FULLY BOOKED FOR 23/24 Tabitha Beard/B.MartiNez

CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: jeaval101@yahoo.com
Phone: 4062140867
Organization (if applicable): 
*can create original residencies

BACKGROUND
Art Form: Visual Arts
Experience:
BA Creative Writing/English Lit
4 yrs as Head Start Teacher's Aide
9 yrs Behavioral Specialist for WMMHC
6 yrs with SPARK Arts Ignites Learning as a Teaching Artist
12 yrs of being a Visual/Process Artist in Missoula

RAPIDFIRE Q/A
Three words to describe you? Scientist, Explorer, Problem-Solver

What was your first arts "aha" moment, including how old were you? Every Arts Moment has been an "Aha" moment whether I understood it right away or processed it way later... Art was a door out of my tiny world as a very young child.

Why are you a teaching artist? I am a Teaching Artist because Art Connects, Creates Community and gives humans a Voice!

In five words or less, why do you love your art form? It is fueled by curiosity!

Finish the sentence: "Because of Arts Ed..." kids can explore their world, themselves, their feelings and emotions through a vastly diverse lens!  

What does success look like during your residency? Success looks like: trying something new, flexing out of our comfort zones, failing, problem solving and being ready to try again!

What’s an important life skill you gained through the arts? A voice and a community!

Who is an artist that changed your life? My Mom♡

If you were entering a talent show, what would be your specific talent? Wrecking on bikes like a champ!!

Do you have a secret (or not so secret) obsession? Bikes, riding, painting, collecting...