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Teaching Artist Podcast

Rebecca Potts Aguirre

Teaching Artist Podcast is dedicated to discussions of teaching art, making art, and how those things overlap and feed each other. Rebecca Potts Aguirre, a visual arts teaching artist, interviews practicing artists who are also K-12 educators.

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01:11:07

#40: Reflecting & Recapping 2020

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/12/30

This 40th episode will be the last one of 2020 and I’ll be sharing some of my favorite moments from the episodes released this year. As I reflect on 2020 and plan for 2021, I oscillate between excited & hopeful and overwhelmed. It’s been a YEAR. Whew. Last December, I was just starting to submit my artwork to open calls. I was teaching 4 days per week at 2 elementary schools, getting into the swing of TAB and being on a cart at one school. I had shared the idea of a podcast as a way to force

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01:12:24

#39: Hannah Zimmerman: Your Voice is Valid

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2020/12/20

I loved hearing about the ideas behind Hannah Zimmerman's beautiful work. Lush greenery, the ephemera of an artist's life, and the occasional cat stare out from her paintings. Within the repetition of stripes, careful color choices, and chairs without bodies to hold are comments on feminism and space as Hannah contemplates her place in this world. She talked about how she uses collage as a way to experiment with ideas and aesthetics, a creative playground. Her use of found materials there is a

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00:53:42

#38: Lauren Merceron: Art Feeds Your Soul

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2020/12/13

Lauren Merceron shared her struggles with dyslexia and how she’s learned to embrace her unique challenges and value her unique strengths. I loved how she talked about making art to feed her soul and thinking of showing and selling it as secondary. It’s easy to get bogged down in the business and admin side of art, so that was a good reminder. Lauren Merceron is an elementary art teacher and artist based outside Atlanta, Georgia. She celebrates her language processing disorders because this unique

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01:17:07

#37: Corbrae Smith: Forged Through Fire

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2020/12/06

Corbrae Smith is a middle school art teacher by day, dope afrofuturist illustrator by night. Based in Oakland, CA, he is active in the local art scene and has created and contributed to many murals in the Bay Area. He spoke passionately about teaching and how he makes an impact with his students by continuing to push forward with his art career. We talked about critique, both in the classroom and with our own artwork, the struggles of juggling these two careers, and making your own opportunities

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01:08:30

#36: Emma Freeman: Endless Possibilities

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/11/29

Emma Freeman spoke about studying philosophy and art and how the two continue to mesh in her work. I loved the metaphor she shared about breaking down barriers - this image of softening walls and opening doors. I imagine a space where the walls bend and squish as we reshape a more equitable, welcoming, uplifting world. She talked about the possibilities she sees in art education and how encouraging free creation is such a healing process. Emma also shared her experience with opening a shop, putting

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01:00:50

#35: Priyanka Parmanand: Painting At Night

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/11/22

Priyanka Parmanand shifted from seeing art as a hobby to creating both a teaching studio and her own professional art practice. I loved hearing about her background in business and how it does - and does NOT - inform her work. She spoke with such encouragement about resilience. Don’t give up, even when things are hard! What an encouraging and inspiring conversation! Priyanka pushed through self-doubt and continues to do so in her art practice. I especially resonated with how she fits it all in like

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01:03:05

#34: Alisha Mernick: Critical Multiculturalism

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/11/15

I’m so impressed with Alisha Mernick's ability to so concisely and eloquently share knowledge about anti-racist pedagogy and critical multiculturalism. If you’re not following her on instagram, follow her! She talks about how she’s not only been through an incredible graduate program combining social justice education, critical race theory, and contemporary art, but has also been in the classroom putting that education to practical use for 10 years. This semester, she’s freelancing while mothering

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01:03:34

#33: Natasha Rivett-Carnac: Words & Pictures

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/11/08

Natasha Rivett-Carnac is a curator and writer with a focus on arts & culture, and education. She runs a blog that supports writers and other creatives to find practical and artistic resources about motherhood. She is a home educator. Until COVID, her family split their school year between Costa Rica and the UK. Her family also participated in The Greenhouse, an outdoor education project The Daily Mail called “Britain’s most hipster school”. I loved how Natasha talked about how words and pictures

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01:23:03

#32: Megan Driving Hawk: Creating Ceremony

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/10/25

It was so wonderful connecting with Megan Driving Hawk. We spoke about teaching and art-making, being white mothers of Indigenous and Latinx kids, and early motherhood. I find her work so beautiful and deeply meaningful. The way she talked about her interest in the meeting place of science and faith, how truth lives in the overlap between seemingly contradicting things felt so connected to her series of double exposures. Megan Driving Hawk is an Artist/Mother & Educator living in Phoenix,

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01:08:37

#31: Adrienne Brown-David: Do What Works for You!

