Ep 4: Start Something with Eric Booth

<p><strong>During this episode of </strong><em><strong>Why Change?</strong></em><strong> co-hosts Rachael and Jeff discuss the levers of change which drive the sector of practice in their own contexts. Rachael speaks with teaching artist, actor, and author, Eric Booth about field building, starting initiatives, and the most pressing issues facing the field of community-based arts practice.</strong></p> <p><strong>In this episode you’ll learn:</strong></p> <ol> <li><strong>The ways in which the teaching artist field is growing and changing;</strong></li> <li><strong>Promising practices in sustaining socially engaged, community-based, arts education; and</strong></li> <li><strong>New research and opportunities for the teaching artist field.</strong></li> </ol> <p><strong>The transcript and list of resources mentioned in the episode can be found </strong><a href="https://creative-generation.org/podcast-episodes/lets-just-go-for-it-with-eric-booth"><strong>here on the blog!</strong></a></p> <p><strong>ABOUT ERIC BOOTH: In 2015 Eric Booth was given the nation’s highest award in arts education, and was named one of the 25 most influential people in the arts in the U.S. &nbsp;He began as a Broadway actor, and became a businessman (his company became the largest of its kind in the U.S. in 7 years), and author of seven books, the most recent are </strong><em><strong>Playing for Their Lives</strong></em><strong> and </strong><em><strong>Tending the Perennials</strong></em><strong>. &nbsp;He was on the faculty of Juilliard (12 years where he founded their teaching artist and mentoring programs), Tanglewood (5 years), The Kennedy Center (20 years), and Lincoln Center Education (for 41 years, where he co-founded their Teaching Artist Development Labs). He has served as a consultant for many arts organizations (including seven of the ten largest U.S. orchestras), cities, states and businesses around the U.S., and worked with many overseas organizations and governments. A frequent keynote speaker, he gave the keynote addres