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The Field of Teaching Artistry – as it is and it’s radical potential
with Eric Booth
Eric Booth calls teaching artistry “the sleeping giant of social change”. In this talk (with audience participation), he will present the landscape that leads to that claim, and he’ll clarify the identity of the global workforce. It is still a mostly-disconnected and largely-invisible field, even though it lives in every country and is growing in exciting ways. Learn about the key opportunity areas and the invigorating challenges teaching artistry brings to the status quo in the arts and other fields.
Eric Booth is often called “the father of the teaching artist profession” from his 45 years building the field; he is the co-founder of the International Teaching Artist Collaborative, founder of many teaching artist programs in the U.S. and other countries, and author of 8 books.
About Eric Booth
In 2015 Eric Booth was given his nation’s highest award in arts education (the only artist ever given this award) and was named one of the 25 most influential people in the arts in the U.S. A former Broadway actor who won awards on both coasts, playing 23 Shakespearean roles, he is the author of 8 books and 33 articles.
He co-founded ITAC/International Teaching Artist Collaborative in 2012, was on the faculty of Juilliard (12 years, co-founding the teaching artist and mentoring programs), Tanglewood, The Kennedy Center (20 years), and Lincoln Center Education (41 years); and was a founding director of the Leonard Bernstein Center. He’s a consultant for many arts organizations (including seven of the ten largest orchestras in the U.S.), cities, states, businesses and arts for social change programs around the U.S. and in 11 other countries. He gives many speeches, including the keynote address to UNESCO’s first World Arts Education Conference.
