Teaching artistry is exactly what our field needs at this time to innovate effectively, deliver programs that expand audiences, and partner with non-arts organizations to produce breakthrough results.
The National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA), with Lifetime Arts, is developing teaching artists to work in that sector. The accomplishments of the NCCA are worth mentioning, especially the research of the late Dr. Gene Cohen.
In the past decade, TA work in schools (which is the largest share of TA work) has not grown and has even diminished; however, there has been a steady expansion of TA work in other areas: creative aging, justice systems, health care, business.
In the field of the arts, the preferred canon and the standard delivery of new and classic artworks do not comprise core values; indeed, they are exactly what must be reexamined and boldly experimented with.
The Science Notebook is a place where arts integration and creative problem solving are core to the practice. Teaching drawing skills, color theory and creative problem solving set the stage for meaningful Science notebooks and student journals of all types.