Moore College of Art & Design Moore College of Art & Design

Classrooms participating in Learning Through Photography at Moore at each of these five schools will have access to Philadelphia-based Teaching Artists during the semester for writing, poetry and visual art activities related to their classroom projects. Teaching Artists were recommended through the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation’s Teaching Artists Program. Also nominated by local arts and cultural organizations, this year's staff includes:

Angelita (Angel) Hogan is a workshop leader in storytelling at First Person Arts and is the Communications Coordinator of the Out-of- School Time Resource Center (OSTRC) at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice. Hogan, an award-winning writer, studied Literary Theory at Bucknell University, where she received the Julia Fonville Smithson Prize for poetry and the Bucknell Prize for Women. Art Sanctuary, located in North Philadelphia, uses the power of black art to transform individuals, unite groups of people, and enrich, and draw inspiration from the inner city, inviting established and aspiring artists to help create lectures, performances, and educational programs.

JoEllen (Ellie) Hutchinson is a poet and educator. She graduated with a degree in English Literature from Arcadia University where she is currently completing her Master’s in Special Education. Hutchinson spent over seven years working with at-risk students in Phoenix, AZ and is the founder and director of a youth writing clinic in Bristol, AZ that works with local schools on creative writing. Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture is dedicated to educating youth in Arabic language, arts, and culture. Al-Bustan offers structured exposure to the language, art, architecture, music, dance, literature, and natural environment of the Arab world. They strive to promote understanding and respect among children and youth of all ethnic, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds as well as within the diverse community of Arab-Americans. Within a welcoming educational environment, Al-Bustan supports the Arab-American community’s pursuit and affirmation of its cultural identity within American society, while maintaining a constructive civic role.

Julia Katz-Terry is an educator, visual artist, and creator/director of “The Art of Growing Up” program at the Arts & Spirituality Center. The Art of Growing up began as Katz-Terry’s thesis project administered in an after-school program and has become and integral part of the center’s programs, providing multicultural integrated arts curricula to give young people, families and communities the tools to guide, support, and thrive together amidst the challenges of adolescence. Katz-Terry received her MA in Art Education from Tufts University in 2008 and was the recipient of a 2008 “Arts & Change” Grant from the Leeway Foundation. The Arts & Spirituality Center programs’ curricula combine creative and reflective components that distinguish their work from other community arts organizations. Working with more than 125 public and private organizations, including many low-income neighborhoods in the greater Philadelphia area, the Arts & Spirituality Center has created lasting solutions for personal achievement and social change.

Sandra Andino is director of education at Taller Puertorriqueño. In 2009 Andino received a Leeway Foundation “Art and Change” Grant in support of her work creating a photo-documentary project exploring the Afro-Latino concept, experience, and artistic/cultural expression of Latinos in North Philadelphia. Andino received her MA and Ph.D from Temple University. Founded in 1974 by Latino artists and activists in the North Kensington area of Philadelphia, Taller Puertorriqueño stands as testament to the wealth of possibilities created when citizens see a need in their community and decide to meet it. Discouraged by the absence of outlets for Barrio youth desperate to channel their artistic talents, Taller Puertorriqueño’s founders created a community-based graphic arts workshop to provide cultural training alternatives to local youth. For more than three decades, Taller has continued to be a vital resource for progress in the region. It is now nationally recognized as a model organization that uses the arts as a vehicle for social change.

Trapeta Mayson, poet and lead teaching artist-in-residence at the Art Sanctuary and leader of the Painted Bride Art Center’s “Rock The Pen” monthly poetry workshop for high school students, creates art and poetry that covers many themes: the nuances of being an immigrant living in the United States, being a woman of color, young people living in urban communities who feel silenced, and the impact of mental illness on families. Mayson has been a fellow at Callaloo and Cave Canem and has published in numerous journals including Aura, a University of Alabama Literary Journal; Strong Medicine: American Journal of Poetry; and Cave Canem’s literary review. Mayson received a 2007 Leeway Foundation Transformation Award and was a 2002 Pew Fellow, and 2000 and 2004 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellow.