2025 Teaching Artists
This year, Brooklyn Arts Council will allocate $653,000 to 79 Teaching Artists for 104 older adult center and in-school residencies.
creative aging: Su-casa
Alicia Courtney McCloskey
JASA Starrett City Older Adult Center
Community Glass Mosaics
Anderson Zaca
Swinging Sixties Older Adult Center
Urban Legends Mixtape
Andrea Coronil
Glenmore Social Club
Stamp and Paint
Asia Sztencel
Krakus Older Adult Center
Landscapes of Memory and Belonging
Candaceia Charles
Cypress Hills Adult Social Club
The Art of Aging: Music, Movement, and Stories
Cecilia Smith
Hazel Brooks Older Adult Center
The Me Nobody Knows: Jazz Improv on Kazoos, Group Piano Lessons and Personal Narratives
Chia-Ying Kao
BCA 6th Ave Older Adult Center
Into The Groove
Chris Bravo
Hope Gardens Older Adult Center
Make Space for People Living with Dementia
Christine Deng
CCNS Narrows Older Adult Center
Braided Narratives
Clara Ibarra
Vandalia Older Adult Center
Portraits of the Broken Dishes - Retratos de los platos rotos
Cynthia Salandy
Borinquen Plaza Older Adult Center
Sewing and Quilting as Therapy and Communal Memory
Donna Miskend
Shalom Older Adult Senior Center
Relationships in Nature, A Visual Essay Through Art
Ekaterina Khankhalaeva
JASA Senior Alliance Older Adult Center
Still Life: A Storytelling Medium
Giacomo Merega
Willoughby Older Adult Center
Over the Rainbow
Glenda Sol Koeraus
JCCGCI Coney Island Seaside Older Adult Center
Flamenco Fiesta
Grace Lee
Park Slope Center for Successful Aging (PSCSA)
Strengthening Community Connections through Creative Storytelling
Ian Donald
Marine Park Older Adult Center
Capture Brooklyn, Frame Your Passion! A Digital Photography Course
Iviva Olenick
Midwood Older Adult Center
Crafting Stories through Fiber and Paper Crafts
James Clements
CCNS Riverway Older Adult Center
The Voices of Brooklyn
Jennifer Wade
JASA NORC Trumps United
A Visual Journal of Brooklyn Communities Along the Ocean
Judy Chesney
Tompkins Park Senior Center
Harmony in Motion: Global Dance, Music, and the Art of Meditation
Julian Klepper
The Bay Senior Center
Exploring Mixed Media Collage
Karen Azoulay
Spanish Speaking Elderly Council-Raices Times Plaza
Art & Flower Club
Kenneth Rykewood
United Senior Citizens Center of Sunset
The Art of Sewing
Kimberley Scott
Dorchester Senior Citizens Center
Intuitive Resonance: Artful Expressions of Life
Krista Martins
Albany Older Adult Club
Connection, Community & Carnival!
Laci Chisholm
Shore Hill Older Adult Center
Cultural Rhythms: Exploring the World Through Dance
Leslie Benavides
Cooper Park Older Adult Center
Plata Presente II
Louise Heit
Young Israel Senior Services of Midwood
Dance It Out - a creative modern dance workshop!
Makeba Hall-Wilson
Stuyvesant Gardens Senior Club
Beads of Life: Crafting Connections Through Wearable Art
Marilyn Moore
CCNS/St. Louis Older Adult Center
Access Is Medicine (A.I.M.): The Arts and Civic Engagement Partnering for Healthy Aging
Meagan Jain
Jay Harama Older Adult Center
Fragments and Wholeness: Stories Reimagined Through Art
Michael Durkin
CCNS Pete McGuiness Older Adult Center
Neighborhood Photo Quilt
MingLiang Lu
Marlboro Older Adult Center
Year of the Snake - Chinese Calligraphy and Paper Cutting Workshops
Nancy Saleme
Hugh Gilroy Older Adult Center
Alchemists with Gentle Fingers
Nathasha Brooks
Young at Heart Flatbush YMCA
Fiber Art Frenzy
Persephone DaCosta
Grace Agard Harewood
Africa Speaks
Polina Porras Sivolobova
Wyckoff Gardens Older Adult Center
Life in Pages: Celebrating Stories Through Artist Books
Qiqing Lin
CPC Brooklyn Older Adult Center
Creative Weaving with Natural Fibers and More
Robin Bady
Eileen Dugan Amico Senior Center
Wisdom Tales - What's Your Story?
