Contact Amy Rider amyrider@attbi.com		Amy Rider(Resident IA Teaching Artist and Arts Coordinator) Amy is a local actress and teaching artist. Her acting credits include performances at Theater Schmeater, Annex Theater, Open Circle Theater, Umo Ensemble, and the Seattle Shakespeare Company. Amy has taught for Youth Theatre Northwest, the Seattle Repertory Theater, Seattle Children's Theater, Open Circle Theater, and the Seattle Public Schools. Amy is committed to developing, implementing, and expanding arts education within Interagency Academy in partnership with community organizations and artists.

" The arts are fundamental resources through which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind is developed"

-Elliot W. Eisner, Professor of
Education and Art, Stanford
University