TAMA is a TA’s connection to best practices, other artists, and the community.
TOGETHER, we are stronger and more confident to reach career goals.
TAMA is a united voice of Teaching Artists of the mid-Atlantic region. We represent different art forms, and each artist brings a unique set of gifts to the TAMA community. We bring together Artists of various backgrounds and experience to work in concert with partner agencies, educational institutions, organizations and communities.
TAMA shows up for the professional Teaching Artist – connecting, celebrating, servicing, collaborating, and advancing our field in the local community, as a region, and on the national front line.
TAMA provides a platform where diversity lives freely, ideas are shared openly, and support for every talent is paramount.
TAMA is by teaching artists – this is not something others do for us – and about teaching artists, in support of our interests and needs, whatever we define them to be. We nurture a space for thoughtful listening so that we may engage in meaningful actions.
To provide innovative artistic experiences that will enrich participants of all ages and our shared communities.
Teaching Artists of the Mid-Atlantic advances equity, inclusion, civil rights, racial justice, and equal opportunity for every Teaching Artist and all artists in the arts sector, which is inclusive of the field of arts education and creative lifelong learning. Our members are recognized and valued as professional artists with vibrant and varied skills and talents who reflect the diversity of our communities, including identity, race, ethnicity, backgrounds, abilities, cultures, and beliefs. TAMA members’ collective imagination, creativity, and intelligence benefits all sectors and brings art-learning and art-making to the heart of building our nation. We embody and promote an anti-racist and universally principled system and pedagogy that places people before profit and challenges the frameworks and policies of current organizations and business models. TAMA develops and shares resources explicitly designed to support the field and sector to further diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We believe Teaching Artists are professionals and that every Teaching Artist should have equal opportunity, access, and belonging to the field and sector.
To that end, TAMA promotes using the following resources to guide our members:
A small group of TAs in Maryland who, independently, had been working on TA networking and “building a hive mind,” began meeting together in 2017. Two years later the mid-Atlantic State Arts Agencies invited TAMA to present at their first TA Retreat in Central PA. By then, we had grown to be a DMV Collective, and interest for us to go regional was brewing!
In June 2019, with appointed State representatives, the TAMA Board conducted its first retreat and hashed out a strategic plan that addressed governance, communications, fiscal responsibility and programming/engagement. Read the TAMA 2022-23 Strategic Plan.
Committed to leading with transparency, the TAMA Board Secretary makes the Board’s agendas and minutes available on this site.
Subscribe to TAMA’s calendar and join us at the next TAMA Board Member Meeting!
July 2017
January 2019
In attendance: Dave Fry, Mary Gresock, Mark McKenna, Jason Reed, Jennifer Ridgway, Wincey Terry-Bryant, Sue Trainor
Are you a Teaching Artist who focuses both on growth in their own work AND who contributes to the success of the field of Teaching Artistry. You sound like a TAMA Leader! Explore our openings, and learn more about the State Director positions. To inquire and/or apply for any current open position, contact us by email.
President
Imagineer Partner, Creative Experience Consultant- Connects | Catalyzes | Transforms
Vice President
Interested? Let us know.
Secretary
Master Teaching Artist, folk musician. I get'em singing and dancing.
Treasurer
Puppetry & Fiber Artist with a passion for sustainability.
Director of Communications
Interested? Let us know.
Director of Development
Interested? Let us know.
Director of Membership
Master Teaching Artist and Arts, Culture, and "Eluvation" Specialist.
Delaware
Revealing the moment in a young artist's creation.
District of Columbia
Musician, TA, Author, Radio Programmer and Children’s Drumcussionist for Peace!
Maryland
Master Teaching Artist, Imagination Cultivator, Creative Collaborator and Community Builder.
New Jersey
Interested? Let us know.
New York
Teaching Artist, community builder, installation artist, and maker.
Pennsylvania
Performance/Teaching Artist (Dance/Drumming/Creative Arts), Circle-work, Community Catalyst.
Virginia
Musician, TA, Producer, Visual Artist, Funk & Groove Savant for Youngins.
West Virginia
Appalachian Painter, Maker, Teaching Artist; specializing in creative problem solving!
Representation is needed in
DE, DC, NJ, NY, PA, VA, and WV.
Interested? Let us know.
Board Representative Committee Chair
Email the committee
Master Teaching Artist, Imagination Cultivator, Creative Collaborator and Community Builder.
Maryland Representative
Email the committee
Visual Artist & Master Teaching Artist. Inspiring Others to Create.
Donations to TAMA give Teaching Artists a home where they can build their individual practice, collegial relationships, and collective power to ensure they are contributors to the vibrancy of our nation’s communities.
A copy of the current financial statement of TAMA is available by writing PO Box 212, Riverdale, MD 20738-0212 or by emailing us. Documents and information submitted under the Maryland Solicitations Act are also available, for the cost of postage and copies, from the Maryland Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis MD 21401, (410) 974-5534.
Teaching Artists of the Mid-Atlantic is a network that advocates for, supports, and empowers Teaching Artists in the mid-Atlantic region.
TAMA is an all-volunteer, non-profit endeavor and is free to join. Our vision is to create connections, answer each others’ questions, and share inspiration through our collective experience and wisdom. We grow together!
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This form routes member questions to different emails based on their needs.
One of the challenges of our profession is that there is very little data about who we are, what we do and where we are working. Without a documentable presence, it’s difficult to advocate for funding and policies that benefit our work. Your profile will both help promote your work individually and it will help us aggregate data for our region. As you fill in the blanks below, you will have a choice as to who is allowed to see some of the information. Please note that the “Just Me” option does allow TAMA administration to see what you’ve entered. For example, when you enter your phone number, you can prevent that from appearing in your profile if you like, but TAMA administration can see it.
