The Association of Teaching Artists, the oldest independent organization serving Teaching Artists in the US, awarded Ed Friedman and Maura O’Malley from Lifetime Arts a 2019 Distinguished Service Award. The two will be awarded the Teaching Artist Ally Award. The award recognizes arts administrators who support teaching artsits.
Established in 2002, the ATA Awards were the first in the nation to recognize artist educators. The ATA Awards seek to raise the visibility of Teaching Artists within the arts in education and community arts fields and in the organizations and institutions for which they work as well as honor innovation in teaching artistry. Nominations are made by peers in the teaching artistry field and winners are selected by panel review.
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Published: May 01, 2019