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Participant Details
- Community Arts Partner Name
- Carina A. del Rosario
- Partner Type
- Individual
- Profile Photo
- Individual Bio or
Organizational Statement
- Born in the Philippines, Carina A. del Rosario immigrated to the United States as a young girl. She earned her B.A. in Communication from Santa Clara University in 1991. She has studied photography with Magnum Photographer Alex Webb, Rebecca Norris Webb, Raul Touzon and Eddie Soloway, and a variety of visual arts media at Pratt Fine Arts, Cornish College of the Arts and other cultural institutions. In addition to her own creative and documentary projects, she is a teaching artist and helps youth use visual arts, writing and digital media to explore their communities, advocate for what matters for them, and express their own experiences. She partners with schools, community-based organizations and cultural institutions to help young people develop 21st century skills through engaging individual and collaborative art projects. In 2020, KCTS presented her with its Golden Apple Award for innovation in education. She serves on the faculty of the WA State Teaching Artist Training Lab and the Antiracist Arts Education Task Force for Seattle Public Schools, and has presented at regional, national and international arts education conferences.
Grade Levels Preferred
- Grade Levels Preferred
- 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th - 12th
Artistic Disciplines
- Discipline
- 1, 2, 5, Journalism/creative non-fiction
- Type
- Visual art: printmaking, collage, drawing, book arts, etc.
Digital/media arts: photography and digital storytelling
Experience
- Previous School Partnerships
- SPS Visual and Performing Arts Dept. for district-wide professional development; residencies with Middle College High School, Rainier View Elementary, Hawthorne Elementary, Chief Sealth High School (several in Highline Public Schools)
- WA State TAT Lab Graduate
- Yes
- Other Trainings or Certifications
- Sample Lesson Description: Student / Classroom Residencies
- Sample Workshop Description: Teacher Professional Development
Areas of Experience and Expertise
- Approved Professional Development Provider
- Yes
- Approved Classroom Residency Provider
- Yes
Lesson Plan
- Integrated Art
- Cultural Art
Teaching Approach
- Teaching Philosophy + Approach
- I started my career as a journalist and photographer, with a desire to educate people about a range of issues. Integral to this was providing people a platform for telling their stories and connecting them to larger social issues.
I began teaching middle and high school youth of color, immigrants and refugees how to do this for themselves. By learning how to operate a camera and use composition techniques, by learning research, interviewing and writing skills, they explore and think critically about the issues that matter to them, connect with their communities and communicate their discoveries in creative ways.
I continue to study a range of visual art media. As a teaching artist, I share this passion for stretching and growing in new artistic ways with students, grades K through 12. I help them use various art processes as a vehicle for exploring emotions, ideas, experiences and dreams. This resonates for many students, especially the English-language learners with whom I have worked. While learning basic literacy skills, they are able to use visual language to communicate.
The most exciting part of arts education is when I get to collaborate with others to integrate visual arts with other subjects, such as language arts, history and social science classes. Whatever the subject or grade level, I work with classroom teachers to understand their learning objectives and their students' strengths, interests, experiences and needs to create arts-integrated lessons that not only develop knowledge and skills but also social emotional learning.
- Curriculum Integration Possibilities
- language arts, history, social science, science, math
- Special Skills and Areas of Expertise
- I especially enjoy and have a great deal of experience working with English-language learners.
I have taught virtually on Zoom and Microsoft Teams and independently produced video lessons. I have used Seesaw and Google Classroom to post assignments and review student work.
I have provided professional development to educators about instructional design, antiracist and culturally responsive teaching and arts integration.
- Testimonials from Schools
Fees
- Fees
- $110/hr for teaching and planning, plus supplies
Images
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- Image Description
- ELL students studying Greek and Roman mythology use mosaic to depict symbols important in their own culture.
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- Image Description
- 11th grade US history students learned message development, graphic design, drawing and mixed media collage to create culture jamming posters about Superfund environmental hazard sites.
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- Image Description
- ELL language arts students learned how to draw a self-portrait using a grid and incorporate a poem about where they are from into the design.
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- Students identified a theme to represent their diverse neighborhood and worked together to paint a bus mural.
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- Image Description
- High school-age students participating in a summer program learned digital photography, editing and how to collaborate to curate an exhibition of their work.