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Julia Durkin, MPA, SHRM-CP, has a diverse background in finance, human resources, and operations. With experience in organizations such as ArtistYear, Play On, Philly!, Bob Casey for Senate, and Northwestern University, Julia has held various roles such as Chief Financial Officer, Director of Finance and Human Resources, Operations Director, and Administrative Assistant. Julia holds a Master of Public Administration from Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Performance Studies from Northwestern University.
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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.