de-professionalizes art education - Teaching Artist Studio in a School Employee Review

-de-professionalizes art education -replaces permanent, certified art teachers with contract “teaching artists” -performs zero lobbying to restore arts funding directly to public schools -diverts government aid which should be used to hire permanent art teachers -exploits vulnerable art workers by offering highly skilled yet contigent work -offers zero opportunities for pay advancement to teaching artists -owns intellectual rights to the resources and artifacts created by teaching artists -offers little consistency in scheduling or guarantee of contract hours -few transferable skills -ZERO retirement