Acting Director of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), observed teaching artists on a “Creative Advantage Celebratory Tour”

Just before the end of the 22/23 school year, royal alley-barnes, Acting Director of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), went on a “Creative Advantage Celebratory Tour” to observe teaching artists from The Creative Advantage Community Arts Partner Roster and talk with principals about arts education at their schools.

Gail Sehlhorst, Visual + Performing Arts Manager for Seattle Public Schools (SPS), and Tina LaPadula, Arts Education Manager for ARTS, led the school visits, which highlighted elementary and middle school residencies in a variety of artistic disciplines.

Students crawled under desks during collective playwriting, explored their cultural identities through T-shirt designs, and reflected metaphorically on their feelings and literature through poetry and songwriting.

Tour stops included:

Queen Anne Elementary with Principal Roy and teaching artist Gillian Jorgensen from Book-It Repertory Theatre
Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary with Principal Nesbitt and Arts Corps teaching artist Greg Thornton
Lowell Elementary with Principal Talbot and teaching artists Sierra Nelson and Tomo Nakayama from Jack Straw Cultural Center
ORCA K-8 with Dr. Luster and teaching artists Geoff Larson, Megan Krants, and Stephanie Anne Johnson from Bushwick Northwest’s Songwriting Through Literature Education / STYLE Program.

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