali Blake, artist, educator, wonderer, maker, and COOL teaching artist in the OSDC program at Dorchester’s Community Academy of Science and Health this academic year! The largest question that drives my artistic (and research) practice these days is…
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Meet the Teaching Artist – Mark Fuller
Hello friends! My name is Mark Fuller and I am a Board Certified Music Therapist. As a music therapist, I use music as my tool to support the abilities of others to further grow and develop both artistically and developmentally. …
Meet the Teaching Artist – Shannon Feeney
I am a teaching artist. As a teaching artist, I employ a design process in the classroom. The students and I research, plan, execute, revise, celebrate and envision each lesson together. The purpose of this process is to help my…
Meet the Teaching Artist – Laura Evonne Steinman
Hello, I’m Laura Evonne Steinman, Community Artist/Educator/Activist. I have been making a creative mess since I was a little kid building forts. I didn’t like the color pink until I was almost 40 years old, go figure. I believe that…
Meet the Teaching Artist – Christian Fusco
I am an artist-educator. As an artist, I use anthropomorphic animals in illustrations, comics, and animations as a vehicle for self-expression, as these characters veil reality in a way I find more comfortable to make, as well as for viewers…
Meet the Teaching Artist – Dani Patrick
I am a visual artist, dancer and educator. As a Teaching Artist, I use interactive community building activities, structured self-reflection and thematic exploration to create spaces for learners to explore and express who they are, connect with each other, and…
Experienced Teaching Artists Wanted
VSA MA COOL Schools seeks experienced teaching artists to create arts-integrated programs for for two of our high school programs and one early childhood program during the Winter/Spring semester of the 2017-2018 school year. The opportunities are as follows: –…
COOL Schools 2016-2017 Report Now Available!
Hot off the press, a new COOL report. We are excited to share our latest COOL Report for the 2016-2017. Download the PDF now to learn about our programming highlights in schools and with educators across Massachusetts. Our teaching artists,…
Meet the Intern: Amanda Acevedo
Greetings! I’m Amanda and I am here for the year to study for my Ed.M from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, the Arts In Education program. For the past 11 years I worked as a teaching artist, arts administrator, and…
VSA Mass. Announces Mia Branco as COOL Schools Program Manager
After spending a year working as an intern with Aysha, Nicole, Charlie, Jon, and COOL School’s many wonderful Teaching Artists, it was a no-brainer for us to offer Mia Branco the position of COOL Program Manager, starting September 1, 2017.…