Draft:Eric Booth
American arts educator
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Eric Booth (born October 18, 1950) is an American author, actor, and arts educator whose work focuses on teaching artistry, arts education, and community engagement.[1] He was the founding editor of the Teaching Artist Journal.[2]
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Early career
Booth began his professional career as an actor. His Broadway appearances included A Walk in the Woods, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Golda, Caesar and Cleopatra, as well as Lydie Breeze and Design for Living.[3]
He also performed with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival.[4] In 1978, he received the New Jersey Drama Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance as Hamlet.[4]
In 1984, Booth founded Alert Publishing, which produced newsletters and reports analyzing trends in American lifestyles. Its syndicated radio program, The Research Alert, aired on the Business Radio Network from 1989 to 1991.[5]
Teaching artistry and arts education
Beginning in 1979, Booth worked with Lincoln Center Institute (later Lincoln Center Education), where he taught and contributed to the development of teaching artist initiatives.[6] In 1993, he became the founding director of the Leonard Bernstein Center’s Teacher Center, an initiative associated with the Artful Learning school reform model.[7]
He has taught at The Juilliard School in arts education and mentoring programs.[8]
International work
Music education for social change
Booth has served as an advisor to programs focused on ensemble-based music education and youth development. In 2016, he and Tricia Tunstall co-authored Playing for Their Lives: The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music, published by W. W. Norton & Company.[11]
Reception and influence
Booth’s work on teaching artistry and arts education has been discussed in scholarly literature and professional arts education contexts. Jessica Grimer’s review of Playing for Their Lives in Notes situated the book within broader academic discourse on music education and social change.[12]
Booth’s definition of the “teaching artist” has been referenced in academic research examining professional identity and the politics of music education.[13]
In coverage of a professional development workshop, the Interlochen Center for the Arts described Booth as “the father of the teaching artist profession” in reference to his work in the field.[14]
Selected books
- Making Change: Teaching Artists and Their Role in Shaping a Better World (2023)[15]
- Tending the Perennials: The Art and Spirit of a Personal Religion (2019)[16]
- Playing for Their Lives: The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music (2016)[17]
- The Music Teaching Artist’s Bible: Becoming a Virtuoso Educator (2007)[18]
- The Everyday Work of Art: Awakening the Extraordinary in Your Daily Life (1997)[19]