CAW recruits its teaching artists and teaching artist assistants from the vast pool of talent in New York City, placing an emphasis on identifying those with a background in youth development, education, or art therapy. In addition to being accomplished in their respective artistic disciplines, many are bilingual in English and Spanish. Please check our employment page for job postings.


Ivory Nunez Medrano
Program Manager | Teaching and Learning
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Jonelle Austin
Teaching Artist Assistant in Training
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Ryan Davis
Teaching Artist
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Jonathan Hyman
Teaching Artist Assistant in Training
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Serena Ladouceur
Teaching Artist
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Sofia Pujol
Teaching Artist
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Amrita Singh
Teaching Artist
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Erika Sabel
Program Manager & Teaching Artist
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Syr-Ivan Bennett
Teaching Artist
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Stephanie Diaz
Teaching Artist Assistant-in-Training
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Mon Iker
Teaching Artist
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Sydney Lasomser 
Teaching Artist Assistant
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Natalie Raskin
Teaching Artist
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Jaimie Warren
Teaching Artist
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Madeline De Leon
Program Associate & Teaching Artist Assistant
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Dani Coca
Teaching Artist
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Lorisse Es Arte
Teacching Artist
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Joey Jiménez
Teaching Artist
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Alejandra Mandelblum
Teaching Artist
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Colleen Kong Savage
Teaching Artist
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Abby Walsh
Teaching Artist
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Kibrom Gebremdhin Araya
Teaching Artist
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Noga Cohen
Teaching Artist
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Carlita Fieid-Hernandez
Teaching Artist
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Maham Khwaja
Teaching Artist
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Farah Mohammed
Teaching Artist
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Becky Schuman
Teaching Artist
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Will Watson
Teaching Artist
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