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.


Riki Sabel
Manager of Teaching and Learning
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Kibrom Gebremdhin Araya
Teaching Artist
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Ava Dennis
Teaching Artist Assistant
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Mon Iker
Teaching Artist
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Maham Khwaja
Teaching Artist
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Maria Marquez
Teaching Artist Assistant-in-Training
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Yotzin Reyes Teaching Artist Assistant-in-Training Read Yotzin’s bio

Madeline De Leon
Program Coordinator & Teaching Artist Assistant
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Syr-Ivan Bennett
Teaching Artist
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Stephanie Diaz
Teaching Artist Assistant-in-Training
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Clive Jacobson
Teaching Artist
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Colleen Kong Savage
Teaching Artist
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Farah Mohammed
Teaching Artist
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Becky Schuman
Teaching Artist
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Ivory Nunez Medrano
Community Artmaking Initiatives Coordinator
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Dani Coca
Teaching Artist
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Carlita Fieid-Hernandez
Teaching Artist
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Joey Jiménez
Teaching Artist
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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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Abby Walsh
Teaching Artist
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Kevin Claiborne
Program Manager & Teaching Artist
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Noga Cohen
Teaching Artist
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Jonathan Hyman
Teaching Artist Assistant-in-Training
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Micaela Jimenez
Teaching Artist Assistant-in-Training
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Alejandra Mandelblum
Teaching Artist
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Natalie Raskin
Teaching Artist
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Emma Smoluchowski
Teaching Artist
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Will Watson
Teaching Artist
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