Teacher

Katie (M.K.) Rainey is a Teaching Artist and Co-Executive Director of the Teaching Artists Guild (TAG). Previously she served as the Director of Community-Word Project’s Teaching Artist Project (TAP) and has been a teaching artist for over 10 years. She has taught poetry, fiction, theatre, photography, English as a second language, and filmmaking in various parts of the world. For many years, Katie taught at The Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens, working with their 9th-grade students on creative writing and using their art-making for activism. As a facilitator, Katie leads workshops for adults on social-emotional learning, curriculum building, career development, creative writing, and more. Additionally, she previously served as Co-Chair of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Teaching Artist Affairs Committee. She was a part of the 2018 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Emerging Leaders Boot Camp. Currently, she teaches through the Arkansas Arts Council in Little Rock, AR.

Workshop/Teaching Examples:

• ”Protest Poetry: Art as Activism in the Classroom” - Chalkbeat

• ”A Revolutionary Act: Self-Care for Teachers” - Kiddom

• ”Social-Emotional Learning through Art in Times of Crisis” - Kiddom

• 2020 Mid-Atlantic Teaching Artists Virtual Retreat: Protest Poetry: Art-Making & Activism in Online Spaces

• Summer School 2020: Protest Poetry: Art-Making & Activism in Online Spaces

• ”Citizen Uncensored: The Power of Student-Centered Learning” - The Writer’s Notebook, Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)

• "I Hate Writing: On the Necessity of Being Vulnerable" - Teachers & Writers Magazine - Winner of the 2017 Bechtel Prize

• "Girls Writing: A Radical Act in Donald Trump's America" - WhatNOW: National Organization for Women's NYC Blog

• "Journal Writing to Define and Defend the Self: Carving Out Space in this New America" - Teachers & Writers Magazine