In Tucson, OMA employs 54 professional artists to bring their expertise, creativity, and joy to complement what is being taught in the classroom. These artists are trained in the OMA model, and are paid by OMA to teach twice-weekly lessons, and attend regular meetings with the classroom teachers and arts integration specialist to ensure that all lessons conform to state and national curriculum standards.

All OMA AIS, teaching artists and many classroom teachers attend a week-long training session in the summer and shorter trainings each quarter during the school year.  

Become an OMA Artist
Please contact the OMA offices for further information on becoming a part of the OMA teaching teaching artist team.

Meet Our Teaching Artists and Arts Integration Specialists Now!

   Juan Aguirre

"The arts have had a major positive impact on my life, and I value the opportunity to reciprocate." 

Andrew Braden

Melissa Callahan

Don Grice

Kathleen Halsted

Christopher Herrera

Michaela Johnson

Chizuru Jurman

Robert Matheson

Drew Nickles

Julie Patrick

Deena Reedy

Sandy Schwoebel

Adam Shelton

Michele Tuchek

Frances Veres

Lazlo Veres