Jessica Kitzman's guest appearances

Jessica Kitzman

Artist/Mother Podcast

Teaching Artist Podcast

Kathryn Rodrigues

Beth Welch

Mandi Antonucci

Isadora Stowe

Chloe Alexander

Adrienne Brown-David

Lauren Frances

Megan Craig

Barbara Campbell

Andy Harris

Emily Jeffords

Jamie Smith

Amy Wong

Jessica Jackson

Lauren Luloff

OwlTail

Candida Gonzalez

It was incredible to share in conversation with two artist/mothers from Minneapolis for this episode! Jessica Kitzman is an artist and teacher of K-12 public school art and Candida Gonzalez is an arts consultant, curator and independent artist. Our conversation is rooted in talking through the idea of visibility- what makes someone feel authentically seen. […]

88: Making the Invisible, Visible and Experiencing Authentic Connection with Candida Gonzalez and Jessica Kitzman

Jessica Kitzman and I connected through the Stay Home Gallery where we are both represented for 2021!! It has been such a joy to get to know her and her art practice through the gallery and it was nice to connect about teaching in this conversation.  Jessica talked about her path to teaching through Americorps and how being in a classroom full of kids making art re-ignited her art practice. She shared how discovering TAB and shifting to a choice-based pedagogy felt right and led her to expand her own art career as well. “Opening up freedom for my students did the same for me.” Being intentional about our choices as teachers and holding ourselves accountable for who, what, and how we share with students is so important. I loved hearing about her work and the ideas she’s exploring through materials with so much embedded meaning. She uses thrifted fabrics, National Geographic magazines handed down from her grandparents, and scraps with layers of meaning. The way she has shifted her practice over time was inspiring. Jessica moved from photography to painting to playing with materials inspired by her students. She shared how her concepts and the way she was writing about her work drove her work to shift and pushed her to explore textiles. It felt powerful in vulnerability to hear how her use of scraps is a metaphor for her own life - she said “I was in pieces also” and talked about putting the pieces back together in this textile practice that is connected to her collage work. I’m excited to see how her work evolves! Jessica Kitzman lives in Minneapolis, MN and currently teaches photography at Richfield High School.  Jessica has taught art since earning an MAT at the School of Visual Arts, NYC in 2009, and has taught all grades, K-12.  Jessica is a working artist represented by Stay Home Gallery in Tennessee. She works primarily with collage and textiles, exploring personal/cultural history and the identity tensions of queer single motherhood.  She has been a contributing art educator for 2 publications from the Teachers College Press at Columbia, Studio Thinking from the Start, and Engaging Learners through Artmaking.  Both of these publications frame the classroom as the studio and the child as the artist and advocate for creative agency and power for all kids, a value central to her teaching practice.   Blog post with links and images Jessicakitzman.com Stayhomegallery.com @jessicakitzman_xylem www.teachingartistpodcast.com/featured-artist-lisa-foster/ . . . Follow: @teachingartistpodcast @pottsart View the "Catharsis" exhibit at exhibit.teachingartistpodcast.com Support this podcast. Subscribe, leave a review, or see more ways to support here (https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/support/). We also offer opportunities for artists!  (https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/opportunities/)--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/support

Jessica Kitzman and I connected through the Stay Home Gallery where we are both represented for 2021!! It has been such a joy to get to know her and her art practice through the gallery and it was nice to connect about teaching in this conversation.  Jessica talked about her path to teaching through Americorps and how being in a classroom full of kids making art re-ignited her art practice. She shared how discovering TAB and shifting to a choice-based pedagogy felt right and led her to expand her own art career as well. “Opening up freedom for my students did the same for me.” Being intentional about our choices as teachers and holding ourselves accountable for who, what, and how we share with students is so important. I loved hearing about her work and the ideas she’s exploring through materials with so much embedded meaning. She uses thrifted fabrics, National Geographic magazines handed down from her grandparents, and scraps with layers of meaning. The way she has shifted her practice over time was inspiring. Jessica moved from photography to painting to playing with materials inspired by her students. She shared how her concepts and the way she was writing about her work drove her work to shift and pushed her to explore textiles. It felt powerful in vulnerability to hear how her use of scraps is a metaphor for her own life - she said “I was in pieces also” and talked about putting the pieces back together in this textile practice that is connected to her collage work. I’m excited to see how her work evolves! Jessica Kitzman lives in Minneapolis, MN and currently teaches photography at Richfield High School.  Jessica has taught art since earning an MAT at the School of Visual Arts, NYC in 2009, and has taught all grades, K-12.  Jessica is a working artist represented by Stay Home Gallery in Tennessee. She works primarily with collage and textiles, exploring personal/cultural history and the identity tensions of queer single motherhood.  She has been a contributing art educator for 2 publications from the Teachers College Press at Columbia, Studio Thinking from the Start, and Engaging Learners through Artmaking.  Both of these publications frame the classroom as the studio and the child as the artist and advocate for creative agency and power for all kids, a value central to her teaching practice.   <a href="https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/episode-45-jessica-kitzman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blog post with links and images</a> <a href="http://www.Jessicakitzman.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessicakitzman.com</a> <a href="http://www.Stayhomegallery.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stayhomegallery.com</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jessicakitzman_xylem/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jessicakitzman_xylem</a> <a href="https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/featured-artist-lisa-foster/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.teachingartistpodcast.com/featured-artist-lisa-foster/</a> . . . Follow: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/teachingartistpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@teachingartistpodcast</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pottsart/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@pottsart</a> View the "Catharsis" exhibit at <a href="https://exhibit.teachingartistpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">exhibit.teachingartistpodcast.com</a> Support this podcast. Subscribe, leave a review, or <a href="https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">see more ways to support here</a> (<a href="https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/support/</a>). We also offer <a href="https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/opportunities/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">opportunities for artists!</a>  (<a href="https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/opportunities/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/opportunities/</a>)--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/message</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/support</a>

#45: Jessica Kitzman: Putting the Pieces Together