ARTeacher Fellowship Caps Off Outstanding Year

Three cheers for the ARTeacher Fellowship! This past Monday, the Fellowship held the final meeting of the 2023-24 cycle, held at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. During the morning session, the Fellows presented their final culminating projects, where they revisited, remixed, and reimagined the arts-integrated strategies they learned previously and made them their own.

Later that afternoon, the Fellowship held a public reception and celebration, where colleagues, family, friends, and students of Fellows came to recognize the work and accomplishment of the Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3 fellows. As part of the reception, each Fellow brought student works, offering first-hand examples of the creative learning made possible with arts integration.

Finally, the ARTeacher Fellowship took time to specially recognize the seven “graduating” Fellows who successfully completed the full three-year cycle of the program. We will miss their deep contributions to the group. And not to worry: we plan to keep them in the fold as part of our outstanding ARTeacher alums. Congratulations, Fellows, on a tremendous year!

Year 3 Fellows:

Windsor Dutton (Bentonville HS)

Stephanie Flinn (Fayetteville HS)

Katie Hackett-Hill (University of Arkansas)

Erin Kemp (Springdale HS)

Hannah Rankin (Eureka Springs Middle School)

Benjamin Ring (Bentonville HS)

Tamara Porterfield-Thiam (Fayetteville HS)

Year 2 Fellows:

Bailey Aguilar (Rogers HS)

Maria Conroy (Siloam Springs HS)

Jessica Culver (Ozark HS)