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The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

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This week, Carlos Rene Pacheco and Anh-Thuy Nguyen discuss preparing MFA graduates to be educators/faculty members.

Carlos Rene Pacheco is a photographer and new media artist and he currently resides in Fargo, North Dakota where he has taught courses in Photography, Contemporary Art Theory, and Professional Practices in the Arts as an Assistant Professor of Art at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Anh-Thuy Nguyen is a Tucson-based multi-media/transdisciplinary artist, whose work spans from photography, video, and installation to performance art, and she is the head of the photography program at Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona.

The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

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This week, David Guinn and Joe Boruchow discuss how politics and family impact the artist.

David Guinn is an artist based in Philadelphia, working primarily in public space. A graduate of Columbia University in New York City, he was originally trained as an architect.

Joe Boruchow is a Philadelphia-based muralist and paper cutout artist whose site-specific work is designed to fit into architectural niches and public spaces.

The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

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This week, Rita McDonald and Christina Teneglia discuss “Teaching Failure.”

Rita MacDonald is a New York-based artist who makes very large temporary wall drawings and very small pencil drawings on paper. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from School of Visual Arts.

Christina Tenaglia holds a BA from Vassar College and an MFA from Yale University School of Art. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, teaching sculpture, drawing and printmaking. She lives and works in the Hudson Valley.

The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

CAA podcasts are on iTunes. Click here to subscribe.

This week, Lyz Wendland and Ann E. Lawton discuss work-life balance.

Lyz Wendland is an assistant professor of Art at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her mixed-media work explores the relationship between architecture and nature.

Ann E. Lawton is a mixed media artist, registered art therapist, and an art educator at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

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This week, Anthony Faris and Nick Nelson discuss utilizing technology to connect with audiences in galleries and museums.

Anthony Faris is an artist, curator, and instructor at North Dakota State University in Fargo.

Nick Nelson is the director of the Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, Missouri.

The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

CAA podcasts are on iTunes. Click here to subscribe.

This week, Annette Cyr and Amy Sands discuss online teaching for visual arts.

Annette Cyr is a bi-coastal painter, filmmaker, and Professor at National University, San Diego, CA where she is Lead Faculty of Art & Music, and develops online studio and art history courses.

Amy Sands is Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, MN. Amy has been teaching online drawing courses for over 15 years.

The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

CAA podcasts are on iTunes. Click here to subscribe.

This week, Dawn Holder and Stephanie Lanter discuss evading boundaries in making meaning and teaching.

Dawn Holder is Associate Professor of Art at the University of the Ozarks, where he teaches Ceramics, Sculpture, and Art History. She has received numerous accolades for her work, and has exhibited in galleries and museums across the country, including the National Museum for Women in the Arts, where she was invited to participate in the Organic Matters: Women to Watch exhibition. She received an MFA in Ceramics from RISD and a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Georgia.

Stephanie Lanter is currently the Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Emporia State University in Kansas, where she teaches all levels of Ceramics, 3-Dimensional Design, and Fibers. She makes clay and mixed media sculpture, drawings, and texts and has been teaching for 15 years.

The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

CAA podcasts are on iTunes. Click here to subscribe.

This week, David Rifkind and Carmenita Higginbotham discuss ethical approaches to managing contingent faculty.

Dr. David Rifkind is Associate Professor of Architecture and Interim Chair of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design at Florida International University.

Dr. Carmenita Higginbotham is Associate Professor and Chair of the McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia.

The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

CAA podcasts are on iTunes. Click here to subscribe.

This week, David Modler and Sam Peck discuss art education and collaboration.

David R. Modler is an associate professor of Art Education in the Department of Contemporary Art at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Sam Peck currently works and studies at the University of Minnesota as a PhD student, resident artist, art educator, and researcher.

The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.

CAA podcasts are on iTunes. Click here to subscribe.

This week, Maggie Guggenheimer and Ellen Oh discuss how arts professionals contribute as contingent faculty.

Maggie Guggenheimer is Director of External Relations for Virginia Humanities (University of Virginia).

Ellen Oh is Director of Programs in the Office of the Vice President for the Arts at Stanford University.