Teaching Artists Presenting in Asheville Schools (TAPAS)

Asheville City Schools students meet and learn from practicing local poets, dancers, potters, and visual artists through the TAPAS (Teaching Artists Presenting in Asheville Schools) program, a collaboration between the Asheville City Schools Foundation, LEAF in Streets and Schools, and The University of North Carolina, Asheville's Craft Studies program. Artists are trained to tie their particular art form into the North Carolina Standard course of study. They then develop creative lesson plans that reinforce learning and work with classroom teachers to deliver the lessons in the classroom. This year, Asheville City Schools students have learned belly dancing, poetry, multimedia visual arts and music from local artists. For more information, please email info@acsf.org.

Participating Artists

Heather Allen-Swarttouw, Multimedia Artist

Gail Ashburn, Storyteller, Musician

Patricia Bauman, Visual/Craft Artist

Cleaster Cotton, Mixed Media Artist

John Davison, Visual Artist

Dustin Farnsworth, Sculptor

Carla Fillppelli, Sculptor

Elizabeth Garlington, Visual/Clay Artist

Ben Gradison, Music Composition/Recording/Audio Production

Richard Graham, Drumming/Percussion

Utah Green, Songwriter/Musician

Dave Hamilton, Theremin/Audio Production

Michele Hollander, Visual Artist

Christopher Holt, Visual Artist

Ginger Huebneer, Visual/Craft Artist

Erinn Huntlye, Theater Artist

Karen Ives, Visual Artist/Sculptor

Ingrid Johnson, Theater/Circus Arts

Lisa Klakulak, Visual/Craft Artist

Timothy Maddox, Visual/Craft Artist

Mary E. Mason, Visual Artist

Tamiko Ambrose Murray, Writer/Storyteller/Spoken Word

Melina Palumbo, Dancer

Nina Ruffini, Theater/Circus Arts/Puppetry

Kate Steinbeck, Musician

Charlie Story, Musician

Kenya Webster, West African Drumming/Percussion

Adam Blake Wright, Theater/Fiction Writer/Storyteller

Lisa Zahiya, Dancer

Last changed: Mar 07 2011 at 12:34 PM