What is a Teaching Artist with Marit Ulvund

Marit Ulvund is the director of Seanse Art Center, and part of the organization since its inception in 2004. SEANSE's mission is to foster quality productions for and with children and youth.
Seanse Art Center arranges artist residencies, workshops, conferences, and festivals, leads initiatives for art for children with special needs at a national level, supports research across Norway and the world, and is currently pioneering the Teaching Artist model in Norway, where it hosted the 1st International Teaching Artist Conference in 2012 and also leads a university-level coursework in teaching artistry.
Marit is Associate Professor (PhD) of Theatre, with education from NTNU in Norway, University of Minnesota in the United States, and Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Her PhD thesis was a practice-led study in Echo Theatre, a theatre method she developed herself. The study confirms that while there is potential for Echo Theatre to support the development of performative and narrative competencies in students, the effectiveness of this directly relates to the teacher’s theatre knowledge and skills and didactic attitude.

Introduction to Being a Teaching Artist

This free course introduces widely held understandings of the term teaching artist. Using examples of teaching artist practice you will observe and identify the many skills, communities and places teaching artists are called on to work. Based on these examples you will devise an entry level project which matches your interests and skill levels.