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2020/10/18

Adrienne Brown-David creates gorgeous paintings, drawings, and paper dolls! It was so helpful for me to hear that she doesn’t actually have it all together all the time despite seeming very put together and successful from the outside. She talked about how she allows herself to not be good at everything all the time - to have times where she is excelling at teaching and motherhood, but not painting; and times where she is making incredible artwork, but her home is a mess and her kids are eating

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01:02:19

#30: Eileen Powers: Can You Make Hair For Me?

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/10/11

Eileen Powers talks about looking at an issue from all sides and how artists are problem solvers. I love how she applies this both physically to the engineering feat of creating hair out of all kinds of materials and metaphorically to the challenge of adjusting to big changes and getting through and talking about hard things like illness and death. She also talks about embracing differences and finding joy in even the most difficult situations. There is so much in her project and in this

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00:57:11

#29: Michael Millam: Finding Your Voice

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/10/04

I enjoyed hearing how Michael Millam took a leap to pursue adventure in China and has built these dual careers of artist and teacher alongside and intertwined with each other. He talked about finding his own voice in his artwork and helping students to find theirs. We also dug into failing, making mistakes, and developing resilience. It was such a great conversation and I especially loved hearing about his process combining photography and ceramics! Michael Millam has been an art educator for 13

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01:00:37

#28: Victoria Fry: Bringing Contemporary Art Into the...

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/09/27

In this episode, I connected with an incredible artist and educator who is working to promote artists and share resources for art educators. Victoria Fry is the founder of Visionary Art Collective, an amazing platform for contemporary art. She has taught in a variety of settings, including as a teaching artist traveling between many schools and as a classroom teacher working art into all subjects. It felt empowering to hear how Victoria has shifted her mindset and approach to teaching. It’s helpful

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01:11:28

#27: Matt MacFarland: The Power of a Story

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/09/20

Matt Macfarland shared so many amazing books and artists! We teach for the same organization, P.S. Arts, and had met a few times at PD, but it was nice to hear more about his background and his work. I love how he weaves stories together combining truth and fiction. His “teaching chronicles” are hilariously accurate to the life of an art teacher. I especially liked hearing how Matt uses books in his teaching to help discuss weighty topics. He talked about the power of stories to change minds and to

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00:48:29

#26: Melanie Anderson: Painting Happiness

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/09/13

Melanie Anderson has been teaching for 18 years, but had a 15 year career in advertising before going into teaching. She talks about the difficult decision to leave her first career in order to devote herself to motherhood and then her path to teaching. Melanie shared so much encouraging advice and experience. It felt so hopeful and helpful to hear her perspective as a parent. I definitely need that reminder to soak up this time with my daughter and give myself some grace with all the other things

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00:07:06

Mini Episode #2: Moments of Time

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2020/09/09

Blog post with images and links I’ve been thinking a lot about how to share the incredible work of more teaching artists and also share some of the amazing resources I’m seeing as well as my own tips and experiences. That’s where these mini-episodes come in. I plan to include a few segments here. First, I’ll share a bit about a featured teaching artist. Then I’ll share tips and resources. Then some challenges, and finally shout-outs. Featured Artist I’m so excited to share Maria Coit’s work! She

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01:16:12

#25: Reuben King: Letting Go Of Control

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/09/06

It was so great to reconnect with Reuben King! I worked with him 10 years ago when I managed art education programs at the Bronx River Art Center. He was an incredible teaching artist there, teaching workshops in the center and in schools. I loved hearing more of his background and how he’s worked his way into his dream of having his own teaching studio. Reuben now owns Brooklyn Clay Industries where he offers his own classes, manages other teaching artists, offers production services, and creates

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00:12:57

Mini Episode #1: What's In A Name?

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/09/02

Blog Post These mini-episodes are a way to share more art by amazing teaching artists as well as some resources and tips, challenges, shout outs, and wisdom from my 5 year old. The goal is to make these weekly, but we'll see how that goes! FEATURED ARTIST I’ve been working on more ways to support and highlight teaching artists and one idea that I’m starting right away is a weekly featured artist opportunity. Featured artists will have their work shared on our social media and website as well as

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01:01:30

#24: Blade Wynne: Teaching As Improv

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/08/30

Blade shared how he teaches with a focus on process over product and bringing his ways of looking and making into his classrooms. He shifted from teaching at the university level through a summer career shift program and just dove into teaching at the elementary level, primarily 2nd grade, this year. What a wild first year! Blade is constantly inspired by the work his early elementary students create and talks about the inventiveness of this age level. He also shares some of his favorite lessons so

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00:53:45

#23: Karina Esperanza Yánez: Representation Matters

Teaching Artist Podcast ·

2020/08/23

I loved hearing Karina Esperanza Yánez share some of her story. She offers insight to the challenges facing our Black and Brown students as well as ways to begin addressing them as a teacher. She gave me so much food for thought. As I continue the internal work of becoming anti-racist, while adjusting my curricula and seeking ways of using this platform for anti-racist work, it’s so helpful to hear from art educators who have been doing this work much longer, especially art educators of color. I

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