“There’s something so rewarding and magical about starting with nothing and making something amazing,” said teacher Mary Agramonte of Origins HS in Brooklyn, a presenter at the 38th annual conference of the New York City Art Teachers Association/UFT. Her workshop was among 29 offered on Oct. 26 at Manhattan’s Beacon HS. “It’s an opportunity to give back to the UFT, to my colleagues, to the profession and to the field,” Agramonte said. Artist of the Year Jean Shin of Pratt Institute, who designed the mosaics at the Second Avenue subway’s 63rd Street station, gave the keynote address. Honorees were Joan L. Davidson, NYCATA’s president emeritus and the event coordinator, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award; Erin-Marie Elman of IS 96 and Jessica Holske of PS 222, both in Brooklyn; Erica Yonks of the HS for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice in Manhattan; and state Sen. Jose M. Serrano. Teacher Angie Lee exhibited work done at her Manhattan Pre-K Center. “Pre-K students’ ability to grasp artistic concepts sometimes gets overlooked,” said Lee. “This gave my awesome students a venue to show their creativity.”
Erica Berger
On K. Lok (left), a teacher at PS 17 in Queens, learns how to teach drawing skills using the large, simple forms of inflatable pool toys in a workshop titled “What Floats Your Boat? Teaching Line Drawing with Inflatables,” presented by Caitlin Bludgus, a New Jersey educator.
NYCATA/UFT Art Education Conference 2019
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