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CREC Arts Academy Teachers Receive Fellowships
(Hartford, CT) Three teachers at the CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School have been accepted into the National Artist Teacher Fellowship Program run by the Center for Arts Education.
This program provides art teachers from public arts high schools and Title 1 middle and high schools funding for artistic development. It is the only national competition for expert artist instructors in the nation, and it allows teachers to pursue their own creative work, interact with other professional artists, and stay current with new practices.
Through the program, teachers will be expected to design a fellowship program that enhance their understanding of current techniques, activity, and thinking in their area of expertise. Each year, $5,500 grants are given to 20 teachers throughout the country. These grants are paired with $1,500 complementary grants given to the teachers’ schools to support post-fellowship activities.
This year’s award recipients from the CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts are Missy Bermeister and Joni Weisfeld, of the school’s theater department, and Daniel Salazar, of the music department. Several teachers from the school have been accepted into the program in years past.