Sarah Lilly
AMICO 59th Street Older Adult Center
Singing Social Justice
Semar Hartley
Midwood Older Adult Center
Aging Gracefully Through Creativity
Shari Jones
Langston Hughes Social Club
Community Legacy Project (CLP) x SU-CASA
Tracy Duhamel McFarlane
Sephardic Multi Services Senior Center
Meet the artists: develop a relationship with your favorite creators
Vanesa Alvarez Diaz
Cypress Hills Fulton Street Senior Citizens Center
OUR STORY
Viktoriya Basina
BCA Bensonhurst Older Adult Center
Mosaics Art
Wéma Ragophala
CCNS Glenwood Older Adult Center
Lethabo: The Power of Joy
Yitian Yan
AMICO 59th Street Older Adult Center
News Transformed: Collaging Community Stories
In-School Residencies
CASA
Abou Diarrassouba
PS 94 - The Henry Longfellow School
Drumming
St. Athanasius Catholic Academy
Drumming
Amrita Singh
Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice
Digital Media
Angelika Menendez
PS 145 - Magnet School of Leadership Through Engineering
Musical Theatre
Ariana Swei
PS - 169 Sunset Park
Sculpture
Avani Patel
St. Athanasius Catholic Academy
Mosaic
Brynne O'Rourke
PS 94 - The Henry Longfellow School
Theatre
W.A. Cunningham IS 234
Playwriting
Candaceia Charles
PS 109
Chorus
PS 195 - The Manhattan Beach School
Musical Theatre
Cassagnol Lafontant
PS 231 @ PS 238
Drumming
Cassidy Guinada
PS 231 @ PS 238
Digital Filmmaking
Eilish A. Henderson
PS 169 - Sunset Park
Dance
Fernando Moya Delgado
Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice
Latin American Dance
Jaimie L. Warren
PS 205 - The Clarion School
Puppetry
John King
PS 205 - The Clarion School
Dance
The Brooklyn Brownstone School
Musical Theatre
Kelsey Van Ert
Yeshivah of Flatbush
Creative Writing
W.A. Cunningham IS 234
Spoken Word
Kyle Marra
The Brooklyn Brownstone School
Contemporary Dance
Mark Adamy
PS 288 - The Shirley Tanyhill
Recorder
Ravish Momin
PS 274 - Kosciusko
Bucket Drumming
Rute da Silva
PS 95 - The Gravesend School
Mural
Yeshiva of Flatbush
Making Small Machines
Salomé Egas
PS 109
Dance
Theo Frorer
PS 104 - The Fort Hamilton School
Digital Photography
PS 145 - Magnet School of Leadership Through Engineering
Digital Media
PS 274 - Kosciusko
Creating Comics
Thomas Scott Lilly
PS 104 - The Fort Hamilton School
Improv
PS 288 - The Shirley Tanyhill
Ukulele
Catalyst
Abby Walsh
Liberation Diploma Plus High School
Visual Arts
Avani Patel
PS 288 - The Shirley Tanyhill
Mosaic
Iviva Olenick
PS 288 - The Shirley Tanyhill
Fiber Arts
Department of Education (DOE)
Alexandria Wang
RiseBoro Youth Center
Mural
Angelika Menendez
The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology
Theatre
Anthony Hernandez
The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology
Robotics
Cassagnol Lafontant
PS 5 - Dr. Ronald McNair
Drumming
Fernando Moya Delgado
The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology
Dance
Gloria Lee
PS 5 - Dr. Ronald McNair
Violin
John King
PS 5 - Dr. Ronald McNair
Piano
Katya Khan
PS 84 - Jose De Diego
Small Machines
Thomas Scott Lilly
PS 5 - Dr. Ronald McNair
Brass
English Language Learner (ELL) Grant
Bilin Chen
MS 407 - School of Technology Arts and Research
Robotics