NATIONAL SERVICE FOR CITIZEN-ARTISTS. 
ArtistYear is dedicated to addressing inequities in Arts Education for K-12 students.  To ensure that every low-income student in America has the opportunity to reap the social-emotional and academic benefits associated with creative learning, ArtistYear created a national service arts corps. We train and support AmeriCorps Resident Teaching Artists—gifted recent graduates across all artistic disciplines—and place them as full-time teaching artists at high-need schools.
This innovative strategy significantly bolsters arts education for our most vulnerable youth, with all its attendant benefits, while improving student academic and social-emotional development, enhancing school climate and capacity, benefiting the larger community, and developing a new generation of artists and educators steeped in national service. ArtistYear is the nation's first AmeriCorps program focused on the arts. 

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Betsaleel Charmelus

Michael Blumenthal

Aleda Kirstein

Stephanie Markman Mayen

Stephanie Mayen

Stephanie Markman Mayén

Shirley Curtiss

Julia Durkin

Margo Drakos

The Artistic Team at ArtistYear is composed of talented teaching artists who deliver engaging and transformative arts education in high-need K-12 schools. They create and implement innovative curricula that foster creativity and enhance students' social-emotional and academic growth. By serving as role models and mentors, team members not only enrich students' exposure to the arts but also contribute to building a positive school climate and nurturing a new generation of artist-educators committed to social change.

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