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Aleda Kirstein has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and Psychology from the University of Vermont. Aleda has experience working as a Teaching Artist at ArtistYear, Customer Service Representative at Micheals Arts & Crafts, Arts Education Intern at Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Sales Representative at Gatherer's Gourmet Granola, Arts Education Enrichment Intern at Proctors Theatre, and Crew Member at Chipotle Mexican Grill. Aleda has a background in developing curriculum, teaching workshops, providing excellent customer service, and organizing outreach programs.
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NATIONAL SERVICE FOR CITIZEN-ARTISTS. ArtistYear is dedicated to addressing inequities in Arts Education for K-12 students. To ensure that every low-income student in America has the opportunity to reap the social-emotional and academic benefits associated with creative learning, ArtistYear created a national service arts corps. We train and support AmeriCorps Resident Teaching Artists—gifted recent graduates across all artistic disciplines—and place them as full-time teaching artists at high-need schools. This innovative strategy significantly bolsters arts education for our most vulnerable youth, with all its attendant benefits, while improving student academic and social-emotional development, enhancing school climate and capacity, benefiting the larger community, and developing a new generation of artists and educators steeped in national service. ArtistYear is the nation's first AmeriCorps program focused on the arts.