Together, Creative Generation and the International Teaching Artists Collaborative (ITAC) are pleased to announce their continued collaboration to share knowledge and increase opportunities for digital learning.
From April 2020 – December 2021, Creative Generation was named an ITAC Innovator and focused on developing an infrastructure within ITAC to address the gap in research and resources produced by and for the field of teaching artistry. The project engaged volunteers in the teaching artist field from a cross-section of countries to collect, validate, and disseminate tools, resources, and creative/scholarly research in a number of capacities. These include retrofitting the existing knowledge shared through the 2019 Think Tanks, building each into a digital learning module; formulating a strategy to catalog, publish and disseminate research and resources shared through the 2018 and 2020 ITAC conferences; and researching and recommending a sustainable and scalable framework for a clearinghouse of new tools and resources created by and for the field of teaching artistry to be located within ITAC’s digital platform.
In 2022, Creative Generation will continue to support the depth and breadth of knowledge sharing within ITAC, while also developing to key projects:
The implementation of a web-based clearinghouse for ITAC and other teaching artist resources – a home for resources created for and by the field of teaching artistry including the publication of ITAC yearbooks.
The further development of the Young & Emerging Leaders Forum, a project piloted in 2021 by ITAC and Creative Generation together to honor the knowledge of young practitioners and leaders in the field.
"I am delighted to continue ITACs partnership with Creative Generation, finding new and sustainable ways to support Teaching Artists around the world with ongoing professional development and resources,” said Madeleine McGirk, managing director of ITAC. “I look forward to all that we can achieve together in the coming year.”
“We are absolutely thrilled to continue our collaboration with ITAC to support the field of teaching artistry,” said Jeff M. Poulin, managing director of Creative Generation. “This particular field of practice is possibly the most impactful in the lives of children than any other in the arts education sector and it is our duty to ensure that it is thriving.”