The
Association of Teaching Artists
(ATA) is a non-profit
professional organization whose
mission is to advocate for,
support, strengthen, and serve
artists who teach in schools and
in the community from all
disciplines in NYS and beyond.
The Association of Teaching
Artists serves: To create a
community of Teaching Artists;
To empower the practice of
Teaching Artists as a
profession; To provide a network
for communication and the
exchange of resources; To
collaborate with national arts
organizations and agencies; To
collaborate on quality
professional development and
training; To publically
recognize and celebrate
distinguished achievement by
Teaching Artists in arts
education.
The Association of Teaching Artists was
founded at a Summit in Poughkeepsie in
April 1998. Teaching Artists, arts
administrators, and leaders in statewide
arts funding came together at the
request of The New York State Council on
The Arts to consider the need and
feasibility of forming an organization
of Teaching Artists. The Artists Summit
group met again in June 1998 in Troy and
developed and adopted a mission
statement, goals, and the name of the
new organization. ATA was incorporated
in September 1998 and officially
introduced to the Arts In Education
field at the annual statewide Arts In
Education conference, Common Ground, in
October 1998.
THE
ATA LISTSERV
ATA’s listserv is public and is set up for Teaching
Artists in New York State to promote discussion and to
share information and resources.
For more information or to subscribe to the listserv,
please visit:
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/associationofteachingartists
or send an email to:
associationofteachingartists-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
THE
ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS ON FACEBOOK
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TEACHING
ARTIST DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE FIELD AWARD
This award, created by ATA in 2002, is a lifetime
achievement award presented to an individual who not
only pioneered the Arts In Education field but who
continues to define the best of what it means to be a
Teaching Artist. The first recipient of the Award was
Richard Lewis. Barbara Fisher and Richard Spiegel were
the 2003 honorees. Margot Faught received the Award in
2004, Sherry Robbins received the Award in 2005, Susan Thomasson received the Award in 2006,
Bertha Rogers received the Award in 2007and Bill Vanaver
and Livia Drapkin Vanaver received the award in 2008.
Holly Adams was the recipient of
the Distinguished Service to The Arts In
Education Field Award in 2009.
THE GOLDEN ADMINISTRATOR AWARD
ATA created this Award in 2003 to honor an Arts
In Education professional whose talent, dedication, and
administrative skills actively strengthen and support
the role of Teaching Artists and the arts in the
schools. The first recipient was Arlene Jordan. Susan
Lesser received the Award in 2004. Cass Clark received
the Award in 2005, David Silver received the Award in
2006, Carol Terry received the Award in 2007 and
Maria Marewski received the award in 2008. David
Shookoff was the recipient of the Golden
Administrator Award in 2009.
