Photo: Ash Marinaccio.

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