Open Call to Artist-Educators

We’re hosting an open meeting with local area artists interested in partnering with our Paper Picker Press to implement the new program to those HASI programs that decide to pick us up. The meeting will be this Thursday afternoon, September 27th. We’ll run through the history of our creative literacy project and try to elucidate the essential role of artists: all you need is an openness to the intersections between arts and literacy-- and, well, any artistic skill under the sun!

Calling all painters, sculptors, sketch-artists, graphic designers, weavers, dancers, stompers, photographers, dramatists, musicians, set-makers, and PAPER PICKERS…

HASI Presentation

It’s been a whirlwind since this summer’s pilot programs of the Paper Picker Press. HASI (Harvard Achievement Support Initiative) invited us to present our creative literacy program to their core schools and after-school programs on September 20th. We ventured across campus to make our big pitch: We shared the you tube video of our summer pilots, explained the history of Cultural Agents Initiative (www.culturalagents.org), and the need for a creative literacy program using a multiplicity of arts! It was a mouthful, to be sure, but seemed to meet rave reviews. When the dust settled, HASI’s wonderful staff – Joan Matsalia (Associate Director), Lisa Moellman (Assistant Director), and Emily Smit (Coordinator)—informed us that six schools were interested in discussing the Paper Picker Press “trimmed” to meet their individualized needs! More to follow…