TAB Storytellers

Mar 15 2025 37 ep. 55 mins 4
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Join hosts Jen Ferrari (she/her) and Abi Paytoe Gbayee (she/her) as they have informal conversations with TAB leaders and educators, discussing topics related to the Teaching for Artistic Behavior movement in art education. Our goal with this TABcast is to hear the stories of how folx found TAB, are implementing TAB in their classrooms, and answer questions related to TAB. Also we promise to laugh at ourselves often and not take any of this too seriously, we just aren't those people.

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S3E:10 Meet Jessica Boritz

Mar 15 2025 68 mins  
In this episode of TAB Storytellers, Abi and Jen sit down with Jessica Boritz, an atelierista and art teacher at Grace Episcopal Day School in Kensington, Maryland. During their conversation, Jessica shares her extensive knowledge of and experience with TAB and Reggio-Emilia, two very compatible approaches to contemporary art education. In addition, the triad also discusses curiosi

S3E:09 Kristin Anson

Feb 28 2025 40 mins  
In this episode of TAB Storytellers, Abi and Jen sit down with Kristin Anson, an art teacher at an international school in Sri Lanka, where she teaches preschool through fifth grade within a PYP (Primary Years Programme) framework. During their conversation, Kristin shares what it’s like to bring TAB pedagogy into an international context and how her inquiry-based curriculum supp

S3E:8 Meet Olivia Gude

Jan 25 2025 72 mins  
In this episode of TAB Storytellers, Jen and Abi sit down with renowned artist and author Olivia Gude. Olivia is a Professor Emerita of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago, having developed numerous frameworks and programs at these institutions. Among the topics the triad discusses are the evolution of process-based art education, di

S3E:7 Meet Becky Broyles

Dec 29 2024 58 mins  
In this episode of TAB Storytellers, join Abi and Jen as they interview high school art teacher and WAEA co-president Becky Broyles as she describes how she adapted the TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior) approach in an alternative school setting, structuring her classroom as a “design studio” divided into departments (fashion, photography, digital art, and more). Becky emphas

S3E6: Meet Jorge Lucero

Nov 30 2024 61 mins  
In this installment of TAB Storytellers, Jen and Abi sit down with Jorge Lucero, Professor of Art Education and the Associate Dean of Research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Jorge shares the journey that brought him (in an unexpected way) to teaching and discusses his work at the university with preservice art teachers. Among the topics discussed are conceptual ar

S3E5: Meet Julie Toole

Oct 19 2024 64 mins  
In this installment of TAB Storytellers, Abi and Jen sit down with Julie Toole, K-8 art teacher at Baker Demonstration School and faculty member of the renowned TAB Institute at MassArt. Julie, whose career spans a remarkable 34 years, shares her journey with us from special education to discipline-based art education to discovering TAB at an NAEA conference and beyond. Among the t

S3E4: Meet Abigail Birhanu

Sep 14 2024 64 mins  
In this episode of TAB Storytellers, Abi and Jen meet middle school art teacher and co-founder of the group Anti-Racist Art Teachers, Abby Birnahu. Throughout their time together, Abby shares her experience and compelling perspective as an Ethiopian and African-American woman, mother, and teacher living in our contemporary landscape. Among the topics discussed are anti-racism in ed

S3E3: Meet Roni Rohr and Jessi Ruby

Aug 27 2024 69 mins  
In this episode of TAB Storytellers, Jen and Abi sit down with Roni Rohr and Jessi Ruby, both PreK-8 visual art educators in New Mexico (Roni) and Colorado (Jessi). Roni and Jessi share what brought them to teaching, the development of their working partnership, and how their current pedagogical venture, [re]Design(ing) Art Education, came about. Among the topics discussed are desi

S3E2: Meet Dr. Tina Atkinson

Jun 29 2024 63 mins  
In this episode of TAB Storytellers, Jen and Abi are joined by Dr. Tina Atkinson, the self appointed Research Translator, among many other titles including Art Teacher and NAEA Elementary Research Commissioner. Among the topics discussed are research in the classroom, suggestions for starting to do research in your own classroom, and how research can be used to advocate and validat

S3E1: Meet David Modler & Sam Peck

May 18 2024 84 mins  
Join Jen and Abi as they chat with the co-founders of the Tet[R]ad Project, David Modler and Sam Peck for our Season 3 opener! David Modler is a Professor of Art, Coordinator of Art Education, and Department Chair at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, WV. Sam Peck is an art educator at Morton Middle School in Fall River, MA. In this TABcast, David and Sam share the origins of th