Roxy has taught art for four decades. Her first teaching gig was at Camp Four Winds, Blue Hill, Maine as a teenager. Savage describes herself as a guide, leader, beginner, and expert. Roxy has taught in museums, schools, libraries, print shops, skyscrapers, parks, and gardens. Her passion for teaching is fueled by curiosity, materials, research, and a socially engaged art practice. Savage’s expertise is integrating art into all fields of study and curriculums. Making art and teaching are essential to her alchemic process.
Groovy Graphics Gif
Roxy is a TA (Teaching Artist) with www.aflct.org The gif is a fast-action display of 4th-grade student artworks of a May 2023 AIR - Artist In Residence, at Church Street School, Hamden, CT. Roxy taught students to create Graphic Novels in tandem with Theater Artist TA Anthony DePoto.
Pink Hands video, Women’s Studio Workshop, 2008
Roxy currently works as a freelance Teaching Artist with Arts for Learning CT, HOT Schools. www.aflct.org
Connecticut Arts for Learning CT
Roxy Savage has worked as a Master Teaching Artist for the State of Connecticut in the HOT (Higher Order Thinking Schools) program since 1997.
Current Offerings:
The Sorting Table: Collections
Installation Art/ Age Cave
Earth Time / 60 second video
Analog Digital drawing
Dictionary Compositions: Exploring Art and Text
One River School
833 Post Road, CT
Advanced Drawing
Teens and Adults