Witt Siasoco

Witt Siasoco is Art Coordinator at the Canvas, a youth-run teen arts center . The Canvas is a partnership between COMPAS, Saint Paul Parks and Recreation.

 

For over a decade, Siasoco worked with the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC), a visionary program designed to connect teenagers with contemporary art and artists. Today, the Walker’s Teen Programs serves as an international model for alternative education formats both within museums and cultural centers. Formerly, Siasoco worked as a coordinator of the Young Artist Cabaret at Intermedia Arts, a monthly open mic for young artists and a Grantmakers in the Arts Assistant for Arts Midwest, a regional arts organization.  Siasoco also served as a board member of Juxtaposition Arts, a North Minneapolis arts organization that empowers youth and community to use the arts to actualize their full potential. In 2008, Siasoco was recognized by the Americans for the Arts as an Emerging Leader of Color.  He has presented numerous conferences including the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Museums and the Web Conference, National Guild for Community Arts Educatio's Engaging Adolescents Conference, and the National Art Education Association Conference.