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Michael Blumenthal is a skilled teaching artist, photographer, and graphic designer. With experience as a photography intern and videographer, Michael has a strong background in visual arts. Their education includes a Bachelor's degree in Multi-media Arts/Photography/Graphic Design from Rutgers University - Camden. Michael has also worked for companies such as NFL Films and the Philadelphia Eagles Football Club as an Equipment Assistant. Currently, they are self-employed at Michael Blumenthal Photography and Design and work as a Teaching Artist at ArtistYear.
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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.