What got you interested in making art? I was interested in art as a way of making things, and I really liked stories, play, and action figures—all that kind of stuff. Drawing didn’t come easily to me when I was younger, so I always felt like, “Aw, I wish I could be an artist, but […]
Dr. Marit Dewhurst Art Education Program Director, Assistant Professor of Art and Museum Education Marit has coordinated arts education programs in museums, community centers, and detention centers, including developing the Museum of Modern Art’s free studio art program for teens. She received her BA from University of Michigan in Community Empowerment through the Arts, her Ed.M. […]
Hi, my name is Emma Mullins Zucker, and I am a grad student in the CCNY Art Education program. This is my sixth and final year here. I have been attending this amazing program since undergrad and have had an extremely enriching and positive experience during my time here at CCNY, but specifically a wonderful […]
Hello Art Ed’ers! My name is Ben Russell. I’m a graduate student in CCNY’s Masters of Art Education program and after almost 3 years in the program I’m in my final semester at City College and working hard on my thesis. In my previous life I was a commercial photographer (you can see my work […]
What got you interested in making art? I’ve always liked to make art, I remember, since I was a young child. But I guess the older I got, it wasn’t encouraged as much. I know my dad really wanted me to be in the armed forces when I graduated high school, and I wanted to […]
Hello! My name is Rachel Poccia and I am a graduate student in Hello! My name is Rachel Poccia and I am a graduate student in CCNY’s Masters of Art Education program. I began the program in the summer of 2016 and am now in my third and final semester. Like many who have come […]
Last Spring, in a hallway at City College of New York, I ran into a former student of mine named Carolina, a cheery young woman who participated in a summer mural project I led a few years ago and is now an undergraduate student. I asked her something like “Did you learn anything during our […]
My name is Sarah Webb. I grew up in a one square mile town in Long Island, Sea Cliff. As a kid I couldn’t wait to graduate High School and get out, but it’s the kind of place that draws you back time and time again. I am currently working in the same school district […]
CCNY’s Art Education Program presents City Art Lab, a FREE arts program for teens. The opportunity to participate in this community-based arts project, provides both CCNY Art Education graduate students and neighborhood youth with multiple possibilities for learning and growth. To read everything about the previous Spring 2017 City Art Lab session, click here To apply […]
Graduates of CCNY’s Art Education Program are prepared to work in multiple settings including public, private, and charter schools, museum education departments, community arts centers, and alternative arts education spaces. What are recent CCNY Art Ed Graduates doing? Teaching in Schools: Upper Elementary-Middle School Visual Arts Teacher at Hyde Leadership Charter School, Bronx Head Upper […]
